Martin Spiecker

Current position

  • Since 01/2025 PostDoc at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Photon Science (IPS) (Prof. Tilo Baumbach)

Previous position

  • 05/2024 – 12/2024 PostDoc at KIT, Physikalisches Institut (Prof. Ioan Pop)

Education

  • 06/2018 – 04/2024     PhD at KIT, Physikalisches Institut (Prof. Ioan Pop), „Two-level system hyperpolarization with a quantum szilard engine“
  • 04/2015 – 05/2018     Master’s degree in Physics at KIT, master thesis on fluxonium qubits fabricated with granular aluminum at the Physikalisches Institut (Dr. Ioan Pop),
  • 10/2011 – 03/2015     Bachelor’s degree at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, bachelor thesis on two-photon microscopy at the Third Institute of Physics - Biophysics (Prof. Jörg Enderlein),
  • 11/2010 – 08/2011     Civil service in Uganda, Africa,
  • 08/2008 – 06/2010     Friedrich-von-Bodelschwingh-Schule Bielefeld,
  • 08/2001 – 06/2008     Ratsgymnasium Bielefeld.

Field of research

  • classical and quamtum optics, quantum mechanics, superconducting quantum circuits, statistical physics and open quantum systems.

Completed projects

  • Discovery and investigation of long-lived two-level systems in superconducting quantum systems.
  • Two-photon superresolution microscopy based on image rescanning.

Publications


Investigation of hole-free phase plate performance in transmission electron microscopy under different operation conditions by experiments and simulations
Pretzsch, R.; Dries, M.; Hettler, S.; Spiecker, M.; Obermair, M.; Gerthsen, D.
2019. Advanced structural and chemical imaging, 5 (1), Art.Nr. 5. doi:10.1186/s40679-019-0067-z