Aidan Arnold

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Personal Statement

I work in a variety of areas of atomic physics, focusing in particular on ultracold atomic systems and Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs), but also covering four-wave mixing in atomic vapours. Recent work in our labs on microfabricated atom traps was published as the May 2013 cover story of Nature Nanotechnology.

My DPhil at the University of Sussex led to the first BEC in the UK in 1998. The first Scottish BEC was made in my lab in 2003, and the same experiment was extended to create one of the world’s first magnetic storage rings for BECs, and high-contrast matter-wave interference.

In addition to my experimental work, I have published on theoretical projects both as sole author and collaboratively.

My undergraduate studies (BSc(Hons) in Mathematics, and MSc in Physics) were carried out at the University of Otago in my hometown of Dunedin, New Zealand.

Keywords

Atom Optics
Quantum degenerate gases
Laser cooling

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Projects 2005 2020

1 Active
19 Finished

Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP 2016-2017 University of Strathclyde) | Johnson, Matthew

Riis, E., Arnold, A. & Johnson, M.

EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)

1/10/16 → 1/04/20

Project: Research Studentship - Internally Allocated › Research Studentship (Internally Allocated)

gMOT: Scalable manufacture and evaluation of miniature cold atom traps IUK project with KNT&TMD

Riis, E., Arnold, A. & Griffin, P.

Innovate UK

1/09/17 → 31/03/19

Project: Research

Research Output 1997 2019

47 Article
8 Conference contribution book
2 Speech
1 Proceeding
2 More
- 1 Letter
- 1 Special issue

1 Citation (Scopus)

Towards a compact atomic clock based on coherent population trapping and the grating magneto-optical trap

Hoth, G. W., Elvin, R., Wright, M., Lewis, B., Arnold, A. S., Griffin, P. F. & Riis, E., 1 Mar 2019, p. 109342E. 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Proceeding

Open Access

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atomic clocks

trapping

traps

gratings

atoms

Holographically controlled three-dimensional atomic population patterns

Selyem, A., Fayard, S., Clark, T. W., Arnold, A. S., Radwell, N. & Franke-Arnold, S., 3 Jul 2018, In : Optics Express. 26, 14, p. 18513-18522 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

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vapors

rubidium

depletion

recording

laser beams

Datasets

Data for: "Talbot-enhanced, maximum-visibility imaging of condensate interference"

Arnold, A. (Creator), Henderson, V. (Creator), Carson, C. H. (Creator), Zhai, Y. (Creator), Griffin, P. (Creator), Riis, E. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 19 Dec 2017

DOI: 10.15129/41d43433-6ddb-4b6e-8040-51b61df2bb39

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