Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson

Contact

Facility

Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Department of Physics

Experimental Physics / Nanooptics

Email

oliver.benson? Please insert an @ at this point ?physik.hu-berlin? Please insert a period at this pointde

Telephone

030 2093-82300

Postal address

Unter den Linden 6, 10117 Berlin

Registered office

Lise Meitner-Haus, Institutsgeb?ude, Newtonstra?e 15, 12489 Berlin

Room

1'704

Research projects

Project
Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space11/2025 - 12/2026
Technologies and demonstrators for quantum repeaters, TD.QR, subproject: 3-node entanglement of quantum memories over a 52km telecom fiber connection
Project management: Dr. Sven Ramelow, Prof. Dr. Tim Schr?der, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space11/2025 - 12/2026
Technologies and demonstrators for quantum repeaters, TD.QR, subproject: 3-node entanglement of quantum memories over a 52km telecom fiber connection
Project management: Prof. Dr. Tim Schr?der, Dr. Sven Ramelow, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space11/2025 - 12/2026
Technologies and demonstrators for quantum repeaters, TD.QR, subproject: 3-node entanglement of quantum memories over a 52km telecom fiber connection
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson, Prof. Dr. Tim Schr?der, Dr. Sven Ramelow
Project
Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space01/2022 - 12/2026
Joint project: Photonic quantum computers (PhoQuant) - Sub-project: Generation of non-Gaussian quantum states for photonic quantum computing
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space05/2021 - 04/2025
QUIN: Quanten-OCT keramischer und polymerer Werkstoffe mit verschr?nkten Photonen im mittleren Infrarot
Project management: Dr. Sven Ramelow, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
DFG Collaborative Research Centre07/2019 - 06/2023
CRC 951/3: Plasmonic Tunnel Junctions for Infrared Photon Creation and Detection (SP B18)
Project management: Dr. Günter Kewes, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
DFG Collaborative Research Centre07/2019 - 06/2023
CRC 951/3: Chiral Coupling in Hybrid Plasmonic Nanostructures (SP B02)
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space08/2018 - 07/2021
Transfer von Spin-Photon-Verschr?nkung Unterprojekt 1: Neue QKD-Protokolle und Tests Quanten-Faserstrecken
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
06/2017 - 12/2017
Numerische Parameterquantifizierung und Optimierung von neuen Konzepten für die Quanteninformationsübertragung
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space10/2016 - 06/2020
Photonische Nano-Filme mit umfassender optischer Funktionalit?t
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
DFG Collaborative Research Centre01/2016 - 12/2019
CRC 787/3: Quantum Networks Based on Single Photons (SP C02)
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
DFG Collaborative Research Centre07/2015 - 06/2019
CRC 951/2: HIOS – Coherent amplification and lasing of metal/organic hybrid structures (SP B02)
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
DFG Collaborative Research Centre07/2015 - 06/2019
CRC 951/2: HIOS – ZnO/Organic Hybrid Structures (SP A05)
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
Land Berlin - Andere07/2015 - 06/2018
Integrierte Mikroresonator-stabilisierte Lichtquellen für die (Quanten-)Metrologie (iMiLQ)
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
Other foundations in Germany01/2015 - 12/2020
Neuartige hybride Materialien für Quantenoptikanwendungen
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
DFG Research Unit12/2014 - 11/2017
RG 1493/2: Integrated Quantum Optics and Nanophotonics with Defect Centers in Nanodiamonds
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
Einstein Foundation Berlin07/2014 - 06/2017
Active Plasmonic Nano-Antennas for Generating, Detecting, and Converting Quantum Light (ActiPlAnt)
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space05/2014 - 10/2018
Optische Quantenschnittstellen zwischen Quantenpunkten und Atomen (QcomHHUB)
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
DFG Individual Research Grant03/2014 - 08/2017
DFG Research Grant: Three-Dimensional Quantum Photonic Elements Based on Single Emitters in Laserwritten Microstructures for Efficient Non-Classical Light Generation and Ultra-Sensitive Optical Nanomagnetometry
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
DAAD01/2014 - 12/2015
Realisation of Ultra-Efficient Single Photon Source Using Nano-Photonics and Nano Manipulation Technologies
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
DFG Collaborative Research Centre07/2011 - 06/2015
CRC 951 I: HIOS - Plasmonic nanoantennae as efficient input/output ports for fundamental opto-electronic elements based on inorganic/organic interfaces (Project B1)
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
DFG Collaborative Research Centre07/2011 - 06/2015
CRC 951 I: HIOS - Coherent amplification and lasing of metal/organic hybrid structures (Project B2)
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
DFG Research Unit05/2011 - 05/2014
RG 1493: Integrated Quantum Optics and Nanophotonics with Defect Centers in Nanodiamonds (SP 6)
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space11/2010 - 10/2013
QK_QuaHL-Rep (Quanten-Repeater-Plattformen auf Basis von Halbleitern) - Teilprojekt: Konversion einzelner und verschr?nkter Photonenpaare
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
09/2010 - 02/2012
INSPIRE
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space09/2010 - 06/2011
Int. Workshop on Fundamentals of Light-Matter-Interaction
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
Land Berlin - Andere01/2010 - 09/2013
Advanced Micro-Resonators (AdMiRe)
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
DFG Individual Research Grant12/2008 - 11/2011
Tailored Light-Matter Coupling with Photonic Crystal Cavities in the Visible
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space11/2008 - 10/2011
KEPHOSI Compact Source for Single Photons Based on Defect Centers in Diamond
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
DFG other programmes07/2008 - 12/2008
International Workshop on Fundamentals of Light-Matter-Interaction (Event)
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
DFG Collaborative Research Centre01/2008 - 12/2019
CRC 787/1: Single Photons for Quantum Information (SP C02)
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
DFG Individual Research Grant01/2008 - 12/2011
Cavity QED with Defect Centers and a Micro-toroidal Cavity
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
DFG Individual Research Grant09/2007 - 08/2008
Storage of Single Photons in Atomic Vapor II
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
DFG Collaborative Research Centre01/2007 - 12/2009
Light harvesting in artificial hybride structures (TP C 8)
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
06/2006 - 09/2007
Fabrication and characterization of optical microresonators based on photonic crystal structures
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation03/2006 - 08/2010
Controlled coupling of nanoscopic light emitters with high-Q modes of a toroidal microcavity: studies of cavity QED and nano-optical effects in a novel model system
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
DFG Individual Research Grant07/2005 - 06/2007
Storage of Single Photons in Atomic Vapor I
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
03/2005 - 09/2007
Photonic Crystal Fibers: Investigation of the interaction of light and single emitters in nanostructured glas
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
DFG Collaborative Research Centre04/2004 - 12/2006
SFB 296 IV: Coherence, Efficiency, and Quantum Correlations of Single Quantum Dots
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson
Project
DFG Individual Research Grant04/2003 - 01/2005
Experimental Quantum Optics with Photonic Crystals
Project management: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Benson

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Research projects

Technologies and demonstrators for quantum repeaters, TD.QR, subproject: 3-node entanglement of quantum memories over a 52km telecom fiber connection

Technologies and demonstrators for quantum repeaters, TD.QR, subproject: 3-node entanglement of quantum memories over a 52km telecom fiber connection

Technologies and demonstrators for quantum repeaters, TD.QR, subproject: 3-node entanglement of quantum memories over a 52km telecom fiber connection

Joint project: Photonic quantum computers (PhoQuant) - Sub-project: Generation of non-Gaussian quantum states for photonic quantum computing

QUIN: Quanten-OCT keramischer und polymerer Werkstoffe mit verschr?nkten Photonen im mittleren Infrarot

CRC 951/3: Plasmonic Tunnel Junctions for Infrared Photon Creation and Detection (SP B18)

CRC 951/3: Chiral Coupling in Hybrid Plasmonic Nanostructures (SP B02)

Transfer von Spin-Photon-Verschr?nkung Unterprojekt 1: Neue QKD-Protokolle und Tests Quanten-Faserstrecken

Numerische Parameterquantifizierung und Optimierung von neuen Konzepten für die Quanteninformationsübertragung

Photonische Nano-Filme mit umfassender optischer Funktionalit?t

CRC 787/3: Quantum Networks Based on Single Photons (SP C02)

CRC 951/2: HIOS – Coherent amplification and lasing of metal/organic hybrid structures (SP B02)

CRC 951/2: HIOS – ZnO/Organic Hybrid Structures (SP A05)

Integrierte Mikroresonator-stabilisierte Lichtquellen für die (Quanten-)Metrologie (iMiLQ)

Neuartige hybride Materialien für Quantenoptikanwendungen

RG 1493/2: Integrated Quantum Optics and Nanophotonics with Defect Centers in Nanodiamonds

Active Plasmonic Nano-Antennas for Generating, Detecting, and Converting Quantum Light (ActiPlAnt)

Optische Quantenschnittstellen zwischen Quantenpunkten und Atomen (QcomHHUB)

DFG Research Grant: Three-Dimensional Quantum Photonic Elements Based on Single Emitters in Laserwritten Microstructures for Efficient Non-Classical Light Generation and Ultra-Sensitive Optical Nanomagnetometry

Realisation of Ultra-Efficient Single Photon Source Using Nano-Photonics and Nano Manipulation Technologies

CRC 951 I: HIOS - Plasmonic nanoantennae as efficient input/output ports for fundamental opto-electronic elements based on inorganic/organic interfaces (Project B1)

CRC 951 I: HIOS - Coherent amplification and lasing of metal/organic hybrid structures (Project B2)

RG 1493: Integrated Quantum Optics and Nanophotonics with Defect Centers in Nanodiamonds (SP 6)

QK_QuaHL-Rep (Quanten-Repeater-Plattformen auf Basis von Halbleitern) - Teilprojekt: Konversion einzelner und verschr?nkter Photonenpaare

INSPIRE

Int. Workshop on Fundamentals of Light-Matter-Interaction

Advanced Micro-Resonators (AdMiRe)

Tailored Light-Matter Coupling with Photonic Crystal Cavities in the Visible

KEPHOSI Compact Source for Single Photons Based on Defect Centers in Diamond

International Workshop on Fundamentals of Light-Matter-Interaction (Event)

CRC 787/1: Single Photons for Quantum Information (SP C02)

Cavity QED with Defect Centers and a Micro-toroidal Cavity

Storage of Single Photons in Atomic Vapor II

Light harvesting in artificial hybride structures (TP C 8)

Fabrication and characterization of optical microresonators based on photonic crystal structures

Controlled coupling of nanoscopic light emitters with high-Q modes of a toroidal microcavity: studies of cavity QED and nano-optical effects in a novel model system

Storage of Single Photons in Atomic Vapor I

Photonic Crystal Fibers: Investigation of the interaction of light and single emitters in nanostructured glas

SFB 296 IV: Coherence, Efficiency, and Quantum Correlations of Single Quantum Dots

Experimental Quantum Optics with Photonic Crystals