Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics

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Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics

Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik
Abbreviation	MPQ
Formation	1981
Headquarters	Munich
Location	Garching bei München, Germany
Membership	400
Current managing director	Ignacio Cirac
Parent organization	MPG
Affiliations	LMU, TUM
Staff	400
Website	http://www.mpq.mpg.de/en

The Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics (abbreviation: MPQ; German: Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik) is a part of the Max Planck Society which operates 87 research facilities in Germany.

The institute is located in Garching, Germany, which in turn is located 10 km north-east of Munich. Five research groups work in the fields of attosecond physics, laser physics, quantum information theory, laser spectroscopy, quantum dynamics and quantum many body systems.