The Photonics group is lead by Prof. Gregor Weihs at the Institute for Experimental Physics at the University of Innsbruck. We conduct research in quantum optics, nonlinear optics, the optics of semiconductor nanostructures, and in addition we perform experiments on the foundations of (quantum) physics.
Open Positions
- Post-Doc The ideal candidate has extensive experience in quantum and solid state optics that is documented by a strong publication record.
If you are interested, please send your application to .
News
2012-05-02: Stephanie Grabher joins the group as an assistant instructor
2012-04-27: We congratulate Stephanie Grabher on her Master Thesis
2012-04-19: Quantum Chip in sight (article) [German]
2012-04-13: Focus: Photon Pairs Get More Commercial (article)
2012-04-02: Daniel Föger joins the group as a new MSc student
2012-03-14: Chris Erven defends his PhD thesis (IQC, University of Waterloo)
2012-03-12: Lukas Einkemmer and Lorenz Butschek join the group as new MSc students
2012-02-01: François Thierry joins the group as an exchange student
2012-01-09: Tobias Huber joins the group as a PhD student
2011-12-13: We congratulate Tobias Huber on his Master Thesis
Research
Most of our projects are concerned with entanglement, in particular the creation of entangled photon pairs. For this purpose we employ semiconductor micro- and nanostructures for future integration with lasers, active and passive optical elements and even detectors on a single chip. Our long term-goal is the quantum optics lab on a chip. In addition we pursue experiments on the foundations of quantum mechanics and in quantum communicaiton, for example quantum key distribution.
- Entangled photon pairs from photonic crystals
- Entangled photon pairs from single quantum dots
- Microcavity exciton polaritons
- The three-slit experiment (Waterloo)
- A heralded single photon source (Waterloo)
- Entangled free-space quantum key distribution