Quantum research

Photonics and electronics form the backbone of our current information technology. At FAU, the focus has turned to the joint consideration of light and matter, which will make many new phenomena and technologies comprehensible. We hope that this will form the basis for the key technologies of the 21st century.

24JAN 2025
FAU news
Project funding: Improving the detection of deepfakes
Deepfakes are spreading rapidly and are increasingly difficult to detect. An IT forensics group at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) is currently working on a tool in conjunction with secunet Security Networks AG that detects images generated by AI automatically and reliably. The project has received 350,000 euros of funding from the Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation […]Deepfakes are spreading rapidly and are increasingly difficult to detect. An IT forensics group at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) is currently working on a tool in conjunction with secunet Security Networks AG that detects images generated by AI automatically and reliably. The project has received 350,000 euros of funding from the Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation […]
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15JUL 2024
Research
When quantum physics takes the bar by storm
The terms “Wenz”, “Solo” and “Sie” are as much part of a Bavarian pub as the beer tap and the regulars’ table. It’s where you’ll often see groups of (usually) four players huddled over their playing cards trying to be the first to get 60 points at the traditional card game known as “Schafkopf”. FAU […]
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18OCT 2023
Research
Milestone: Miniature particle accelerator works
Particle accelerators are crucial tools in a wide variety of areas in industry, research and the medical sector. The space these machines require ranges from a few square meters to large research centers. Using lasers to accelerate electrons within a photonic nanostructure constitutes a microscopic alternative with the potential of generating significantly lower costs […]
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15SEP 2023
FAU news
An anniversary symposium
The Chair of Applied Physics is one of the longest standing of its kind in Germany and is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, the Chair, which has been a global center for silicon carbide research since the late 1980s, is organizing an international symposium on the topic of “Silicon carbide […]
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03AUG 2023
Research
New Distinguished Professorship of Applied Quantum Technologies
“Anyone who might have dared to suggest controlling a single photon, let alone an electron, 20 years ago would have been considered to have lost touch with reality,” states quantum engineer Professor Roland Nagy. Today, researchers like him and his team at FAU are even able to use the effects of such subatomic particles at […]
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31JUL 2023
Research
One step closer to highly secure quantum communication
Researchers from Jena, Berlin, Erlangen-Nuremberg and Wessling have successfully distributed quantum keys between two points using a combination of free-space and fiber links under everyday conditions. On a heterogeneous test bed in Jena, they achieved key rates in the kilobit range per second in daylight. The experiment was implemented as part of the QuNET initiative, […]
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Quantum research

Project funding: Improving the detection of deepfakes

When quantum physics takes the bar by storm

Milestone: Miniature particle accelerator works

An anniversary symposium

New Distinguished Professorship of Applied Quantum Technologies

One step closer to highly secure quantum communication