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We seek a motivated postdoctoral researcher to implement an experimental research programme on supersolids and quantum droplets in a laser-driven Bose-Einstein condensate of ultracold caesium atoms via light-mediated interactions introduced by feedback from a retroreflecting mirror.

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We are recruiting a Research Associate in Theoretical Physics to work with Drs Kirton and Robb on the theory of the formation of supersolids and droplet structures via light mediated interactions in a BEC.

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For the starting EPSRC funded project Supersolids and quantum droplets via light mediated interactions we are looking for two motivated postdoctoral researchers with a start date from February 2026.

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Continuous acceleration sensing using optomechanical droplets
Atoms 12, (2024)
We show that a Bose–Einstein Condensate illuminated by a far off-resonant optical pump field and its retroreflection from a feedback …
Long-range interactions in a quantum gas mediated by diffracted light
Physical Review Research 5, (2023)
A Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) interacting with an optical field via a feedback mirror can be a realization of the quantum …
Dynamics of optomechanical droplets in a Bose-Einstein condensate
Physical Review A 105, 063305 (2022)
We investigate numerically a one-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensate illuminated by off-resonant laser light which is retroreflected …
Self-Organization in Cold Atoms Mediated by Diffractive Coupling
Atoms 9, 35 (2021)
This article discusses self-organization in cold atoms via light-mediated interactions induced by feedback from a single …
Quantum Threshold for Optomechanical Self-Structuring in a Bose-Einstein Condensate
Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 173903 (2015)