Accurate control over quantum systems at the level of single and multiple qubits is on top of the obvious requirement of long coherence essential for realizing advanced quantum systems and eventually…
Neural networks based on quantum elements may lead to more efficient ways to realize neural networks. Our research is directed towards building small feed forward neural networks consisting of a few…
We explore possibilities to efficiently create entanglement between multiple qubits by extending the standard gate set.
Transition metal oxides are of great interest due to their various physical properties (e.g. high temperature superconductivity, colossal magnetoresistance, ferroelectricity, nonlinear optical…
The controlled deposition of (ultra)thin films and compex heterostructures is key for the successful investigation of quantum effects in solid-state devices and the implementation of novel electronic…
For the fabrication of nanostructures and quantum circuits including superconducting, spintronic and nanomechanical devices, the WMI operates a class-1000 clean room facility. The clean room is…
After our first presentation of a cryogen-free ("dry") dilution refrigerator (DR) in 2002, they have become standard mK coolers over the years. It is not so their refrigeration power or base…
Modern solid-state research at an international top level is not possible without excellent materials in form of single crystals and thin film heterostructures, state-of-the-art characterization…
Improving materials and fabrication concepts is the most essential ingredient for realizing high-quality quantum devices. There can never be enough coherence time.
Microwave signals at the single photon level are used to manipulate and read-out quantum devices at ultra-low temperatures and for quantum communication.
Spin and current transport as well as thermodynamic and spincaloritronic properties of samples are often studied as a function of the applied magnetic field. For such measurements several…
Ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy is a microwave spectroscopy technique which allows to investigate magnetic excitations in magnetic systems.
We study the foundations of quantum microwave communication and sensing. We also develop quantum microwave technologies for the realization of quantum local area networks and advanced sensing methods.
We aim at developing novel components, experimental techniques, and the theoretical foundations of microwave quantum communication based on the quantum properties of continuous-variable propagating…
Microwave quantum networks are expected to play an important role for interlinking different quantum technology platforms operating in the microwave regime. We study the foundations of…
We study the foundations of quantum key distribution and cryptography in the microwave domain by exploiting superconducting quantum circuits.
We study sensing strategies based on the quantum properties of propagating microwave signals.
Building and operating a quantum processor based on superconducting qubits to tackle problems that are not solvable by a classical computer is the main objective of this effort. We pursue this goal…
Rudolf Gross conducts research in the field of quantum matter and solid-state quantum systems. He is particularly interested in quantum phenomena in superconducting and magnetic materials. He also…
Dr. Stefan Filipp holds a position as Full Professor (Chair) in Physics at the TU Munich and as Director of the Walther-Meißner-Institute of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities since May…
Prof. Hans Huebl is permanent staff scientist and scientific director (interim) at the Walther-Meißner-Institut of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities and adjunct Professor at the…
Dr. Matthias Althammer is a Junior Research Group Leader at the Walther-Meißner-Institut working in the field of magnetism and spintronics. His main field of research is dedicated to the…
Priv.-Doz. Dr. habil. Frank Deppe was a member of the Gross group at WMI as a Master's and Ph.D. student, as well as a Junior Group Leader between 2001 and 2022. Since 2017, he has also been a…
Prof. Dr. Andreas Erb works now for more than 30 years in the field of crystal growth and material science.
His main interests are in the field of crystal growth of complicated oxide materials…
Stephan Geprägs holds a position as senior scientist in the magnetism group of the Walther-Meißner-Institute (WMI) of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BADW) since 2015. He studied…
Rudi Hackl was a member of the Gross group as a senior scientist between 2000 and 2021.
Rudi Hackl joined WMI already in 1988 as a postdoc and has been one of the key scientists in the field of…
Nadezhda is MCQST Start fellow working on development of microwave quantum memory based on optical protocols starting November 2020. She did her PhD at Ruhr-University Bochum in the group of Andreas…
Matthias studied physics at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany. He received his diploma in 1995 with an experimental work on Raman spectroscopy in cuprate superconductors at the…
Dr. Werner Biberacher was a member of the Eder, Andres, and Gross groups at WMI between 1977 and 2014. Between 2005 and 2014, he was acting a the Technical Director of WMI. His research focus was on…
Prof. Dr. B.S. Chandrasekhar †
Prof. Dr. Dietrich Einzel was a member of the Andres and Gross group at WMI between 1983 and 2015. Since 2008, he has been a private lecturer, and in 2014, he was appointed Adjunct Professor for…
Qi-Ming Chen was member of the Gross group as a Ph.D. student between 2018 and 2022.
Ph.D. Thesis: Quantum Statistical Properties of a Superconducting Duffing Oscillator (2022)
Qi-Ming was born and…
Luis Flacke was member of the Gross groups as a Master and Ph.D. Student between 2017 and 2021.
Master Thesis: Spin Pumping and Spin Wave Damping in Co25Fe75 Thin Film Heterostructures (2018) Ph.D.…
Janine Gückelhorn was member of the Gross group at WMI as Ph.D. student between 2019 and 2023.
Ph.D. Thesis: Magnon Spin Transport in Magnetically Ordered Insulators (2023)
Janine was a Master’s…
Leon Koch is currently working as a PhD Student on multi-qubit superconducting qubit platforms. He started his PhD in July 2020. Before he worked in the group of Dieter Kölle and Reinhold Kleiner at…
Lukas Liensberger was member of the Gross group at WMI as a master and Ph.D. student between 2016 and 2021.
Master Thesis: Magnon Hybrid Dynamics Ph.D. Thesis: Spin-Orbit Torques and Magnetization…
Thomas Luschmann was a member of the Gross group as a Master and Ph.D. Student at WMI between 2017 and 2024.
Master Thesis: Coupling Strings, String Networks and Magnon-Phonon Interaction…
Manuel Müller was member of the Gross group at WMI as a Master and Ph.D. Student between 2020 and 2023. Master Thesis: Superconductor/Ferromagnet Heterostructures for Superconducting…
Yuki Nojiri was member of the Gross group at WMI as a Ph.D. student between 2019 and 2023. Ph.D. Thesis: Onset of Transmon Ionization in Microwave Single-Photon Detection (2024)
Yuki was working on…
Michael Renger was member of the Gross group at WMI as a master and Ph.D. student between 2017 and 2023.
Master Thesis: Quantum Process Tomography of a 3D Quantum Memory (2018) Ph.D. Thesis: Quantum…
Ivan is working as a PhD student on superconducting multi-qubit platforms starting October 2020. Previously he was a Master’s student at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT). He…
Tobias Wimmer was member of the Gross group at WMI as a aster and Ph.D. student between 2015 and 2021.
Master Thesis: Spin Transport in Magnetic Nanostructures (2016) Ph.D. Thesis: Control and…
Florian Fesquet was a member of the Gross group at WMI as a Master's and Ph.D. Student between 2019 and 2025.
Master's Thesis: Experimental Implementation of a Quantum Key Distribution with Squeezed…
