Welcome to the Quantum Devices team

Here the links to our publications and PhD theses.

We are also present at the official university website (at https://www.rug.nl/research/zernike/physics-of-nanodevices/van-der-wal-group/ ), but the information there is less complete and less up to date.

The Quantum Devices team of prof. Caspar van der Wal performs experimental research that focuses on the quantum physics of electron spin ensembles and nuclear spin ensembles in semiconductor devices. Current projects study electron spin manipulation and dephasing for ensembles, electron many-body effects, and quantum state transfer between spin states and optical pulses. Our work has a basis in expertise on conventional semiconductors such as GaAs, but we currently mainly explore new material systems such as color centers in wide-band-gap materials (e.g. SiC), 2D materials, and organic or hybrid organic-inorganic molecular systems. We use electron transport methods, optical pump-probe techniques and quantum optical techniques. While there is a clear link to application-driven research on quantum information technology and spintronics, our focus is on fundamental studies of quantum coherent dynamics in solid-state devices. See Research and Publications for more information.

The Quantum Devices team operates in the Physics of Nanodevices Group at the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials of the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

We contribute to education in Physics and Applied Physics, and the Top Master in Nanoscience of the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials.

 

 

 

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Prof. Caspar H. van der Wal
Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials
University of Groningen
Nijenborgh 4
NL-9747AG Groningen
The Netherlands

Phone +(31) 50 363 4555
Secretary (Marleen de Koff) +(31) 50 363 4974
Fax +(31) 50 363 4879
Email c.h.van.der.wal[AT]rug.nl
Secretary (Marleen de Koff) solidstate[AT]rug.nl
Skype caspar.van.der.wal

Office location of Caspar van der Wal
at FSE Nijenborgh 4:
Building 13, first floor, room 140 (5113.0140)

Labs at FSE Nijenborgh 4:

5113.0237 (building 13, second floor, room 237):
Tunable CW lasers 700-1000 nm, and magneto-cryostats (most 2D material work happens here).

5113.0144 (building 13, first floor, room 144):
Pulsed laser lab (640-1080 nm, with doubler, tripler), with Tunable CW lasers for in the range 1000-1400 nm, optical magneto-cryostat (most SiC color-center research happens here).

Billing address:
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Postbus 407
9700 AK Groningen
The Netherlands