Research and Teaching

Professor Richard J. Warburton
Group Leader
Email: richard.warburton@unibas.ch
Office: 3.22
Phone: +41 61 207 3560
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Semiconductor-based quantum optics
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Diamond photonics
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Superconductors for single photon detection
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2010-present Professor
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland -
2000-2010 Lectuer/Reader/Professor
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland -
1996-1999 Assistant Professor
Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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1993-1996 Humboldt and Marie-Curie Fellow
Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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1990-1993 Junior Research Fellow
Christ Church, University of Oxford, UK -
1991 MA, DPhil University of Oxford
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1987-1991 Graduate Student
Jesus College, University of Oxford, UK
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1984-1987 BA Physics
St. Catherine’s College, University of Oxford, UK

Dr Tomasz Jakubczyk
Post-doc
Email: tomasz.jakubczyk@unibas.ch
Office: 3.25a
Phone: +41 61 207 3866
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NV centres in tunable micro-cavities
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Coherent non-linear spectroscopy of 2D semiconductors and quantum dots
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starting September 2020 “Adiunkt” (Lecturer/Associate Professor)
Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Poland -
2017-present Post-Doc (Marie-Curie Fellow)
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland -
2014-2017 Post-Doc
Néel Institute, CNRS Grenoble, France -
2009-2014 Ph.D. Physics
Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Poland +
Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Bremen, Germany -
2008 Internship
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, CNRS Grenoble, France -
2004-2009 M.Sc. Physics
Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Poland

Dr Alisa Javadi
Post-doc
Email: alisa.javadi@unibas.ch
Office: 3.25
Phone: +41 61 207 3866
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Quantum dot phononics
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Quantum dot cavity-QED
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2018-present Post-doc
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland -
2015 Ph.D. Physics
Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

Dr Matthias C. Löbl
Post-Doc
Email: matthias.loebl@unibas.ch
Office: 3.25
Phone: +41 61 207 3866
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Optical spectroscopy of quantum dots
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Quantum optics
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Hole spin qubit
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2020-present Postdoc
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland -
2015-2020 Ph.D. Physics
University of Basel, Switzerland -
2013-2015 M.Sc. Physics
RWTH Aachen University, Germany -
2010-2013 B.Sc. Physics
RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Dr Yannik Laurent Fontana
Post-Doc
Email: yanniklaurent.fontana@unibas.ch
Office: 3.25a
Phone: +41 61 207 3866
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Spin Qubit in a microcavity
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Quantum defects in diamond
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2020-present Postdoc
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland -
2019-2020 PostDoc
Quantum Physics and Information Technology group, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark -
2015-2019 PostDoc (SNSF Fellow)
Childress Group, McGill University, Canada -
2011-2015 Ph.D. Physics
EPF Lausanne, Switzerland -
2010-2011 M.Sc. Materials Science (Biomaterials & Materials for electrical and electronically engineering
Specialization in Biomaterials & Materials for Electrical and Electronic Engineering, EPF Lausanne, Switzerland -
2008-2010 B.Sc. Material Science & Engineering
EPF Lausanne, Switzerland

Sigurd Flågan
PhD student
Email: sigurd.flagan@unibas.ch
Office: 3.25
Phone: +41 61 207 3866
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Cavity QED with diamond
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Cavity-enhanced Raman scattering
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2016-present PhD student
Physics Department, University of Basel, Switzerland
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2012-2016 M. Physics
University of Manchester, UK

Nadine Leisgang
PhD student
Email: nadine.leisgang@unibas.ch
Office: 3.18
Phone: +41 61 207 3764
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Optical spectroscopy of 2D materials
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2017-present PhD student (QCQT Fellowship)
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland -
2015-2017 M.Sc. Physics (QSIT INSPIRE Award)
University of Basel, Switzerland -
2012-2015 B.Sc. Physics
University of Basel, Switzerland

Liang Zhai
PhD student
Email: liang.zhai@unibas.ch
Office: 3.25
Phone: +41 61 207 3866
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Single photon source with droplet quantum dots
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Semiconductor-cold atom quantum hybrid
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Nano-phononics
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2017-present PhD student
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland -
2015-2017 M.Sc. Quantum Physics
University of Copenhagen, Denmark -
2011-2015 B.Sc. Physics
Nankai University, China

Natasha Tomm
PhD student
Email: natasha.tomm@unibas.ch
Office: 3.18
Phone: +41 61 207 3764
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Quantum dots in micro-cavities
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Cavity-QED
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2018-present PhD Student
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland -
2016 Masters thesis
Biomedical Optics Research Lab (BORL), University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland -
2016 Internship
Leica Microsystems, Wetzlar, Germany -
2016 Internship
Bruker AXS GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany -
2014-2016 M.Sc. (hons) Advanced Optical Technologies (Elite Netzwerk von Bayern Scholarship)
Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany -
2012-2013 Exchange Student (Science without Borders Scholarship)
University of Leipzig, Germany -
2010-2014 B.Sc. Physics
State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil

Lukas Sponfeldner
PhD student
Email: lukas.sponfeldner@unibas.ch
Office: 3.25
Phone: +41 61 207 3866
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Optical spectroscopy of 2D materials
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2018-present PhD student
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland -
2015-2018 M.Sc. Applied and Engineering Physics
TU Munich, Germany -
2012-2015 B.Sc. Engineering Science
TU Munich, Germany

Clemens Spinnler
PhD student
Email: c.spinnler@unibas.ch
Office: 3.25a
Phone: +41 61 207 3866
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Optical spectroscopy of quantum dots
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Quantum dot phononics
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2019-present PhD student
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland -
2016-2018 M.Sc. Nanosciences
University of Basel, Switzerland -
2018 Masters thesis
Cardiff University, UK -
2017 Semester Project
ETH Zürich, Switzerland -
2013-2016 B.Sc. Nanoscience
University of Basel, Switzerland

Viktoria Yurgens
PhD student
Email: viktoria.yurgens@unibas.ch
Office: 3.18
Phone: +41 61 207 3764
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Diamond photonics
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Cavity-QED
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2019-present PhD student
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland -
2018-2019 Masters thesis
Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland -
2016-2017 Exchange studies
University of Basel, Switzerland -
2016-2019 M.Sc. Nanotechnology
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden -
2013-2016 B.Sc. Engineering Physics
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Simon Geyer
PhD student
Email: simon.geyer@unibas.ch
Office: 3.25
Phone: +41 61 207 3866
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Spin Qubits in silicon FinFETs
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2019-present PhD student
Department of Physics, University of Basel -
2018-2019 M.Sc. Physics
University of Basel, Switzerland -
2017 Exchange Student
Lund University, Sweden -
2014-2017 B.Sc. Physics
University of Basel, Switzerland

Nadia Olympia Antoniadis
PhD student
Email: nadia.antoniadis@unibas.ch
Office: 3.25a
Phone: +41 61 207 3866
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Quantum dots in micro-cavities
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Hole spin Qubit
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2020-present PhD student
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland -
2018-2020 M.Sc. Physics
University of Basel, Switzerland -
2015-2018 B.Sc. Nanoscience
University of Basel, Switzerland

Giang Nam Ba Nguyen
PhD student
Email: giang.nguyen@unibas.ch
Office: 3.18
Phone: +41 61 207 3764
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Semiconductor Quantum Dots
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Optomechanics
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2020-present PhD student
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland -
2017-2019 M.Sc. Physics
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany -
2016 Internship
MIRTHE, Princeton University, USA -
2014-2017 B.Sc. Physics
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

Rafael Eggli
Master student
Email: rafael.eggli@unibas.ch
Office: 3.18
Phone: +41 61 207 3764
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Spin Qubits in silicon FinFETs
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2019-present Masters Student
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland -
2016-2019 B.Sc. Nanoscience
University of Basel, Switzerland

Mathieu de Kruijf
Master student
Email: mathieu.dekruijf@unibas.ch
Office: 1.24
Phone: +41 61 207 3912
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Spin Qubits in silicon FinFETs
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2020-present Masters thesis
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland -
2019 Internship
Quantum Confinement in 2D materials, University of Minnesota, USA -
2018-2020 M.Sc. Applied Physics (Nano, quantum and photonics)
Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands -
2014-2018 B.Sc. Applied Physics
Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands