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6th SPM User Meeting

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After three years in virtual format, the Zurich Instruments SPM User Meeting will resume as a hybrid event hosted by Prof. Martino Poggio from the University of Basel. Join us in May for this one-day event in Basel, at the crossroads of France, Germany, and Switzerland. Exchange knowledge with your peers, engage in new collaborations, or learn first-hand how to use the instruments in dedicated tutorials, all to expand the community of Zurich Instruments super-users in the fields of scanning probe microscopy and quantum sensing.

This User Meeting will comprise high-level scientific talks from international speakers, practical tutorials, a poster session, and an optional lab tour in the Department of Physics at the University of Basel.

This year's focus topics will be quantum sensing and imaging as well as microwave detection. The following application areas will be covered:

  • Nitrogen vacancy (NV) and color centers
  • Scanning microwave impedance microscopy (SMIM)
  • Radio-frequency (RF) STM and RF-reflectometry
  • Superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs)
  • Nano-magnetic resonance imaging (nano-MRI)
  • Spin detection

The in-person event registration is closed.
Please join us for the virtual event for talks and tutorials.

Invited Speakers

Prof. Dr. Martino Poggio (University of Basel, Switzerland, host)

Prof. Dr. Patrick Maletinsky (University of Basel, Switzerland)

PD Dr. Alex Eichler (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)

Eric Clot (CEA Spintec, Grenoble, France)

Liza Žaper

Denis Vasyukov

Martino Poggio

Martino Poggio is Professor at the Department of Physics from the University of Basel after a PhD at UCSB in California and a postdoc at IBM Almaden. His group focuses on nanomechanical sensing, nanomagnetism, and sensitive scanning probe microscopy. He is currently Deputy Chair of the Department and the Director of the Swiss Nanoscience Institute.

Prof. Dr. Martino Poggio | University of Basel

Patrick Maletinsky

Patrick Maletinsky is Associate Professor at the Department of Physics of the University of Basel since February 2017 after studying at ETH Zurich, ENS Paris and JILA in Boulder. His present research goal is to apply quantum technology for nanoscale sensing and imaging, based on individual quantum systems, to measure beyond established technologies in SPM and nano-photonics.

Prof. Dr. Patrick Maletinsky | University of Basel

Alex Eichler

Alex Eichler is leading the nanomechanical sensing efforts in the Degen lab at ETH Zurich. He holds a PhD in Physics from Basel followed by a postdoc at ICFO in Barcelona. Since 2022, he is Privatdozent at ETH Zurich. His research interests are centered around nanomechanical sensing, including nuclear spin detection and spin-​mechanics coupling.

PD Dr. Alex Eichler | ETH Zurich

Eric Clot

Eric Clot is PhD candidate in the Spin Insulatronics team at SPINTEC under the supervision of Olivier Klein (CEA) and Benjamin Pigeau (Néel Institute) in Grenoble. His research focuses on instrumental development of an NV center nano-magnetometer operating under ultra-stable magnetic fields. The aim of this development is the spectroscopy of spin waves in YIG disks through NV center relaxometry measurements.

Eric Clot | CEA Spintec

Liza Žaper

Liza successfully completed her Master in Electronics Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano and is now pursuing her PhD in nanophysics at the University of Basel. Through her research at EPFL and ETH Zurich, she gained expertise in single-photon avalanche sensors. Next to her PhD, she is an application scientist at Qnami, where she supports the AppLab exploring and developing novel applications for Qnami ProteusQ series.

Liza ŽaperPoggio Lab

Denis Vasyukov

Denis Vasyukov is an expert in cryogenic and high-vacuum systems. He developed nanoSQUID sensors with record sensitivity, first at the Weizmann Institute and then at Poggio Lab in Basel. Later on, he worked on scanning microwave microscopy (SMM) at METAS in Bern and the last three years is commercializing the SMM at Nanosurf AG – leading manufacturer of AFM systems.

Denis VasyukovNanosurf

Program

TimeSession
08:30 - 09:00
Greetings & Registration
Welcome coffee – Biozentrum Foyer
09:00 - 09:20
SPM at the quantum limit
Romain Stomp – Zurich Instruments
09:20 - 09:50
Imaging weak magnetic field patterns on the nanometer-scale
Martino Poggio – University of Basel
09:50 - 10:10
Characterizing nanomagnets used for silicon spin qubit operation
Liza Žaper – Qnami
10:10 - 10:30
Scanning microwave microscopy and its applications
Denis Vasyukov – Nanosurf
10:30 - 11:00Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
Tutorial: Microwave lock-in detection
Kivanç Esat – Zurich Instruments
11:30 - 12:00
Experimental challenges in the measurement of hidden modes of spin waves by NV magnetometry
Eric Clot – CEA Spintec
12:00 - 13:30Buffet lunch with Poster session
13:30 - 14:00
Tutorial: Microwave signal generation for quantum sensing
Emilio Depero – Zurich Instruments
14:00 - 14:30
Parametric coupling between nanomechanical membrane modes for spin sensing
Alex Eichler – ETH Zurich
14:30 - 15:00
Scanning NV magnetometry for material science and magnetic memory development
Patrick Maletinsky – University of Basel
15:00 - 15:30Coffee break
15:30 - 16:45
Q&A with hands-on demos
15:30 - 16:45
Lab tour (optional)
16:45 - 18:00Apéro with wine & cheese

Venue and Further Information

Biozentrum, University of Basel

Spitalstrasse 41
4056 Basel
Switzerland

Arrival by Bus: The closest stop is "Kinderspital UKBB". It can be reached on bus 30 from either train station, or Bus 36 and 38 from the city. 

Arrival by Car: There is paid parking in Parkhaus City located at Kantonsspital, Schanzenstr. 48 / Klingelbergstr. 20. 

Contact

events@zhinst.com