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Cluster of Excellence 2123/1: Light and Matter at the Quantum Frontier

  • Schmidt, Piet Oliver (Principal Investigator)
  • Ospelkaus-Schwarzer, Silke (Principal Investigator)
  • Chichkov, Boris (Principal Investigator)
  • Danzmann, Karsten (Principal Investigator)
  • Ertmer, Wolfgang (Principal Investigator)
  • Hammerer, Klemens Johannes (Principal Investigator)
  • Haug, Rolf (Principal Investigator)
  • Heinzel, Gerhard (Principal Investigator)
  • Heurs, Michele (Principal Investigator)
  • Klempt, Carsten (Principal Investigator)
  • Kroker, Stefanie (Principal Investigator)
  • Lisdat, Christian (Principal Investigator)
  • Mehlstäubler, Tanja (Principal Investigator)
  • Müller, Jürgen (Principal Investigator)
  • Ospelkaus, Christian (Principal Investigator)
  • Rasel, Ernst Maria (Principal Investigator)
  • Recher, P. (Principal Investigator)
  • Santos, Luis Sanchez (Principal Investigator)
  • Schilling, Meinhard (Principal Investigator)
  • Schlickum, Uta (Principal Investigator)
  • Schumacher, Hans W. (Principal Investigator)
  • Surzhykov, Andrey (Principal Investigator)
  • Waag, Andreas (Principal Investigator)
  • Werner, Reinhard (Principal Investigator)
  • Willke, Benno (Principal Investigator)

Project: Research

Project Details

AcronymQuantumFrontiers
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date1 Jan 201931 Dec 2025

Collaborative partners

  • Leibniz University Hannover (lead)
  • Technische Universität Braunschweig (Joint applicant)
  • Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt PTB (Joint applicant)
  • Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) (Project partner)
  • Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) (Project partner)
  • Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM) (Project partner)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  3. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  4. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action

Funding type

  • German Research Foundation (DFG)

Funding scheme

  • Clusters of Excellence

Key research areas of LUH

  • Quantum Optics and Gravitational Physics
  • Optical Technologies
  • QuantumFrontiers: Cluster of Excellence 2123/2: Pushing the Boundaries of the Measurable

    Ospelkaus-Schwarzer, S. (Principal Investigator), Schmidt, P. O. (Principal Investigator), Waag, A. (Principal Investigator), Ding, F. (Principal Investigator), Fuchs, E. (Principal Investigator), Hackmann, E. (Principal Investigator), Hammerer, K. J. (Principal Investigator), Heurs, M. (Principal Investigator), Klempt, C. (Principal Investigator), Kroker, S. (Principal Investigator), Lisdat, C. (Principal Investigator), Mehlstäubler, T. (Principal Investigator), Müller, G. (Principal Investigator), Müller, J. (Principal Investigator), Müller, R. (Principal Investigator), Ospelkaus, C. (Principal Investigator), Prades, J. D. (Principal Investigator), Rasel, E. M. (Principal Investigator), Raußendorf, R. (Principal Investigator), Recher, P. (Principal Investigator), Santos, L. S. (Principal Investigator), Schilling, M. (Principal Investigator), Schumacher, H. W. (Principal Investigator), Surzhykov, A. (Principal Investigator) & Willke, B. (Principal Investigator)

    1 Jan 202631 Dec 2032

    Project: Research