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The open access journal Advanced Devices & Instrumentation, published in association with BIACD, is a forum to promote breakthroughs and application advances at all levels of electronics and photonics.

Silver Sponsor ($3000)

AIP Advances is an open access, multidisciplinary journal covering all areas of the physical sciences — experimental, theoretical, and applied. The inclusive scope and publication standards of AIP Advances makes it an essential outlet for scientists across the physical sciences.

Bronze Sponsor ($1500)

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AJA is a manufacturer of thin film deposition systems including magnetron sputtering, e-beam evaporation, thermal evaporation, and ion milling systems. Founded in Scituate, MA, USA in 1989 by William Hale, MBA, BS Physics, the company was established as a supplier of innovative physical vapor deposition (PVD) products. With many systems and magnetron sputter sources shipped worldwide, AJA International, Inc. continues to discover innovative design solutions which are often copied but never equaled. The company truly remains the cutting edge in thin film technology.

Bronze Sponsor ($1500)

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The Physical Review journals, encompassing both hybrid and open-access journals, feature 17 leading peer-reviewed publications including Physical Review Letters, Physical Review X, and Reviews of Modern Physics.

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attocube offers cutting-edge components for nanoscale applications in research & industry. The business sector ‘Cryogenic Instruments’ includes nanopositioners, cryostats and microscopes for research in extreme environments. ‘Nanoscale Analytics’, also known as our product line 'neaspec', develops ultra-fast, high-resolution optical imaging and spectroscopy nanoscopes for nanoscale optical surface analysis.

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Bruker's SmartTip™ CIPT solutions offer several high-field, high-accuracy instruments for both industry and academia to perform current-in-plane tunneling measurements. Both in-plane and perpendicular field options are available.

Driven by a mission to provide innovative solutions to our customers, we aim to enable MEMS-based microprobe technologies through co-operation and collaboration with our customers. Our SmartTip solutions are positioned to advance high-tech nanotechnology-based microprobe applications with a commitment to quality and continuous improvement in development.

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CIQTEK is the global developer & manufacturer of high-precision scientific instruments. Our main business includes Electron Microscopes, Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (Electron Spin Resonance), Scanning NV Microscopes, and BET Surface Area & Pore Analyzer.

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Correlated Magnetics Research, Inc (CMR) is an advanced magnetics company whose patented technology is powering some of today’s most advanced applications of magnetics, including consumer electronics, medical devices, and industry machinery. CMR’s patented line of magnetizers are used around the globe to facilitate just in time design and prototyping all the way through production.

Bronze Sponsor ($1500)

The evico magnetics GmbH was founded in 2006 as spin-off of the Leibniz Institut for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW) Dresden. The main products are: (i) Advanced magneto-optical wide-field Kerr microscope systems for the visualization of magnetic domains and magnetization processes in all kinds of magnetic materials. The Kerr microscopes also serve as magneto-optical magnetometers for the sensitive and local measurement of hysteresis loops by MOKE magnetometry. (ii) High Pressure Milling Vials with a gas temperature monitoring system for the synthesis of magnetic powders and hydrogen storage materials.

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The evico magnetics GmbH was founded in 2006 as spin-off of the Leibniz Institut for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW) Dresden. The main products are: (i) Advanced magneto-optical wide-field Kerr microscope systems for the visualization of magnetic domains and magnetization processes in all kinds of magnetic materials. The Kerr microscopes also serve as magneto-optical magnetometers for the sensitive and local measurement of hysteresis loops by MOKE magnetometry. (ii) High Pressure Milling Vials with a gas temperature monitoring system for the synthesis of magnetic powders and hydrogen storage materials. See www.evicomagnetics.com for information

Silver Sponsor ($3000)

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Hirst Magnetic Instruments have been providing solutions for 60 years in magnetics and magnetic measurement. Hirst manufactures precision hand-held Gaussmeters, Fluxmeters, magnetisers & demagnetisers and pulsed field magnetometers (PFMs) for characterising magnetic materials. These instruments are used in multiple industries including aerospace, automotive, electronics and medical equipment.

Bronze Sponsor ($1500)

Hprobe offers a unique patented technology of 3D magnetic field generator for magnetic devices for characterization and testing. Current product line includes dedicated tools for characterization and testing of all types of MRAM (STT, SOT, VCMA) and Magnetic Sensors (Hall, TMR, GMR, etc.) in all phases of the magnetic technology development.

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IWATSU ELECTRIC CO., LTD. provides test and measurement equipment for the power markets. Specializing in semiconductor and magnetic characterization measurements.

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Lake Shore offers VSMs that combine simple operation, high measurement speed, 15-nemu sensitivity, and fields to 3.6 T for magnetic material characterization applications; superconducting magnet systems; electromagnet platforms; and cryogenic probe stations with integrated magnets for on-wafer magneto-transport, DC, RF, and microwave measurements. Also available: a modular synchronous measure system that combines the convenience of DC and AC sourcing with DC and AC measurement (including a lock in’s sensitivity) for advanced measurement applications, including spin-orbit torque measurements; teslameters and other magnetic instruments and sensors; Hall measurement solutions; temperature sensors and instruments; and cryostats and other lab cryogenic equipment.

Bronze Sponsor ($1500)

Materion is a global supplier of premier specialty materials and services for the semiconductor, advanced memory, MEMS, optical coatings and large area glass markets. We offer the widest range of high purity thin film materials. Our comprehensive portfolio of specialty materials support STT-RAM (MRAM) applications, including fine-microstructure precious metals such as Palladium alloys, Platinum alloys, Iridium alloys and Ruthenium. We also manufacture high purity tunnel junction materials of Magnesium, Magnesium Oxide and Magnesium-Aluminum alloys. In addition, we offer services such as sputter target bonding, precision parts cleaning, and precious and high value metal reclamation services.

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Founded in 1998, NanoMagnetics Instruments (NMI) has gradually evolved into one of the world’s leading manufacturers of Scanning Probe Microscopes (SPMs) and measurement systems for a variety of scientific and technological fields. Within this scope NMI introduces, markets and sells its products worldwide with the support of
many distribution partners situated at key locations almost at every continent around
the globe. With a team of more than 60 personnel; each of whom are highly accomplished
experts in their own right; all of our system design, development, manufacturing,
assembly, integration and testing are done in-house.

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Qnami is a global leader and pioneer in the development and commercialization of quantum technologies for sensing and imaging applications. We offer cutting-edge scientific instruments and analytical solutions for applications in nanotechnology, life science, and earth science. Our expertise covers the nanofabrication of diamond quantum chips, system integration, and the development of software for data analytics. Qnami collaborates with leading universities and industries worldwide to offer high-performance solutions to its customers.

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Quantum Design manufactures automated material characterization systems providing temperatures from 0.05 to 1000 K, magnetic fields up to 16 tesla, and a wide range of measurements, including: magnetometry, electrical transport, heat capacity, thermal transport, and FMR. Instruments include the PPMS®, SQUID-based MPMS®3, VersaLab®, and DynaCool®. Additionally, Quantum Design manufactures an innovative 7 tesla magneto-optical cryostat (OptiCool®) and an all-in-one correlated AFM/SEM microscopy platform (FusionScope®). Quantum Design also distributes NanoMOKE mappers, FMR spectrometers, compact Helium-ion beam process technology to enhance the magnetic properties of thin films, and quantum sensing by diamond scanning magnetometers.

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QZabre commercializes Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) diamond technology. Our product line includes scanning diamond tips, diamond membranes with pillars, a confocal microscope for NV and diamond characterization as well as a turnkey scanning NV magnetometer (QSM).
The QSM combines nanometer resolution with quantitative mapping of magnetic fields with uT-sensitivity at unprecedented speed. Demonstrated applications of the QSM include imaging magnetic textures such as spin cycloids, skyrmions, domain walls, antiferromagnets and ferromagnets, investigating memory devices and mapping surface current densities. The QSM has a built-in vector magnet to bias the sample up to 550mT and an integrated MOKE setup for complementary measurements.