Ronald Walsworth

Professor

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Diamonds Are a Quantum Sensing Scientist’s Best Friend
October 11, 2021
We all know that diamonds can hold great sentimental (and monetary) value. As luck may have it, diamonds—particularly defective ones, with little errors in their crystal structure—also hold great scientific value. The defects have properties that can only be described by quantum mechanics, and researchers are working on harnessing these properties to pick up on tiny signals coming from individual biological cells.
Diamonds Shine a Light on Hidden Currents in Graphene
July 22, 2020
JQI group uses diamond-based quantum sensors produce images of currents in graphene.
JQI welcomes four newest Fellows
September 10, 2019
JQI has named four new Fellows in 2019, bringing the total number to 35. All four of the new arrivals have appointments in the Department of Physics at the University of Maryland. One Fellow is also a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UMD and another is a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).