DiQuaMus Kick-off meeting in Leipzig
Leipzig, 15th April 2024
We hold our Kick-off meeting of the BMBF funded project “DiQuaMus” which started on March 1st. The project aims to simplify quantum technologies for the public as they offer great potential to revolutionise future applications but often remain complex and challenging for the public. With this project -in which we collaborate with the TU Braunschweig and the Phaeno Science Center in Wolfsburg- we would like to develop simplified experimental setups that make the intricate concepts and implementations of quantum technologies more accessible and engaging.
More information:
https://www.quantentechnologien.de/forschung/foerderung/quantum-aktiv-outreach-konzepte-und-open-innovation-fuer-quantentechnologien/diquamus.html
DPG conference in Berlin
Berlin, 17th-22th March 2024
At this year's DPG spring meeting for the section of condensed matter physics, we were represented by our PhD student, Marcel. He spent the week enjoying talks about everything solid state, from superconductors and topological insulators to spin-qubit based quantum sensors and how they can be applied to interesting solid-state systems. As always, the DPG spring meetings are a great event to meet old colleagues and friends from science and industry, as well as making new acquaintances from various different fields and backgrounds.
The ever-evolving field of quantum technologies is certainly gaining more recognition at such large conferences, as can be seen - for example - by the great keynote talk by Ronald Hanson on his fascinating vision for a quantum internet and the dedicated quantum communication and sensing sessions. In the latter of the two, Marcel gave a talk on the investigation of two-dimensional superconductors using nanoscale sensing with NV centres in diamond, a project that he is working on in our labs.
Guest group seminar by Dr. Kirill Monakhov
Leipzig, 15th March 2024
Dr. Kirill Monakhov from the IOM Leipzig visited us and gave a talk on the topic of Building a molecular computer from polyoxometalate redox switches powered by electricity and light.
SFB Hyp*Mol Colloquium by Prof. Aslam
Leipzig, 8th March 2024
Prof. Dr. Nabeel Aslam gave the Colloquium talk of the SFB Hyp*Mol on the topic of Single spin qubits in diamond - applied to nanoscale NMR spectroscopy.
Group visit to Stuttgart
Stuttgart, 19th - 20th February 2024 Recently, four of our group members visited the labs of Professor Jörg Wrachtrup and his group at Stuttgart University. For two days, they enjoyed extensive lab tours and insightful discussions with Dr. Vadim Vorobyov and many PhD students of the group. Stuttgart University, and particularly the group of Professor Wrachtrup, are among the leading groups in the field of quantum technologies using NV centers in diamond.
Apart from gaining insight into research and lab work done in Stuttgart, our group members took some time to explore Stuttgart and enjoy some typical Swabian food and drinks.
Thanks to Jörg Wrachtrup, Vadim Vorobyov and the whole group for hosting us. Now we are off to our labs to build our own quantum physics experiments. So next time, maybe we can be the hosts and give a tour through our own labs.
Move to university of Leipzig
Effective September 1st 2023 Lab Aslam is moving to the Felix-Bloch-Institut für Festkörperphysik at the university of Leipzig. You can reach Prof. Aslam at the email address
DPG conference in Hanover
Hanover, March 6th - 10th 2023
Prof. Nabeel Aslam and Marcel Martin participated in the DPG conference in Hannover. Marcel gave a talk on "Advances in Nanoscale NMR with NV centers in diamond".
Nils joins our team
Brunswick, March 1st 2023
Nils Magin starts his master thesis work in our group. Welcome to the team!
Marcel at the Humboldt University in Berlin
Berlin, Februar 16th 2023
Marcel visits the group of Prof. Tim Schröder at the Humboldt University, Berlin.
Our paper in Nature Reviews Physics
Brunswick, February 3rd 2023
Our review article "Quantum Sensors for biomedical applications" gets published in Nature Reviews Physics:
Quantum sensing students go to the PTB
Brunswick, January 13th 2023
All 16 participants of the quantum sensing lecture visited the PTB Braunschweig. After a general introduction into the work of the PTB we got a chance to see the labs of Dr. Hans Schumacher.
Interview with Prof. Nabeel Aslam
Brunswick, January 12th 2023
The TU Magazin interviewed Prof. Nabeel Aslam:
BMBF Funding DiamondNanoNMR
Brunswick, December 1st 2022
The federal ministry of education and research is funding our project on DiamondNanoNMR with 4.9 Million €. Here you can find more information about the project:
https://magazin.tu-braunschweig.de/en/pi-post/single-molecule-mri-through-quantum-sensors/
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Quantum sensing lecture
Brunswick, October 27th 2022
The Quantum sensing lecture begins. After an introduction into quantum information, the basics of quantum sensing will be presented (definition, protocols, sensitivity, quantum enhanced sensing etc.). We will then discuss the different realizations of quantum sensors and their applications (NV centers in diamond, optically pumped magnetometers, SQUID magnetometer, atomic clocks, squeezed light etc.).
Visit to the Goethe University
Frankfurt am Main, October 10th 2022
Prof. Nabeel Aslam visited the group of Prof. Falko Pientka at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main.
Research group starts at TU Braunschweig
Brunswick, October 1st 2022
The research group has officially started its work at the IPKM, TU Braunschweig.
Quantum Futur Meeting
Berlin, September 28-29 2022
Prof. Dr. Nabeel Aslam participated in the Network meeting of all Quantum Futur groups in Berlin and presented the DiamondNanoNMR project.