Dr. Martin Hempel

Martin Hempel received his diploma and Ph.D. in physics from the Humboldt University of Berlin in 2009 and 2013. He worked as a PostDoc from 2013 to 2015 at the Max Born Institute and from 2015 to 2017 at the Paul Drude Institute, both in Berlin. In 2017, he joined the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM in Berlin, where his research interests include photonics, optoelectronics, and applied semiconductor physics. Dr. Hempel has authored more than 35 scientific publications.

Cryptex of the Future – The Quantumisation of Data Security

Quantum cryptography and quantum communication are enabling a new level of security, and research into its optimal implementation and realization is progressing at full speed, matched only by current research into quantum computers that is happening all over the world….

Quantum Sensors Here, There, and Everywhere: From the Seabed to Your Pocket

Since antiquity, physics has tried to explain the world we live in. There are things that are easy to describe, such as the time it takes for a weight to drop from a certain height. Classical mechanics can calculate how…