Jun. Prof. Dr Nicholas A. Güsken, physicist and nanotechnologist at Paderborn University, is being sponsored by the Wübben Science Foundation for a period of five years with a total of around 1.2 million euros. With the "Tenure Track Professorship" programme, the foundation supports German universities in appointing top international talent and finances the first years of a tenure-track professorship. The funding programmes are aimed at…
Foto (Land NRW / Marius Becker): Prof. Dr. Christine Silberhorn (4th from right) presented the strengths, potential, and challenges of quantum technologies to the Federal Chancellor and the NRW state government.
From the 24 to 27 June 2025, PhoQS made a triple appearance at World of Quantum in Munich, the world's largest trade fair for quantum technologies: with our network partner EIN Quantum NRW, as part of the PhoQUANT project, and with the HedwiQ project at the joint stand of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMFTR).
World of Quantum highlights future prospects for photonics and demonstrates the enormous application potential of…
On 24 June 2025, Dr Christine Silberhorn took part in the plenary sessions at the World of Photonics Congress. Her plenary session focused on “Scaling photonic systems for quantum information pro-cessing”.
The Institute for Photonic Quantum Systems (PhoQS) is hosting its first scientific exchange with the Tyndall National Institute, Cork, Ireland. This exciting collaboration includes a scientific workshop led by Prof. Dr. Stefan Schumacher and his Theoretical Physics Group, together with Prof. Dr. Klaus Jöns and their teams of scientific researchers. The workshop was focused on deterministic photon emitters – semiconductor quantum dots and…
In celebration of the International Day of Light, our Optica Student Chapter organized an exciting Game Night Event that combined science, fun, and student engagement. Held on 14th of May 2025, the event brought together students from the physics department to enjoy a series of light-themed games and interactive challenges. Participants competed in activities such as optics puzzles, laser chess, and light-based quizzes, all designed to highlight…
Some of the doctoral students from the first cohort started the new, interdisciplinary graduate program PhoQS-FUTURE with a varied Kick-off event at the Meiwes Adventure Park. The aim of the program is to support the doctoral students not only in their research area, but also in scientific exchange across disciplines. The group is accompanied and supported by the program coordinator Dr. Anna Bauer.
The Kick-off event offered the doctoral…
