Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences - Integrated Quantum Photonics

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We are currently looking for motivated Bachelor, Master and PhD students as well as Post-Docs. For details and information on how to apply, take a look at Open Positions.

News & Highlights

• June 06^th, 2026: During the Long Night of Science, we demonstrated the principle of the total reflection of light on a jet of water. We also gave an interactive demonstration of the colour spectrum and a spectrosmeter. We were able to introduce our research to many children and interested visitors. See you next year!

• Ultrafast laser pulses bring diamond-based quantum internet closer to reality. check out: idw-news-detail.html and ultraschnelle-laserpulse-bringen-diamantbasiertes-quanteninternet-der-realitaet-naeher
• Nice achievement: Our review paper "Coherent Microwave, Optical, and Mechanical Quantum Control of Spin Qubits in Diamond", published in Advanced Quantum Technologies, has ranked within the top 10% of most-viewed papers published by the journal in 2024. Congrats to all authors!
• From February to April 2026, Maarten spent three months at Okayama University in the research group of Prof. Masazumi Fujiwara. There, he worked on charge state measurements of tin-vacancy color centers in diamond and gained valuable scientific and cultural experience.

• April 20^th, 2026: Meike and Pablo are starting their bachelor's degree. Welcome!
• March 31^th, 2026: Charlotta has moved on - thanks for the great work and all the best!
• March 15^th, 2026: Anmol Singh is starting his PhD. We welcome you!
• February 28th, 2026: Keisuke is leaving the group. We wish you the best for your future. 
• February 18th, 2026: Daniil Asimov is joining the group for his PhD. We welcome you!
• February 2^th, 2026:  Our paper "Hetero-integrated diamond-on-AlGaN/AlN waveguides for optical color  center interfacing" has been published. Congrats to all authors. 
• February 1^th, 2026: Jule Neidhart is starting her PhD in the group! Welcome!
• December 31^th, 2025: Ozan Nacitarhan is leaving the group. Thank you so much for being part of the group!
• December 12^th, 2025: Elias Heinrich is join our group as Bachelor student. We welcome you!
• December 10^th, 2025: Laura has been awarded the dissertation prize of the Physical Society of Berlin for her outstanding doctoral thesis. We are proud of you.

  

• Quantenlicht trifft Diamant - inspiriert vom Sägefisch 

Marco  participated in an interview series from the Berlin University Alliance. "Faces of Berlin University Alliance" Check out the videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vJgDhmLfig (Introduction) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbX6tUGUnc (Interview) 

• November 18^th, 2025: Congratulations—Max Elias Heiman has completed his master’s thesis with success!
• November 1^th, 2025: Welcome Katrijn Everaert! Katrijn joins our group as a post doc.
• October 28^th, 2025: Alejandro Schössel has finished his bachelor’s thesis with success; congratulations on this achievement!
• September 25^th, 2025: Congratulations to Grigory Kornilov for the successful completion of his master’s thesis!
•  August 31^th, 2025: Dr. Doğuşcan Ahiboz is leaving our group after four years. You have been a great value to us. All the best to you. 
• August 14^th, 2025: Tom Ben Dor sucessfully completed this master's thesis. Congratulations!
• July 25^th, 2025: Lautaro is leaving us. We had a great time with you. All the best for the future. 

• July 15^th, 2025: Our two recently graduated PhD students Laura and Julian have won two awards. Julian wins the Falling Walls Lab Pitch Competition and Laura wins the Lise Meitner Award. Congratulations!

• July 10^th, 2025: Tim was a speaker on the  Quantum Art panel, where he discussed creative potential and new forms of collaboration between quantum computing and art with experts from the fields of science and art. More information

  

• July 10^th, 2025: Charlotta receives a physics study prize for her excellent Master's thesis.

  The Physics Study Prize of the Physikalische Gesellschaft zu Berlin is awarded annually to outstanding graduates of the Master's degree in physics. We congratulate you from the bottom of our hearts.

  

• July 1^th, 2025: Congratulations to Julian on the successful completion of your PhD thesis on the topic: Design, Fabrication, and Application of Novel Photonic Quantum Devices for Communication and Sensing. The group is proud of you.