Scientists Meet Scientists – TUM-IAS Wednesday Coffee Talk: "2025 Nobel Prize in Physics: From Macroscopic Quantum Phenomena to Superconducting Quantum Computing" by Benjamin Lienhard
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On 26 November 2025, Benjamin Lienhard (Walther Meißner Institute, Chair of Technical Physics, TUM) will talk about “2025 Nobel Prize in Physics: From Macroscopic Quantum Phenomena to Superconducting Quantum Computing”.
Abstract: The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis for their pioneering work demonstrating macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling and energy quantization in superconducting electrical circuits. Their groundbreaking experiments in the 1980s demonstrated that quantum behaviors – previously observed only at microscopic scales, such as those of atoms or electrons – could extend to large-scale electrical circuits composed of billions of particles acting collectively as a single quantum system. By effectively creating artificial atoms with quantized energy levels, their discoveries laid the theoretical and experimental foundation for modern superconducting qubits, the fundamental building blocks of today’s quantum computers. The laureates’ work transformed quantum physics from a theoretical framework into an engineering toolbox capable of powering the quantum technology revolution currently reshaping computation and information science.
Related Press Release: Nobel Prize in Physics 2025
Date: November 26, 2025
Time: 13:00 CET (until approx. 14:00)
Location: online
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