In recent years, optically probed quantum defects in solids such as diamond and silicon carbide have become a leading modality for precision sensing and imaging of electromagnetic fields, temperature, and forces. This emerging technology has wide-ranging applications across the physical and life sciences — including chemical analysis at the scale of individual cells, improved biomedical diagnostics, autonomous vehicle navigation, probing magnetic materials at the nanoscale, and noninvasive assessment of microelectronic function. I will provide an overview of such solid-state quantum sensors and their future prospects.
Ronald Walsworth is a Minta Martin Professor at the University of Maryland (UMD), with appointments in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of Physics. He is also the Founding Director of the Quantum Technology Center (QTC) at UMD, which focuses on translational applications of quantum science. Dr.Walsworth leads an interdisciplinary research group focused on developing precision measurement tools for applications in the physical and life sciences, based on quantum science. He has co-founded several technology companies that have spun-out of his laboratory.
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