About the Center

 

The Center for Quantum Nanoscience investigates the quantum properties of atomic-scale (spin) centers in solid-state materials. We will focus on atoms and molecules on surfaces, point defects in insulating and semiconducting solids as well as nanostructures that bridge from the atomic to mesoscopic length scales. Many of the basic properties of such systems, such as the occurrence of and limits to quantum coherence, are not yet well understood. Our experimental methods include high-resolution scanning tunneling microscopy and optical spectroscopy and transport measurements applied to individual centers. Furthermore we will use surface science techniques to compare single-center measurements to spatially averaged ensemble techniques. We will develop the theoretical tools to understand the low-energy (spin) states of such centers and model their interactions with the environment, in particular with the flow of electron currents. Once we achieve thorough scientific understanding of these structures, we envision their use as sensitive quantum sensors as well as quantum bits for future atomic-scale implementations of quantum computation.

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About Andreas Heinrich

 

 

Andreas Heinrich received his PhD from the Georg-August University in Göttingen, Germany where he began his work with scanning tunneling microscopy and transmission electron microscopy.

 

He received a Humboldt Foundation scholarship, which funded his post doc at IBM in the group of Kavli Prize Laureate Donald M. Eigler. During this time he developed a 1 Kelvin STM with high magnetic fields, which he used to demonstrate single-atom spin-flip spectrometry.

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He assumed leadership of the STM group at IBM in 2005. In 2016 Heinrich moved to Ewha Womans University in Seoul, Republic of Korea to start the Quantum Nanoscience Center.

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Heinrich sits on scientific advisory boards for the Max Planck Society and the Korean Institute of Basic Science. Awards include IBM Outstanding Innovation Award, Chinese Academy of Science, and he was made a Fellow of the American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences in 2016.