Rainer Kaltenbaek
University of Ljubljana
Date: May 13, 2025
Time: 14:30
Venue: Sala Atti Cacciaguerra at Building A (Edificio Centrale), Piazzale Europa 1
The foundations of quantum physics like superposition and entanglement put our everyday understanding of physical reality into question. At the same time, they provide the basis for a host of novel quantum applications. Entanglement will be the key resource for future quantum networks, where it will be used for quantum communication but also to connect quantum sensors and quantum computers. This presentation will highlight recent developments in my laboratory to create narrowband sources of entanglement to help distributing entanglement over long distances and to couple distant quantum sensors or atomic quantum systems. At the same time, these sources promise to allow novel ways of creating macroscopic quantum superpositions to test the foundations of physics.