Dr. Daniel Spemann

Head of the Cross-section Unit „Tool Development“

Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM)
Permoserstr. 15 / 04318 Leipzig / Germany

   +49 (0)341 235-2681
  danniel.spemann(a)iom-leipzig.de

Fields of Expertise

  • Development and adaption of ion beam sources and components
  • Electric propulsion systems
  • Diagnostic of ion beam sources
  • (Deterministic) ion implantation
  • Defect engineering of materials
  • Fundamentals of ion-solid interaction

Scientific Career

  • Diploma Studies in Physics, Universität Leipzig, 10/1992 – 12/1998
  • Employment as scientist, Universität Leipzig, 01/1999 – 03/2011
  • Dissertation in Physics, Universität Leipzig, 06/2007
  • Representation of the W3 professorship „Nuclear Solid State Physics”, Universität Leipzig, 04/2011 – 12/2012
  • Honorary Appointment, University of Melbourne (AUS), 06/2014 – 07/2014
  • Employment as scientist, Universität Leipzig, 09/2014 – 10/2015
  • Group leader, IOM Leipzig, since 11/2015
  • Leader of the interdepartmental unit „Tool Development”, IOM Leipzig, since 1/2021

Selected Publications

  1. Alexander M. Jakob, Simon G. Robson, Vivien Schmitt, Vincent Mourik, Matthias Posselt, Daniel Spemann, Brett C. Johnson, Hannes R. Firgau, Edwin Mayes, Jeffrey C. McCallum, Andrea Morello, David N. Jamieson, Deterministic Single Ion Implantation with 99.87% Confidence for Scalable Donor-Qubit Arrays in Silicon, http://arxiv.org/abs/2009.02892v2 {arXiv:2009.02892v2 [cond-mat.str-el]} (2020)
  2. Paul Räcke, Ralf Wunderlich, Jürgen W. Gerlach, Jan Meijer, Daniel Spemann, Nanoscale ion implantation using focussed highly charged ions, New J. Phys. 22 (2020) 083028, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aba0e6
  3. P.D. Esquinazi, W. Hergert, M. Stiller, L. Botsch, H. Ohldag, D. Spemann, M. Hoffmann, W.A. Adeagbo, A. Chassé, S.K. Nayak, H. Ben Hamed, Defect Induced Magnetism in Non‐Magnetic Oxides: Basic Principles, Experimental Evidence and Possible Devices with ZnO and TiO2, Phys. Status Solidi B 2020 (2019) 1900623, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssb.201900623
  4. F. Scholze, D. Spemann, D. Feili, Design and Performance Test of an RF Plasma Bridge Neutralizer, Proc. 36th International Electric Propulsion Conference, Paper Nr. IEPC-2019-475, Wien, Austria, 15.-20.09.2019
  5. Christoph Eichhorn, Frank Scholze, Carsten Bundesmann, Daniel Spemann, Horst Neumann, Hans Leiter, Two-Photon Laser-Induced Fluorescence in a Radiofrequency Ion Thruster Plume in Krypton, Journal of Propulsion and Power 35 (2019) 1175, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.B37487
  6. Paul Räcke, Daniel Spemann, Jürgen W. Gerlach, Bernd Rauschenbach, Jan Meijer, Detection of small bunches of ions using image charges, Scientific Reports 8 (2018) 9781, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28167-6
  7. Daniel Spemann and Pablo D. Esquinazi, Evidence for Magnetic Order in Graphite from Magnetization and Transport Measurements, In: Pablo D. Esquinazi (Ed.) Basic Physics of Functionalized Graphite, Springer Series in Materials Science Vol. 244, Springer Nature, Switzerland (2016), ISBN: 978-3-319-39353-7, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39355-1
  8. D. Spemann, P. Esquinazi, A. Setzer, W. Böhlmann, Trace element content and magnetic properties of commercial HOPG samples studied by ion beam microscopy and SQUID magnetometry, AIP Advances 4 (2014) 107142, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4900613
  9. H. Ohldag, T. Tyliszczak, R. Höhne, D. Spemann, P. Esquinazi, M. Ungureanu, T. Butz, pi-Electron Ferromagnetism in Metal Free Carbon Probed by Soft X-Ray Dichroism, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98 (2007) 187204, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.187204
  10. P. Esquinazi, D. Spemann, R. Höhne, A. Setzer, K.-H. Han, T. Butz, Induced Magnetic Ordering by Proton Irradiation in Graphite, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91 (2003) 227201, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.227201

Conference Contributions

  • Christoph Eichhorn*, Frank Scholze, Carsten Bundesmann, Daniel Spemann, Horst Neumann, Hans Leiter, Laser-Induced Fluorescence in the Plume of a Radiofrequency Ion Thruster: Measurements and Excitation Schemes, AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum, Paper AIAA-2019-4168, Indianapolis, USA, 19.-24.08.2019
  • Paul Räcke*, Daniel Spemann, Nicole Raatz, Robert Staacke, Jürgen W. Gerlach, Bernd Rauschenbach, Jan Meijer, Invited: A concept for deterministic ion implantation by image charge detection, 16th Int. Conf. on Nuclear Microprobe Technology and Applications (ICNMTA 2018), Guildford, Surrey, UK, 08.-13.07.2018
  • Daniel Spemann*, Jan Meijer, Jürgen W. Gerlach, Paul Räcke, Susann Liedtke, Stephan Rauschenbach, Bernd Rauschenbach, Invited: Concept of deterministic ion implantation at the nanoscale, International Conference on Electronic Materials (ICEM2016), Singapore, 04.-08.07.2016
  • D. Spemann*, P. Esquinazi, R. Höhne, K.-H. Han, A. Setzer, M. Diaconu, H. Schmidt, T. Butz, Invited: Magnetic carbon: A new application for ion microbeams, 9. International Conference on Nuclear Microprobe Technology and Applications, Cavtat, Kroatien, 13.-17.09.2004
  • D. Spemann*, P. Esquinazi, R. Höhne, K.-H. Han, A. Setzer, M. Diaconu, H. Schmidt, T. Butz, Invited plenary: Magnetic microstructures in carbon created by proton beam writing, 1st International Workshop on Proton Beam Writing, Singapore, 18.-22.07.2004

Projects

  • Joint project "IonJet – Development of a low-cost electric propulsion system for small satellites", 11/2019 – 3/2022, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), in cooperation with Aerospace Innovation GmbH
  • Joint project with FB1 of IOM „Universal diagnostic platform for reactive ion beam processes (RISQ-DIAP)“, 10/2019 – 07/2021, Sächsische Aufbaubank – Förderbank (SAB)
  • "Development and realisation of a single ion detector for deterministic ion implantation", 10/2017 – 12/2020, Sächsische Aufbaubank – Förderbank (SAB)
  • "Development and test of a plasma bridge neutralizer based on radio-frequency ionization for electric propulsion applications", 04/2014 – 12/2021, European Space Agency (ESA)

Teaching and Lectures

  • Experimentalphysik 7, Lehramt Physik, Universität Leipzig
  • Particle Physics, Master Studies in Physics, Universität Leipzig

Memberships

  • Member of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft
  • Member of the Electric Rocket Propulsion Society