In­sti­tute for Photon­ic Quantum Sys­tems

Since its foundation at the end of 2018, PhoQS has been pooling expertise and skills in photonics and quantum research at Paderborn University. Thanks to an interdisciplinary team of leading experts from the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science and Electrical Engineering, PhoQS conducts excellent research in the areas of quantum simulation, communication, metrology and computing. In 2024, Germany's first light-based quantum computer (PaQS) was able to start work.

Latest news

10.07.2026

New Pub­lic­a­tion | In­def­in­ite caus­al or­der in cav­ity quantum elec­tro­dynam­ics

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10.07.2026

Scal­able photon­ic quantum com­puters: a new break­through with time-di­vi­sion mul­ti­plex­ing photon­ics

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09.07.2026

Quantum Tech­no­lo­gies Eco­sys­tem: Pader­born Uni­ver­sity suc­cess­ful in European ‘QuantER­A’ call for pro­pos­als

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07.07.2026

New pub­lic­a­tion | Photon­ic pro­cessors for quantum in­form­a­tion pro­cessing based on feed­back loops

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02.07.2026

The In­sti­tute for Photon­ic Quantum Sys­tems is or­gan­ising a day with school pu­pils as part of the Sum­mer Uni­ver­sity pro­gramme or­gan­ised by…

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02.07.2026

Break­through in ana­logue grav­ity: New in­sights in­to Hawk­ing ra­di­ation from black holes

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26.06.2026

Re­search­ers have, for the first time, ex­per­i­ment­ally demon­strated the re­cur­rence of Rabi os­cil­la­tions in semi­con­duct­or quantum dots

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19.06.2026

Re­search at the in­ter­face between Math­em­at­ics and quantum tech­no­logy

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18.06.2026

New Pub­lic­a­tions | Po­lar­isa­tion and to­po­lo­gic­al ef­fects in coupled op­tic­al sys­tems

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12.05.2026

Pader­born Maths Ex­plorer Day (Pad­MEET) 2026: Ex­per­i­ence Math­em­at­ics cre­at­ively

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05.05.2026

Break­through in quantum ma­ter­i­als: Cus­tom­ised in­ter­faces open up new av­en­ues for nano­elec­tron­ics

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04.05.2026

Hum­boldt Re­search Fel­low from Po­land con­ducts re­search in Pader­born

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28.04.2026

Phys­ics course of Elsen Com­pre­hens­ive School vis­its PhoQS

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23.04.2026

Girls' Day at the In­sti­tute of Photon­ic Quantum Sys­tems: Ex­per­i­ence quantum cryp­to­graphy

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16.04.2026

Prof. Sina Saravi new PI at PhoQS

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18
research groups co-operate in PhoQS.
Date: January 2026
160
Scientists work on photonic quantum systems
Date: April 2026
2340
square metres of newly built cleanroom & laboratory space in the PhoQS Lab
Date: June 2025

The in­sti­tute in a nut­shell

New re­search build­ing for in­­ter­­dis­­­cip­lin­ary cut­t­ing-edge re­search in the field of photon­ic quantum sys­tems

In the international "Photonic Quantum Systems Laboratory" (PhoQS Lab), scientists from experimental and theoretical physics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics will work together on an interdisciplinary basis in a building with state-of-the-art technological infrastructure. The aim is to develop new research approaches in the technological development of photon-based quantum applications and in the theoretical and experimental conceptualisation of scalable quantum photonics.

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Events

28.09.2026 - 02.10.2026

Quantum Photon­ics Spot­light 2026 [QPS2026]

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31.05.2026 - 31.05.2026

Open House 2026 | In­sti­tute for Photon­ic Quantum Sys­tems

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12.05.2026 - 14.05.2026

Pader­born MathE dis­cov­ery day - Pad­MEET

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23.04.2026 - 23.04.2026

Girls' Day | Quanten­kryp­to­grafie – Ge­heim­n­isse, die niemand knack­en kann

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17.02.2026 - 18.02.2026

Work­shop | Quanten­welt zum An­fassen

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15.11.2025 - 15.11.2025

Clos­ing event Quantum Year 2025 | 100 Years of Quantum Phys­ics

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14.11.2025 - 14.11.2025

Quantum Tech­no­lo­gies Sem­in­ar | PhoQS and Dr. Hans Riegel Found­a­tion

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12.11.2025

Dis­cus­sion Pan­el: Nav­ig­at­ing Your Ca­reer After PhD

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09.11.2025 - 09.11.2025

15 years of zdi.Pader­born - An­niversary event

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04.11.2025 - 06.11.2025

MINT-EC Camp 4.-6.11.2025 in Ko­op­er­a­tion mit dem Pel­iz­a­eus Gym­nas­i­um

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28.10.2025 - 28.10.2025

Führung und akt­ives Er­leben: Ent­decke Quanten­tech­no­lo­gi­en!

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24.09.2025

European Mi­crowave Week - Work­shop WW04

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17.09.2025

Photon­ics Lec­ture | Prof. Dr. An­drew White: Bet­ter quantum sci­ence via bet­ter quantum tech­no­logy

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10.09.2025

Photon­ics Lec­ture - 10.09.2025 - Prof. Dr. Car­lota Canali­as

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14.05.2025

Op­tic­al Stu­dent Chapter: Event for the In­ter­na­tion­al Day of Light

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