A – Rational design of quantum matter

In Research Area A, we will search for new types of control over the functional properties of quantum matter by exploring the response of many body quantum systems to coherent electromagnetic radiation.

We will use light to power and steer material function in search of new paradigms for high-speed devices.

Our cluster aims to artificially tailor materials in equilibrium, to engineer qualitatively new physical phenomena when these are subjected to extreme fields (e.g. strain and magnetic fields) or arise via stacking-design of two-dimensional materials.

We will also strive for a universal conceptual understanding of functional quantum matter by studying collective many body responses in synthetic environments, which range from ultracold gases to artificial structures built at surfaces through atom manipulation.

Scientists in Research Area A

• Prof, Francesca Calegari
• Prof. Andrea Cavalleri
• Prof. Markus Drescher
• Prof. Martin Eckstein
• Prof. Carmen Herrmann
• Prof. Dieter Jaksch
• Prof. Kin Fai Mak
• Prof. Ludwig Mathey
• Prof. Philip Moll
• Prof. Henning Moritz
• Prof. Wolfgang Parak
• Prof. Thore Posske
• Dr. Mariana Rossi
• Prof. Angel Rubio
• Dr. Guillaume Salomon
• Prof. Klaus Sengstock
• Prof. Jie Shan
• Dr. Kirsten von Bergmann
• Prof. Tim Wehling
• Dr. Jens Wiebe
• Prof. Roland Wiesendanger

International Partners

• Prof. Cory Raymond Dean
• Prof. James McIver
• Prof. Nicola Spalding
• Prof. Antoine Georges
• Prof. Andrew Millis

For more information, please view "Who we are".