Quantum Sensing

Diamond NV centers, spin-photon interfaces, quantum magnetometry, cryogenic sensors, and color center engineering for quantum metrology.

Focus areas

Diamond NV centers
Spin-photon interfaces
Quantum magnetometry
Cryogenic sensors
Color center engineering for quantum metrology

Recent papers

Scalable Control of Spin Defects with CMOS Integrated Circuit 2026
Programmable Quantum Matter: Heralding Large Cluster States in Driven Inhomogeneous Spin Ensembles PRX Quantum · 2026 Digital twin
Exceptional sensitivity near the bistable transition point of a hybrid quantum system Nature Physics · 2026 Digital twin
Spin-optomechanical cavity interfaces by deep subwavelength phonon-photon confinement npj Quantum Information · 2025
Spectral tuning and nanoscale localization of single color centers in silicon via controllable strain Nature Communications · 2025

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In the news

A Manufacturing Approach That Brings Diamond Quantum Photonics Closer To Industrial Production (MIT, KAUST et al.) 2026-02-02 · Semiconductor Engineering
Microwave single-photon detection using a hybrid spin-optomechanical quantum interface | npj Quantum Information 2025-10-21 · Nature
Quest Towards Programmable Quantum Matter 2025-09-05 · Quantum Zeitgeist

Technology transition

Dirk Englund co-founded DUST Identity and QuNeTT.

Find relevant IP

Systems and methods for piezoelectric control of spin quantum memories US20230351235A1 · 2023 · Google Patents ↗
Apparatuses and methods for increasing magnetic flux density using superconductors WO2021034404A1 · 2021 · Google Patents ↗
Methods and apparatus for optically detecting magnetic resonance US10895542B2 · 2021 · 1 related filing · Google Patents ↗ · MIT TLO ↗
On-chip detection of spin states in color centers for metrology and information processing US10962610B2 · 2021 · 3 related filings · Google Patents ↗ · MIT TLO ↗
Combined microscope objective and microwave wire for optically detected magnetic resonance WO2020132186A1 · 2020 · Google Patents ↗ · MIT TLO ↗

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