Quantum Sensors for Life Science

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Friedemann Reinhard
• Subject Area: Statistical Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Complex Systems, Soft and Fluid Matter, Biological Physics
• Term: from 2014 to 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 247991270

The sixth year of the present Emmy Noether project will aim at magnetic resonance imaging of single organic electron spins. A single Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) center in diamond will be used to detect the signal of a small ensemble of ~100 electron spins, which will be thermally polarised by a moderately strong (0.1 T) magnetic field and cryogenic (10K) cooling. Imaging will be performed on the single-spin level by Fourier spectroscopy in a magnetic field gradient, building on the results of the first two funding periods.

• DFG Programme: Independent Junior Research Groups