This talk will showcase innovative research and development of a quantum sensing technology based on nitrogen-vacancy (NV) color center defects in diamonds. The NV-center defects act as molecule-sized quantum sensors with exquisite sensitivity to magnetic fields, enabling wide-area, micron-scale-resolution magnetic field imaging that captures vector information at fast imaging time scales.
Magnetic field imaging with a Quantum Diamond Microscope (QDM) engineered for this purpose offers a uniquely effective way to measure integrated circuit activity based on the magnetic fields emanated from current flowing through the circuits.
The MITRE Corporation, a pioneering force in this field, leverages a systems engineering approach to accelerate emerging technologies like the Quantum Diamond Microscope and other quantum sensors towards impactful applications. This talk will offer insights into the world of quantum sensing, its unique properties, and its potential applications in the realm of integrated circuits.
Dr. Joseph Hagmann is a physicist studying how electronic, photonic, and quantum phenomena in materials and devices can be utilized to enable new technologies for advanced sensing, information processing, and communications. His work spans laboratory research, analysis, and developing roadmaps and risk-reducing strategies for emerging technology development and deployment.
Currently, Joseph is a quantum device physicist at The MITRE Corporation, where he provides technical and strategic leadership in quantum technology research across a portfolio of programs that address national security challenges.
Joseph earned bachelor’s and doctoral degrees in physics from the University of Notre Dame. His doctoral thesis focused on the synthesis and experimental study of topological insulators. Following graduate school, Joseph joined the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as a National Research Council postdoctoral fellow. There, prior to joining MITRE, Joseph spent eight years exploring quantum phenomena in materials and leveraging them to develop novel exquisite measurement techniques.