Unit News

Artist’s impression of how to generate work in the quantum regime

Research Update

Powering the Quantum Revolution: Quantum Engines on the Horizon

Scientists unveil exciting possibilities for the development of highly efficient quantum devices.

28 September 2023

OIST Quantum Research Teams Join New Sustainable Quantum AI Research Center Project

Research Update

OIST Quantum Research Teams Join New Sustainable Quantum AI Research Center Project

Two quantum research teams at OIST will join the COI-NEXT project to lead quantum research in Japan.

02 November 2022

Research Update

OIST student sees success in European Hackathon

Congratulations to PhD student Friederike Metz who was part of one of the winning teams in the Qiskit Hackathon Europe 2021 competition.

Research Update

A quantum thermometer for measuring ultra-cold temperatures

Researchers show that a quantum sensor using a single atom can accurately measure the coldest places in the universe.

16 September 2020

Research Update

Controlling quantumness: Simulations reveal details about how particles interact

Recent study describes new states that can be found in super-cold atom experiments, which could have applications for quantum technology.

Research Update

Chiral Forces for Quantum Technologies

OIST physicists calculate an atomic force that can be harnessed to create quantum technologies.

12 October 2018

Research Update

Unveiling the Quantum Necklace

Researchers simulate quantum necklace-like structures in superfluids.

Research Update

Scaling up Quantum Technologies: The Rare Case When 1+1 Is Just 2

A technique to control two particles, rather than just one, by using quantum tunnelling has been described.

Research Update

Moving in the Quantum World

C. M. Chandrashekar and Thomas Busch simulate the motion of a particle that can be in two or more places at once.

23 October 2014

Research Update

New Unit Profile: From Magic to Quantum Machines

“Quantum theory aims to explain phenomena that occur at temperatures and on scales that humans are too big and too hot to experience," says Professor Thomas Busch, head of the new Quantum Systems Unit at OIST.

23 January 2013

Institutional News

Quantum Researchers Descend on OIST

Quantum@OIST, which took place from May 7-10, was a little different from the usual research workshop. The seminar was organized by new faculty members Thomas Busch, Síle Nic Chormaic, and Nic Shannon as a way of introducing their group members to OIST, and OIST to the new units.