Institute for Applied Physics (IAP)

At the Institute for Applied Physics research is conducted in the field of modern optics. Novel laser systems and their properties are investigated and the quantum properties of light are used to store and cool atoms. In addition, new quantum encryption methods are explored with the aim of making our computers of the future more secure.

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Research groups

Modern optics

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Study

Study and teaching, advanced lab courses, prospective students, events for schools

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Infrastructure

Precision machine workshop, electronics workshop, IT Support, webmail login, laser and occupational safety, first aid

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Teaser Kolloquium

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Colloquia

IAP colloquium and colloquia of the Deparment of Physics

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News and Events

Picture: Nature communications | Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-50585-6/figures/1

Picture: Nature communications | Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-50585-6/figures/1

Team with TU participation realises quantum sensors in space

Publication by TU researchers in the renowned journal 'Nature Communications'

An international consortium including the Theoretical Quantum Optics working group led by Professor Enno Giese (Department of Physics at TU Darmstadt) has experimentally realised quantum sensors for the first time on the International Space Station ISS at NASA's Cold Atom Laboratory. The scientists have now published their research results in ‘Nature Communications’.

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Attraktive Physik

Vortragsreihe mit einem Einblick in die vielfältige Forschungslandschaft am Fachbereich Physik (German version only)

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Talks

2024/12/05,
12:00-13:00

Design of a reference cavity for laser frequency stabilization applied in light storage experiments

Proposal talk by Daniel Jäger

2024/12/12,
12:00-13:00

Resonantly enhanced frequency conversion of ps pulses with mJ energy towards the vacuum ultraviolet

Proposal talk by Marietta Coelle

2025/02/14,
15:30-17:00

Attraktive Physik: Experimentelle Quantenoptik

Prof. Dr. G. Birkl, Prof. Dr. M. Gräfe, Prof. Dr. T. Walther

DPG Quantum2025

100 years is just the beginning…

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