SPEAKER PROFILE |
 Prof. Christian Degen Department of Physics, ETH Zurich Switzerland |
Nanoscale sensors made from diamond
Abstract
Diamond has emerged as a unique material for a variety of applications, both because it is very robust and because it has defects with interesting properties. Our group is exploring diamond as a platform for realizing nanoscale sensors with exquisite sensitivities and new capabilities.
In this talk, I will give an overview of the different sensor efforts pursued in our group at the ETH in Zurich, including nanomechanical resonators with high force sensitivities, ultrasharp diamond tips for non-contact force microscopy, and scanning tips for NV magnetometry applications.
In this talk, I will give an overview of the different sensor efforts pursued in our group at the ETH in Zurich, including nanomechanical resonators with high force sensitivities, ultrasharp diamond tips for non-contact force microscopy, and scanning tips for NV magnetometry applications.
Bio
Christian Degen is an experimental physicist with a background in magnetic resonance and scanning probe microscopy. He received a diploma in physics from the ETH Zurich in 2001 and a Ph.D. in nuclear magnetic resonance from the same institution. From 2006 to 2008, he was a post-doctoral researcher in the Nanoscale Studies division of IBM Almaden, advised by Dr. Dan Rugar. In 2009, he became Assistant Professor at MIT, and moved with his group to ETH Zurich in 2011. His laboratory focuses on novel nanoscale sensors based on single spins in diamond and on ultrasensitive nanomechanical resonators.