As part of the O3Q project (project coordination: Prof. Dr. Markus Gregor), various developments were carried out to make experiments on wave and quantum optics more accessible in schools. The results of the work of the Institute for Didactics of Physics at the University of Münster can be found on this website. Under the direction of Prof. Dr. Stefan Heusler and Dr. Alexander Pusch, low-cost experiments on wave optics have been developed, for which further information can be found on this website.
At Münster University of Applied Sciences, low-cost experiments based on NV centers were developed under the direction of Prof. Dr. Markus Gregor, which are intended to provide inexpensive access to the use of NV centers as quantum magnetic field sensors. The results can be read here: Modular low-cost 3D printed setup for experiments with NV centers in diamond and Microcontroller-Optimized Measurement Electronics for Coherent Control Applications of NV Centers. In addition, the suitability of NV centers for the generation of single photons was also investigated: Using low-cost Blu-Ray Optical Pickup Units for Measurement of Single Photon Emission from NV-Centers.
At Leibniz Universität Hannover, under the direction of Dr. Rüdiger Scholz and Dr. Kim Weber, the extent to which single photons can be detected more cheaply using DIY electronics was investigated.