Birgit Stiller

Nonlinear Optics, Quantum Optics

Max Planck Research Group Leader and Professor
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen and Leibniz University Hanover
Elisabeth Schiemann Fellow since 2023

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QUANTUM OPTOACOUSTICS
In my research group, we study the interplay of light waves with sound waves. Both types of waves are very different: light is much faster and can travel through outer space – sound is 100,000 times slower and needs a material such as a solid, gas or liquid to move. Our research leads to new types of data processing with sound waves, applications for secure quantum communications and storage of light information.

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