On October 25, 2025, the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy invites you to the first edition of Saturday Morning Physics in the winter semester 2025/26. Apl. Prof. Dr. Doris Reiter will take the audience on a journey into the world of quanta:
You can always get down - but how do you get up? Many people have probably climbed up the 3-meter tower at the swimming pool. Normally you need a long enough ladder for this. But what if the ladder is too short? In our traditional world, you just get stuck at the bottom.
In the quantum world, however, things get exciting: there are tricks that work even with a conductor that is "too short". This is exactly what happens when quantum systems are excited. In order for a photon to be created in the end, the system must be steered into a certain quantum state. The easiest way to do this is with a π pulse, but in quantum physics, surprisingly creative methods are also used. From the π pulse to the SUPER scheme, this lecture is about how to get a quantum system to where you want it to be - sometimes with unexpected detours.
- Prof. Dr. Doris Reiter
Reiter is a professor at the Technical University of Dortmund and conducts research in the fields of photonics and quantum technology. She also initiated the "QuanTour" project, in which a quantum light source travels through Europe for 12 months and inspires the public for quantum physics.
Everyone who finds the small and big questions of our universe just as exciting as we do is cordially invited.
When: October 25, 2025, 11 a.m.
Where? St. Paul's Church in the city center of Bochum, Grabenstraße 9
Admission is free. From 10:30, the student council will provide visitors with waffles and coffee.
Saturday Morning Physics takes place in cooperation with the Protestant parish of Bochum on five Saturdays in the winter semester 25/26 in the Pauluskirche. Information on further lectures can be found on the SMP website.