Spin control in Nanodiamonds
Exciting news from the lab! We’ve made a milestone by successfully controlling the spin state of 1000s of Nitrogen-Vacancy centers inside commercial nanodiamonds at room temperature. This is the first time this has been realized in Innsbruck and is a great final achievement of our master student Leo Walz.
First Master’s student joining the Diamond Experiment
Leo Walz is joining us for an external master’s thesis from the University of Heidelberg. He will be focusing on establishing spin control of Nitrogen-Vacancy center spin ensembles at room temperature.
Carl Zeiss Award for Young Researchers
On Monday evening, Simon received the Carl Zeiss Award for Young Researchers, which is awarded to outstanding up-coming scientists in optics and photonics by the Ernst Abbe Fund every two years. The ceremony took place at the Deutsches Museum in Munich – a very special location. His wife Katrin and Simon enjoyed a great evening […]
Pint of Science 2023
Yesterday, together with Prof. Gerhard Kirchmair, Simon had the pleasure of speaking at the Pint of Science event in Innsbruck. We had a great time discussing the unique features of quantum mechanics and how they can be used to develop quantum technologies such as the quantum internet. The quantum internet has the potential to revolutionize […]
Entangling ions across Innsbruck’s campus
Trapped ions are a promising platform for the realization of future quantum networks, as they combine high quality local quantum operations with an efficient spin-photon interface for long-distance quantum communication. As a first step towards a real-world quantum network of trapped ions we report now on the demonstration of entanglement generation between two trapped ion […]
How to improve NV center entanglement?
Node-to-node entanglement is the crucial resource in a quantum network and it is therefore of prime importance to have its fidelity and efficiency well under control. In Delft, we have done a rigorous study of entanglement generation between two Nitrogen-Vacancy quantum network nodes and shed light on the influcence of various parameters during entanglement generation. […]
Physics World: Favorite Research 2022
Our paper on quantum teleportation across a three-node quantum network based on solid state spins was selected as one of the research higlights in 2022 in Quantum Science and Technology by IOP PhysicsWorld. We will keep pushing for more results in the coming years!
ESPRIT grant within Quantum Austria research initiative
Simon has received an ESPRIT grant by the Austrian Science Fund within the research initiative Quantum Austria. The CoolQuanD project will allow us to build a setup for studying levitated mesoscopic diamonds that host quantum spins – an experimental platform that could bridge the gap between the classical and the quantum world. We are looking […]
Media coverage of our teleportation paper
Our most recent Nature paper has attracted media coverage all around the world. Below you can find a list of the most important coverages: ORF Der Standard Physics World The New York Times El Pais Le Monde De Morgen New Scientist De Volkskrant
Teleportation of quantum information across a rudimentary quantum network
At QuTech (Delft University of Technology) we have succeeded in teleporting quantum information across a rudimentary network – between network nodes that do not share a direct physical connection. This first of its kind is an important step towards a future quantum internet. This breakthrough was made possible by a greatly improved quantum memory and […]