HORIBA announces partnership with Qnami and unveils the first quantum microscope

On July 7th 2020, HORIBA Scientific and Qnami unveil the design of the first quantum microscope, the ProteusQ. Mathieu Munsch, CEO of Qnami, stated, “the collaboration with HORIBA was key to offer our customers both a breakthrough in performance and a robust and proven platform." Marc Chaigneau, Director Nanoscopy at HORIBA Scientific, added, “we envision that quantum-based microscopy will contribute to increasing the productivity of our customers and drive further innovation in materials science.”

by Prof. Patrick Maletinsky, Basel University

In this webinar, we present the Qnami ProteusQ, the first commercial SPM making use of NV quantum technology. Specifics of this quantum microscope, which enable quantitative and non-perturbative analysis of surface magnetic fields, will be discussed. We demonstrate the performance of this new characterization tool through magnetometry on antiferromagnetic systems and ultra-thin ferromagnets.

Nature Materials 19, 386-390 (2020)

Antiferromagnets are key contenders for next generation electronic devices, where they promise new functionality and improved performance. In this recent publication in “Nature Materials”, the authors were able to image and understand a novel type of chiral spin-textures occurring on BiFeO3’s domain-walls, which had never been observed before.

Nature Communications 11, 1704 (2020)

Antiferromagnetic thin films are currently generating considerable excitement for low dissipation magnonics and spintronics. In this recent publication in “Nature Communications”, the authors imaged a wide variety of antiferromagnetic spin textures in multiferroic BiFeO3 thin films that can be tuned by strain and manipulated by electric fields through room-temperature magnetoelectric coupling.