Summary: Home of QuTech — one of Europe's top quantum research centres, jointly with TNO. Primarily known for quantum computing (superconducting qubits, spin qubits, topological qubits), but has substantial quantum sensing activity: NV-centre magnetometry and single-molecule NMR (Hanson group heritage), quantum network sensing nodes, and superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) relevant to astronomical instrumentation. The Kavli Institute of Nanoscience provides excellent shared cleanroom and cryogenic facilities. Strong for fundamental quantum sensing experiments and detector development.
Notes: Home of QuTech (jointly with TNO) — Europe's leading quantum research centre. Top European technical university. World-leading in superconducting and spin-qubit quantum computing. Key sensing-relevant groups: Hanson (NV-centre magnetometry, quantum networks), Zwerver/Veldhorst (spin qubits as sensors), Baas (SNSPDs for photon counting). Kavli Institute of Nanoscience provides cleanroom and nanofabrication. Member of European Quantum Flagship.
Witte's group builds table-top extreme-ultraviolet sources via high-harmonic generation and combines them with coherent diffractive imaging (ptychography) to visualize 3D nanostructures, such as multilayer IC features, at resolutions well below the diffraction limit of visible light. The lab also works on lensless microscopy, photoacoustic imaging/metrology, and ultrafast electron/HHG dynamics, sitting at the interface of fundamental attosecond-adjacent light-matter physics and applied nanometrology; the group is actively hiring as it ramps up at TU Delft.
Iman Esmaeil Zadeh develops superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) and reconfigurable nano-photonic circuits. Research: (1) integrated SNSPDs with on-chip photonic waveguides and circuits for quantum optics experiments; (2) high-efficiency, low-timing-jitter SNSPDs for quantum communication and quantum sensing; (3) reconfigurable nano-photonic quantum circuits. Key enabler for quantum photonic sensing and quantum network experiments.