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Towards a Slovenian Quantum Network

The European Union is currently preparing to implement the infrastructure for a Europe-wide network for quantum communication. To this purpose, research groups, industrial partners and government representatives from all European…

May 12, 2022

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Quantum Optics + Quantum Foundations

Welcome to the website for our research group! We only recently began filling the page with content. Return here to keep up to date with the developments in our group.…

August 21, 2021

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Narrow-band SHG for pumping SPDC

We just succeeded in locking a cavity to enhance the nonlinear second-harmonic generation (SHG) process in a periodically poled lithium niobate crystal. In this process, narrow-band 1310nm light is frequency…

February 9, 2022

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Anton Zeilinger visited our lab

We were honored to have 2022 Nobel laureate Anton Zeilinger visit our lab this week. His foundational work on quantum entanglement is the basis of everything we do in the…

November 15, 2024

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Operating the cavity prototype in vacuum

Top view on the Silicon Carbide optical bench. To protect the mirrors from the dust and humidity, the cavity is enclosed by an aluminum tube. Four clamps press a viton…

February 9, 2022

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Our laboratory at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the University of Ljubljana focuses on quantum optics using single photons and entanglement, on interfacing photonic entanglement with atoms and quantum memories, on quantum optomechanics with optically trapped dielectric particles, and on testing the foundation of quantum physics in the laboratory, in microgravity, and in space.