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We use a small atomic Bose-Einstein condensate as an interferometric scanning probe to map out a microwave field near a chip surface with a few micrometers resolution. Using entanglement between the atoms we overcome the standard quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-10-30 Caspar F. Ockeloen , Roman Schmied , Max F. Riedel , Philipp Treutlein

Studying nanoscale dynamics is essential for understanding quantum materials and advancing quantum chip manufacturing. Still, it remains a major challenge to measure non-equilibrium properties such as current and dissipation, and their…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-01 Matthijs Rog , Tycho J. Blom , Daan B. Boltje , Jimi D. de Haan , Remko Fermin , Jiasen Niu , Yasmin C. Doedes , Milan P. Allan , Kaveh Lahabi

The scanning superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) fabricated on the tip of a sharp quartz pipette (SQUID-on-tip) has emerged as a versatile tool for nanoscale imaging of magnetic, thermal, and transport properties of…

Quantum sensors based on solid-state spins provide tremendous opportunities in a wide range of fields from basic physics and chemistry to biomedical imaging. However, integrating them into a scanning probe microscope to enable practical,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-19 Jean-Philippe Tetienne , Alain Lombard , David A. Simpson , Cameron Ritchie , Jianing Lu , Paul Mulvaney , Lloyd C. L. Hollenberg

Conventional quantum transport methods can provide quantitative information on spin, orbital, and valley states in quantum dots, but often lack spatial resolution. Scanning tunneling microscopy, on the other hand, provides exquisite spatial…

Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) have traditionally addressed vastly different length scales - one resolving atoms, the other engineering macroscopic motion. Here we unite these two fields to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-09 R. J. G. Elbertse , M. Xu , A. Keşkekler , S. Otte , R. A. Norte

We analyze electrostatic interaction between a sharp conducting tip and a thin one-dimensional wire, e.g., a carbon nanotube, in a scanned gate microscopy (SGM) experiment. The problem is analytically tractable if the wire resides on a thin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-04-02 Lingfeng M. Zhang , Michael M. Fogler

We show that scanning gate microscopy can be used for probing electron-electron interactions inside a nanostructure. We assume a simple model made of two non-interacting strips attached to an interacting nanosystem. In one of the strips,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-10-07 Axel Freyn , Ioannis Kleftogiannis , Jean-Louis Pichard

In this study, we present a novel platform based on scanning microwave microscopy for manipulating and detecting tiny vibrations of nanoelectromechanical resonators using a single metallic tip. The tip is placed on the top of a grounded…

The anomalous low-temperature properties of glasses arise from intrinsic excitable entities, so-called tunneling Two-Level-Systems (TLS), whose microscopic nature has been baffling solid-state physicists for decades. TLS have become…

Microscopic imaging of local magnetic fields provides a window into the organizing principles of complex and technologically relevant condensed matter materials. However, a wide variety of intriguing strongly correlated and topologically…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-04-05 Fan Yang , Alicia J. Kollár , Stephen F. Taylor , Richard W. Turner , Benjamin L. Lev

Complex oxide interfaces have been one of the central focuses in condensed matter physics and material science. Over the past decade, aberration corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy and spectroscopy has proven to be…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-04-29 Hangwen Guo , Mohammad Saghayezhian , Zhen Wang , Yimei Zhu , Jiandi Zhang , Ward Plummer

The Scanning Quantum Cryogenic Atom Microscope (SQCRAMscope) is a quantum sensor in which a quasi-1D quantum gas images electromagnetic fields emitted from a nearby sample. We report improvements to the microscope. Cryogen usage is reduced…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2021-03-10 Stephen F. Taylor , Fan Yang , Brandon A. Freudenstein , Benjamin L. Lev

A scanning probe technique was used to obtain a high-resolution map of the random electrostatic potential inside the quantum Hall liquid. A sharp metal tip, scanned above a semiconductor surface, sensed charges in an embedded…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 G. Finkelstein , P. I. Glicofridis , R. C. Ashoori , M. Shayegan

Scanning superconducting quantum interference device microscopy (SSM) is a scanning probe technique that images local magnetic flux, which allows for mapping of magnetic fields with high field and spatial accuracy. Many studies involving…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-01-17 P. Reith , X. Renshaw Wang , H. Hilgenkamp

Quantum state tomography serves as a key tool for identifying quantum states generated in quantum computers and simulators, typically involving local operations on individual particles or qubits to enable independent measurements. However,…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2026-03-26 Giacomo Marmorini , Takeshi Fukuhara , Daisuke Yamamoto

Scanning tunneling spectroscopy measures how a single electron with definite energy propagates between a sample surface and the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope. In the simplest description, the differential conductance measured is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-07 Mikko M. Ervasti , Fabian Schulz , Peter Liljeroth , Ari Harju

The evolution of the quantum wave packet describing an atom trapped in the surface-tip junction of the scanning tunneling microscope is investigated by using the time-dependent Schroedinger equation, and by a quasi-classical Hamiltonian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-02-21 M. Grigorescu

Quantum metrology experiments in atomic physics and quantum optics have demonstrated measurement accuracy beyond the shot-noise limit via multi-particle entanglement. At the same time, electron microscopy, an essential tool for…

We propose a new technique for the detection of single atoms in ultracold quantum gases. The technique is based on scanning electron microscopy and employs the electron impact ionization of trapped atoms with a focussed electron probe.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. Gericke , C. Utfeld , N. Hommerstad , H. Ott