Development and testing laboratory for quantum sensors and superconducting electronics

by Robert Gartmann, Timo Muscheid (KIT-IPE)

Thursday Dec 4, 2025, 2:00 PM → 3:00 PM Europe/Berlin

Seminarraum EG (IPE)

In IPE the “development and test laboratory for quantum sensors and superconducting electronics” has been set up. Highly sensitive quantum sensors offer a magnitude better energy resolution than semiconductor sensors for basic research. Thanks to their unique properties, they are attractive in applications in many areas, such as medical technology (imaging of heart and brain waves), biology (magnetic field measurements on living plants), materials testing (non-invasive diagnostics of batteries), mineral exploration, and astronomy. In addition, superconducting quantum sensors and components based on Josephson contacts, such as SQUIDs, parametric amplifiers, single photon detectors (EPDs), and multiplexers are essential components in the realization of current quantum computer concepts.. The presentation will report on the structure and current status as well as the first projects.