Quantum DetectionThe Quantum Detection team at NPL focuses on world-leading fundamental research that exploits quantum phenomena and explores new areas of measurement science that could revolutionise modern metrology.
Research areas
What we do
- Research and develop new devices for generating and detecting individual quanta (e.g. phonons or magnetic spin)
- Work on new techniques for characterising quantum-mechanical state evolution
- Use quantum coherence and entanglement to enhance measurement precision
- Develop high speed devices for manipulation of electrical current at the single-electron level
- Study the latest materials, such as graphene, to advance our understanding of the quantum effects that lie at the heart of the modern measurement system.
Publications
![Stabilization of single-electron pumps by high magnetic fields [QD Publications thumbnail]](http://www.npl.co.uk/upload/img/single-electron-pumps.png)
![Identification of epitaxial graphene domains and adsorbed species [QD Publications thumbnail]](http://www.npl.co.uk/upload/img/Burnett.png)
![A low noise preamplifier with optoelectronic overload protection for radioactivity measurement [QD Publications thumbnail]](http://www.npl.co.uk/upload/img/Sephton_1.png)
![Towards a quantum representation of the ampere using single electron pumps [QD Publications thumbnail]](http://www.npl.co.uk/upload/img/Giblin.png)
![A monolithic array of three-dimensional ion traps fabricated with conventional semiconductor technology [QD Publications thumbnail]](http://www.npl.co.uk/upload/img/Wilpers.png)
Meet the team
- Find out more about NPL's Quantum team
Image gallery
Adhesion map of epitaxial graphene on SiC
Anisotropic magnetoresistance in a domain wall device as function of magnetic field and its orientation.
Domain wall device made of permalloy with gold leads
Effect of water desorption on the surface potential of epitaxial graphene
Scanning gate microscopy image of a graphene Hall bar
Simulation of a flux qubit coupled to a microwave resonator
