Welcome to the Van der Sar Lab
Welcome! Our lab uses electron spins in diamond to study spin and charge transport in condensed-matter systems, ranging from magnets to 2D materials and quantum devices.
The magnetic fields generated by spins and currents provide a unique window into condensed-matter physics. We study these fields at the nanoscale using the excellent sensitivity and broad temperature operability of the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) sensor spin in diamond. Please see this review in Nature Reviews Materials for background and our Research section.
Our experiments involve single-spin magnetic resonance, single-photon photoluminescence microscopy, atomic-force microscopy, cryogenics, and microwave engineering.
We are located at Delft University of Technology and part of the Department of Quantum Nanoscience as well as the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience.
We are grateful for funding from Delft University of Technology, NWO, the Frontiers in Nanoscience program, the Kavli Foundation, and the European Research Council Consolidator Grant MagicWave
News
October 1, 2025We welcome our new PhD student, Pieter van Zweeden!
August 2025, 2025A new paper on imaging spin waves in curling spin textures using spins in diamond and boron nitride on the Arxiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.18775
May 16, 2025Congrats, Michael Borst, Pim Vree, and coauthors for winning the biannual Kavli Delft Publication Prize with our paper on spin-wave superconductor interaction! Congrats to the team!
May 1, 2025Welcome to Merel Bouma - a new PhD student in our lab!
Februari 4, 2025Samuel received a Kavli synergy fellowship on 2D magnets, a project in collaboration with the lab of Sonia Conesa-Boj!