[Open for Registration]The 11th Quantum Solid Flagship Seminar
Date/Time
Friday, December 8, 2025, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM (JST)
Venue
・On-site: Multipurpose Hall, 1st Floor, North (EEI) Bldg. 3 Ookayama Campus, Institute of Science Tokyo
Map
・Online (Zoom): The connection details will be provided to registered participants.
Chair
Dr. Naota Sekiguchi (Science Tokyo)
Lecturer
Prof. Dr. Arne Wickenbrock
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
Arne Wickenbrock received his PhD in 2012 from University College London, where he worked on cold-atom experiments. After a brief research stay in Berkeley, USA, he joined Prof. Dmitry Budker in Mainz, Germany. He is now the deputy section leader of the Matter–Antimatter Section at the Helmholtz Institute Mainz and a research group leader at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
His work focuses on the development of quantum sensors based on hot atomic vapors and solid-state materials, and on applying these sensors to fundamental physics and biomedical research. He also serves as the coordinator of the German quantum-sensing flagship project DIAQNOS.
https://budker.uni-mainz.de/?page_id=70
Title
Diamond-based quantum sensing for Neurosurgery
Abstract
Optically pumped magnetometers are highly sensitive devices at the forefront of international quantum-sensing initiatives. In this talk, I will present our color-center–based sensing projects, with a particular focus on our efforts to detect neuronal action potentials using a diamond endoscope developed within the BMBF-funded quantum-sensing lighthouse project DIAQNOS.
DIAQNOS—Diamond Quantum Sensing for Neurosurgery—is a collaborative initiative between quantum physicists across Germany and neurosurgeons at the University Clinic Freiburg. Its goal is to translate the impressive performance of quantum sensors in the laboratory into the neurosurgical operating theater, where they could support diagnostics, enhance neuronavigation, and ultimately improve patient outcomes.
Language
English
Registration fee
Free of Charge
Participants
General Public & Students
Registration
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Contact
HQ, Quantum Metrology and Sensing
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