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The Department of Physics heads NCCR SPIN for development of silicon-based quantum computer.
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9.1 million euros COFUND grant for 39 EUCOR PhD students in Quantum Physics

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09 Jan 2025 / Events, Organizational Unit, Campus

2025 is The International Year of Quantum Science and Technology

29 Nov 2024 / People, Campus

Michael Steinacher awarded with honorary doctorate

25 Nov 2024 / Research

Parisa Fallahi receives POWHER Award 2024

Events

Neuer Hörsaal 1, Foyer EG

Host:
Admir Greljo

Atom interferometers as particle detectors

Speaker: Clara Murgui Galvez, CERN

24 Feb 2025

16:15 - 17:15

Neuer Hörsaal 1, EG Foyer

Host:
Martino Poggio

Optomechanics of a light-emitting van der Waals antiferromagnetic membrane

Johanna Wolff, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg

03 Mar 2025

16:15 - 17:15

Neuer Hörsaal 1, EG Foyer

Host:
Christoph Bruder

Josephson Current and Andreev Levels in SNS-Junctions along the BCS-BEC Crossover

Stefan Kettemann, Constructor University Bremen

17 Mar 2025

16:15 - 17:15

Neuer Hörsaal 1, EG Foyer

Host:
Patrick Potts

Quantum spintronic energy engine: experiments and first theory

Martin Bowen, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg

31 Mar 2025

16:15 - 17:15

Neuer Hörsaal 1, EG Foyer

Host:
Christoph Bruder

Non-reciprocal interactions and entanglement between optically levitated nanoparticles

Ben Stickler, Institute for Complex Quantum Systems, University of Ulm

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Department of Physics

The Departement of Physics of the University of Basel is a center for international top-level research in the fields of nano and quantum physics, and cosmology and particle physics. Our students benefit from the excellence in research that offers them an outstanding range of courses supervised by highly talented assistants and renowned professors.

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