Quantum Sensing and Quantum Materials (QSQM)

Director
Peter Abbamonte
Lead Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Class
2020-2024
Mission
To develop three new quantum sensing techniques—scanning qubit microscopy, two-electron Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) spectroscopy, and nonlinear x-ray optics—and use them to study local and nonlocal quantum observables in quantum materials.
Research Topics
optics, phonons, charge transport, superconductivity, topological states, magnetism and spin physics, quantum information science, mesoscale science, materials and chemistry by design, synthesis (novel systems), synthesis (predictive)
Systems Studied
Systems: semiconductor, wide band-gap semiconductor, metal, oxide
Interfaces: inorganic/inorganic
Nanostructured: 1D, 2D, 3D
Experimental and Theoretical Methods
X-ray diffraction and scattering, X-ray spectroscopy, electron microscopy, scanning probe microscopy, surface science, ultrafast science, continuum modeling, mesoscale modeling

Partner Institutions
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- University of Illinois Chicago
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign