At the University of Auckland’s Quantum Information and Motion Laboratory (QI Lab), we are exploring the strange and powerful world of quantum physics. Our mission is to advance fundamental understanding of quantum systems, develop next-generation technologies, and inspire the next generation of scientists.
Correlated photons page is the Editors’ pick
Read all about it here! https://opg.optica.org/josab/fulltext.cfm?uri=josab-42-6-1227&id=570933
Correlated photons paper published
We have published a new paper on “Phase-shifted Bell states” in JOSA B. We found some interesting new photon states in parametric down conversion, where we phase-shift the generated photons with additional wave plates. Read all about it here: https://opg.optica.org/josab/fulltext.cfm?uri=josab-42-6-1227&id=570933
Marsden grant
Photons on demand: dial up your number Our group has been awarded a Marsden grant starting in 2022, totalling $921k over three years. Summary: Optical quantum technologies are poised to revolutionise communication, computing, and metrology. Access to light sources that deterministically provide a precisely known number of photons (light quanta), or more generally light of… Continue Reading Marsden grant
Bose(-Einstein) Condensate paper published
Since the realisation by Bose and Einstein in 1924 that the quantum ground state of a system is special in many ways, researchers have worked towards creating a quantum system with many particles occupying that ground state, now called a Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC), with the first successful demonstration in 1995. Here, we argue that BECs… Continue Reading Bose(-Einstein) Condensate paper published
Spin-Orbit coupling paper online
After many months of data crunching, the paper on Thermalisation of a Spin-Orbit coupled Bose Gas is online, and submitted to PRL. Find the abstract here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.07094
Helium review published
A paper reviewing measurements of the size of the helium nucleus, which is also known as the article, was published today. The link is here: The size of the helium nucleus: then and now. This is an easy-to-read review and should be accessible to most physicists. It was written for the Rutherford anniversary edition of… Continue Reading Helium review published
Localisation Landscape Theory paper published
After many revisions and new insight into the physics, this paper is now published. Well done Sophie! You can find it here: Computing the eigenstate localisation length at very low energies from Localisation Landscape Theory Sophie S. Shamailov, Dylan J. Brown, Thomas A. Haase, Maarten D. Hoogerland SciPost Phys. Core 4, 017 (2021). is published… Continue Reading Localisation Landscape Theory paper published
Anderson localisation paper published
After many years of experiments and theoretical analysis our paper on Anderson localisation got published in Nature Communications! It can be accessed here: https://rdcu.be/b7ZXr
Anderson localisation paper submitted
The long awaited on Anderson localisation is now submitted. For all details, see the paper on http://arxiv.org/abs/1911.04858
Eric Cornell at ICOLS
At the ICOLS conference, 5-8 July 2019, we had the honour of having Nobel Prize winner Eric Cornell here in New Zealand. Hereby a link to an article in the Otago Daily Times.