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The Institute for Quantum Information Research and Engineering (INQUIRE) and the Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction (CMQT) is pleased to welcome Professor Fedor Jelezko from the Institute of Quantum Optics at Ulm University, hosted by Professor Roel Tempelaar.

INQUIRE Seminar
Date: Thursday, December 4
Time: 3:00pm (CT)
Location: Ryan 4003 (map | directions)

Title: Diamond spin qubits for nanoscale quantum sensing
Abstract: Spin qubits in diamond have recently emerged as promising candidates for quantum technologies. In this talk, we will demonstrate how single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) colour centres can be employed as nanoscale magnetic field sensors. We will also present dynamical decoupling techniques that enhance the sensitivity of diamond quantum sensors and explore the applications of NV spin qubits for single-molecule nuclear magnetic resonance. We will also demonstrate how nuclear spins in diamond nanoparticles can be hyperpolarised via NV centres.

About Prof. Jelezko: Fedor Jelezko is currently a director of the Institute of Quantum Optics at Ulm University, director of the Centre for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology and member of Heidelberg Academy of Sciences. 

He studied in Minsk (Belarus) and received his Ph.D. in 1998. After finishing the habilitation in 2010 at Stuttgart University he was appointed as a professor of experimental physics in Ulm in 2011. His research interests are at the intersection of fundamental quantum science and quantum technologies. His research team is exploring applications of spin qubits in diamond for information processing, communication, sensing, and imaging.

Outside academia, he is involved in the development of quantum technologies based on spin qubits. Prof. Jelezko and his colleagues are now pursuing its exploitation by means of their start-up company NVision Imaging Technologies and Diatope. 

Hosted by Roel Tempelaar.

For more information, please contact Keller Paulson at keller.paulson@northwestern.edu.