Welcome to the Research Group Quantum Radiation
Our group was formed in 2015 as an independent unit within the Max-Planck Institute for the Science of Light. Our research field is experimental quantum optics. We develop sources of light whose properties strikingly differ from those of commonly used lasers, lamps, or LEDs. Our sources produce single photons, photon pairs, or brighter quantum light. All these types of quantum light offer advantages in photonics compared to traditional – classical – methods.
Main Research Fields
Our main direction is developing sources of nonclassical (quantum) light:
- We generate nonclassical light from quantum dots, nonlinear crystals and waveguides, metasurfaces, photonic-crystal fibers.
- We test this light for photon-number correlations, entanglement, and squeezing.
- We use this light for quantum information and photonic technologies
Quantum optics and related research fields
Our research focus on quantum optics, but it borders with other fields:
- Nanophotonics, because we operate with quantum light at the nanoscale;
- Strong-field physics, where we apply our bright quantum states of light
Contact
Research Group Maria Chekhova
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
Staudtstr. 2
91058 Erlangen, Germany
Our Team
Research team leader Prof. Maria Chekhova
“All theory is gray, my friend. But forever green is the tree of life.” ― J. W. von Goethe.
"This is why we mainly do experiment"
