#  Max Planck-Harvard Research Center for Quantum Optics 

 



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## Welcome!

The **Max Planck-Harvard Research Center for Quantum Optics (MPHQ)** joins the expertise of the **Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ)** and the **Harvard University Department of Physics** to support research and educational activities in fundamental and applied physics ranging from quantum gases, quantum sensing, quantum metrology, and quantum control to quantum chemistry, quantum many-body systems, and quantum information science. MPHQ seeks to transcend traditional boundaries by establishing a model of international collaborative research that will address the most challenging problems in quantum science and educate the next generation of leaders in the field.



 

##  Latest News 

 



  [### Mikhail Lukin and team discover new approach may help clear hurdle to large-scale quantum computing

 ](/news/mikhail-lukin-and-team-discover-new-approach-may-help-clear-hurdle-large-scale-quantum) April 29, 2022 

 

   [### HQI Co-Director, Mikhail Lukin and MPHQ postdoc Fellow Giulia Semeghini discover new state of matter

 ](/news/hqi-co-director-mikhail-lukin-and-mphq-postdoc-fellow-giulia-semeghini-discover-new) December 02, 2021 

 

   [### HQI Co-director Mikhail Lukin awarded 2022 Norman F. Ramsey Prize in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, and in Precision Tests of Fundamental Laws and Symmetries 

 ](/news/hqi-co-director-mikhail-lukin-awarded-2022-norman-f-ramsey-prize-atomic-molecular-and) October 20, 2021 

 

   [### MPHQ Member, Prof. Eugene Demler, wins a 2021 Simons Investigator award

 ](/news/mphq-member-prof%C2%A0eugene-demler-wins-2021-simons-investigator-award) July 12, 2021 

 

   [### MPHQ researchers Markus Greiner and Mikhail Lukin lead team to develop 256 bit quantum simulator 

 ](/news/hqi-co-director-prof-mikhail-lukin-leads-team-quantum-breakthrough) July 08, 2021 

 

   [### MPHQ PI Prof. Kang-Kuen Ni Granted Tenure

 ](/news/hqi-member-prof-kang-kuen-ni-granted-tenure) June 03, 2021 

 

  

 

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