Professor Klaus Jöns, a physicist at Paderborn University, was recently appointed a new fellow at the Max Planck School of Photonics. Jöns is the third Paderborn fellow at this renowned graduate school, alongside Professor Christine Silberhorn and Professor Thomas Zentgraf.
The Max Planck School of Photonics (MPSP) is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and offers an international and interdisciplinary master’s and doctoral programme in the field of photonics. Doctoral candidates at MPSP are supervised by outstanding fellows conducting research at 16 university and non-university partner institutions. They can also make use of the MPSP network, both for scientific relationships and for early industry contacts. Jöns is delighted to have been appointed an MPSP fellow and about the opportunities this brings for further training young research talent in the field of photonics: ‘The fact that we are one of eight MPSP sites provides us and our students with a fantastic opportunity for scientific networking, as well as emphasising the importance of Paderborn as an exceptional research centre. For all of us, it represents a unique opportunity to be part of a dynamic research community that is driving innovation and pioneering developments.’
Jöns is head of the ‘Hybrid Quantum Photonic Devices’ working group in Paderborn. Together with his staff, he uses state-of-the-art production and measuring methods to make photonic quantum technologies suitable for everyday use. Jöns’s team specialises in particular in the development and integration of miniaturised components to produce and store quantum states. Jöns, like Silberhorn and Zentgraf, is a member of the Institute for Photonic Quantum Systems (PhoQS), a central body at Paderborn University where researchers from the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science and electrical engineering take a holistic approach to developing new quantum technologies.
