The field of quantum magnonics, dealing with the quanta of collective spin excitations, offers the unique combination of spin-, phonon-, and photon-quantum systems. This novel field promises a path towards hybrid quantum systems, as it vows to combine quantum systems coherently, across a wide frequency range (sub-GHz to sub-THz). Dr. Knauer will use the uniquely existing knowledge in the field of magnonics at the University of Vienna and combine it with his strong expertise in the fields of quantum optics, quantum electronics and the nanostructuring of semi-conductors and insulators, to build a dynamical on-chip 3-terminal device (3-TD) in YIG.

Dr. Sebastian Knauer’s individual Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship in the Nanomagnetism and Manonics group started on January, 2022. The project includes two years granted by the ERC and an additional year for the Top-10 fellows of 2021 sponsored by the rector’s office of the University of Vienna.

Dr. Knauer commented: “I’m very excited to start my fellowship within the Nanomagnetism and Magnonics group here at the University of Vienna, under the lead of Prof. Andrii Chumak. I believe that with the novel field of on-chip hybrid quantum opto-magnonics we will close the gap between different quantum systems. Further, I’m very happy about the support already received by the University, in order to have a successful start and long term perspective.”