Publication
Scalable Qubit Arrays (SQuAre)
This project is an EPSRC Prosperity Partnership with M Squared Lasers that aims to develop a new platform for quantum computing based on scalable arrays of neutral atoms that is able to overcome the challenges to scaling of competing technologies. We will develop new hardware to cool and trap arrays of over 100 qubits that will be used to perform both analogue and digital quantum simulation by exploiting the strong long-range interactions of highly excited Rydberg atoms. Together with the quantum software team lead by Prof. Andrew Daley, we will design new analogue and digital algorithms tailored for the neutral-atom platform to target industrially-relevant computation and optimisation problems.
Self-Organization in Cold Atoms
Group Ackemann
Supersolids and quantum droplets via light mediated interactions
Group Ackemann
We studied the excitation modes of bright matter-wave solitons, with the goal to observe breathing, higher-order excitations and splitting. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 123602 (2019)].
We managed to measure micro-g accelerations in an earth-bound experiment with freely expanding BECs [New J. Phys. 21, 053028 (2019)].
ARC:Alkali Rydberg Calculator
An open-source python library for calculating properties of Alkali Rydberg atoms developed with Nikola Sibalic, Charles Adams and Kevin Weatherill at JQC in Durham. Full details on the arXiv:1612.05529 - download source from GitHub.
Four-wave mixing
Group Arnold
Atom Interferometers
Groups Arnold, Griffin, Riis
Atomic Clocks
Groups Arnold, Griffin, Riis
