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Quantum technology

At TUM, we are pursuing cutting-edge research in quantum technology. We are creating the basis for technical innovations that will make people’s lives easier in the future through interdisciplinary collaboration of natural and engineering sciences.

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Eva Weig in front of the machine used to evaporate different metallic layers onto the chips via vapor deposition under ultrahigh vacuum.
4/14/2025
Reading time: 4 Min.

World Quantum Day on April 14

Current research on quantum technologies

Computers that solve complex problems in the shortest possible time, guaranteed tap-proof networks and intelligent sensors: quantum technologies will radically change the world in the coming decades. At our university and in the Cluster of Excellence Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), scientists are researching various aspects of this future technology.

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Research Quantum Technologies Community Public Engagement
2/25/2025
Reading time: 2 Min.

TUM researchers combine magnetic resonance spectroscopy with fluorescence microscopy

A completely new type of microscopy based on quantum sensors

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have invented an entirely new field of microscopy, nuclear spin microscopy. The team can visualize magnetic signals of nuclear magnetic resonance with a microscope. Quantum sensors convert the signals into light, enabling extremely high-resolution optical imaging.

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Research Quantum Technologies Community
2/4/2025
Reading time: 2 Min.

Why do plants transport energy so efficiently and quickly?

Quantum mechanics helps with photosynthesis

Photosynthesis - mainly carried out by plants - is based on a remarkably efficient energy conversion process. To generate chemical energy, sunlight must first be captured and transported further. This happens practically loss-free and extremely quickly. A new study by the Chair of Dynamic Spectroscopy at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) shows that quantum mechanical effects play a key role in this process. A team led by Erika Keil and Prof. Jürgen Hauer discovered this through measurements and simulations.

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Research Quantum Technologies Energy
Prof. Simon Jacob (left) and Prof. Julijana Gjorgijeva
12/3/2024
Reading time: 5 Min.

Neuroscience, quantum computing and artificial intelligence

Five ERC Consolidator Grants awarded to TUM researchers

Can electric stimulation help the brain regain speech after a stroke? Can generative artificial intelligence create realistic 3D objects? Can qubits, the fundamental units of quantum computing, be entangled using light? These are among the questions that five research teams at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) aim to answer with the support of prestigious ERC Consolidator Grants.

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Research Quantum Technologies Artificial Intelligence
Close-up of a dark-field CT device with an artificial torso.
11/5/2024
Reading time: 2 Min.

EU funds research into imaging technology and chips for quantum computers

TUM researchers secure two ERC Synergy Grants

Two projects by researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have been awarded highly endowed ERC Synergy Grants from the European Research Council. These international projects focus on groundbreaking future technologies: developing ultra-detailed, low-radiation X-ray imaging and creating computer chips that integrate photonics and electronics.

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Research Quantum Technologies
TUM President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann (left) and NTU President Prof. Ho Teck Hua agree on the flagship partnership in Singapore.
7/24/2024
Reading time: 2 Min.

Global network is growing

TUM and NTU Singapore sign flagship partnership

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU) have set up a flagship partnership. The agreement strengthens TUM's cooperation with NTU and its global network in Southeast Asia.

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President Studies Research Entrepreneurship Quantum Technologies Community
View of the "Light and Matter" exhibition with numerous interactive stations.
6/19/2024
Reading time: 3 Min.

Special exhibition "Light and Matter" makes quantum physics tangible

A „Quantum“ Insight

From the scanner at the supermarket checkout to high-speed internet surfing through fibre optic cables: developments in quantum physics have long been part of our everyday lives and are widely used. In the new special exhibition ‘Light and Matter’, quantum optical phenomena are now being illuminated and made tangible at the Deutsches Museum. As part of the Cluster of Excellence Munich Centre for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), the exhibition also offers an insight into current research and an outlook on future applications.

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Research Quantum Technologies Community Public Engagement
Insights into the quantum world
5/23/2024
Reading time: 1 Min.

Media tip: TV report on research in the field of quantum technology

Insights into the quantum world

Computers that solve complex problems in the shortest possible time, guaranteed tap-proof networks, and intelligent sensors: quantum technologies could radically change our world in the coming decades. At the same time, however, the new developments are raising more social questions. Researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) provide insights into the current state of research in a report on SAT.1 Bayern.

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TUM in the media Research Quantum Technologies
Prof. Alessandra Moretti
4/11/2024
Reading time: 6 Min.

EU funds cutting-edge research in medicine and natural sciences

Three ERC Advanced Grants for TUM researchers

More effective production of drugs, a way to repair human hearts, and new insights into the world of exotic particles: Research into these topics at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) will be funded with three highly endowed Advanced Grants of the European Research Council (ERC). Two further projects will be funded with Proof of Concept Grants.

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Research Quantum Technologies
Tobias Vogl investigates single photon sources in 2D materials in an experimental setup
3/13/2024
Reading time: 3 Min.

Quantum cryptography across large distances

Satellites for quantum communications

Through steady advances in the development of quantum computers and their ever-improving performance, it will be possible in the future to crack our current encryption processes. To address this challenge, researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) are participating in an international research consortium to develop encryption methods that will apply physical laws to prevent the interception of messages. To safeguard communications over long distances, the QUICK³ space mission will deploy satellites.

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Quantum Technologies Research
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