The work of the group as a whole is recognised with Martin’s inclusion on the list of highly cited researchers which recognises the approximately top 0.1% of researchers worldwide that have published a significant number of highly cited research articles.

We are always keen to present our research to the general public.

Enjoy radio shows on our work on the local Radio Free FM and the national Deutschlandfunk.

Ludovico will use his Humboldt fellowship to explore the properties of quantum resource theories and other mathematical aspects of quantum information theory thus greatly strengthening the quantum information arm of the group.

After 2017 and 2018 this is the third time Martin has been selected. A great recognition for the entire group that has contributed to this success with its great work over the last years!

Great success for the Institute of Theoretical Physics. In a team with Fedor Jelezko at Ulm and Jan Ardenkjaer-Larsen at the Technical University of Denmark, Martin Plenio wins the ERC Synergy grant HyperQ – Quantum hyperpolarisation for ultrasensitive nuclear magnetic resonance and imaging. This project will allow us to continue our exciting work on diamond based hyperpolarisation that was started with the theory proposal in our group [1] and the first experiments in Fedor Jelezko’s group [2]. We arejoined by Jan Ardenkjaer-Larsen who has pioneered dissolution DNP and as a team we hope to develop this technology to bring it to applications.

[1] J.M. Cai, A. Retzker, F. Jelezko and M.B. Plenio. A large-scale quantum simulator on a
diamond surface at room temperature. Nature Physics 9, 168 -173 (2013) and E-print arXiv:1208.2874

[2] P. London, J. Scheuer, J.M. Cai, I. Schwarz, A. Retzker, M.B. Plenio, M. Katagiri, T. Teraji, S. Koizumi, J. Isoya, R. Fischer, L.P. McGuinness, B. Naydenov and F. Jelezko. Detecting and polarizing nuclear spins with nuclear double resonance on a single electron spin. Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 067601 (2013) and E-print arXiv:1304.4709

QuantumFutur Award finalists (including our own Benedikt) presented their work to the QuantumFutur Academy participants in a poster session and Benedikt’s poster talk was chosen as the best presentation!

Way to go!

Here is the link to the press release and here is the link to the Poster.

As one of only two theoretical physicist in Germany, Martin is listed in the annual compilation of the worlds most cited and influential scientists. We are delighted with this award which recognizes the excellent work of the entire group over the last decade.

The listing can be found here.

In 2010 we proposed theoretically a new method for efficient quantum state tomography for large quantum systems. In a joint project with the trapped ion group at Innsbruck we have achieved the first experimental demonstration of this method. The project started in 2013 required the sustained effort of two generations of PhD students (Tillmann & Milan) and postdocs (Ish & Marcus). Well done!

Our recent article “Resource Theory of Superposition,” by T. Theurer, N. Killoran, D. Egloff, and M. B. Plenio, has been highlighted as an Editor’s Suggestion in the most recent volume of Physical Review Letters.
The article can be found here.

Recently, Ilai and Martin, in a collaboration with Liam McGuinness and Fedor Jelezko and their team, published their work in Science. In a joint theoretical and experimental work NMR signals of nanoscale samples were measured in a setup that is capable, in principle, of resolving chemical shifts and J-coupling which are essential quantities to identify molecules or determine their structure.

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Our work on the role of the interplay of quantum dynamics and the environment, notably vibronic coupling, is reported upon in a science special in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, a leading German weekly. It also explains our recent collaboration with the Christoph Lienau to show that vibronic coupling that we introduced to quantum biology is also active in organic photovoltaics.

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