Quantum Sensing Group (Mgr. Tomáš Šikorský, PhD)












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            The group specialises in the development of quantum sensors based on nitrogen-vacancy cent

            diamond, atomic defects whose quantum state can be initialised by a laser pulse and subseq
            fluorescence. A significant benefit of these centres is their robustness, which enables th
            their quantum properties even at ambient temperature and without the requirement for vacuu


            The team's research is centred on the development of pulse protocols for high-sensitivity 
            the nanofabrication of diamond photonic nanostructures, and the construction of a compact 

            microscopic NMR. The objective of the former is to enhance sensor sensitivity by disruptin
            symmetry of the surface, while the latter enables the detection of chemical composition wi

            for superconducting magnets.

            The researchers have been working in collaboration with the Myfab group at Uppsala Univers

            Carlos III University in Madrid, as well as with Professor Alexander Kromka at the Institu
            the Czech Academy of Sciences in the CVD, on the growth and nanofabrication of diamond sam
            Tomáš Šikorský has been building his own quantum sensing group at the Faculty of Mathemati

            Charles University as part of the PRIMUS program. He was employed at the Vienna University
            where his research concentrated on laser spectroscopy of the thorium-229 atomic nucleus in
            matrix. The project resulted in the inaugural creation of a nuclear clock. He obtained his

            Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, specialising in the field of experimental quantum
            processing.