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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
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
gMOT: Scalable manufacture and evaluation of miniature cold atom traps IUK project with KNT&TMD
Riis, E., Arnold, A. & Griffin, P.
1/09/17 → 31/03/19
Project: Research
Research Output 1997 2019
Cold-atom clock based on a diffractive optic
Elvin, R., Hoth, G. W., Wright, M., Lewis, B., McGilligan, J. P., Arnold, A. S., Griffin, P. F. & Riis, E., 18 Dec 2019, In : Optics Express. 27, 26, p. 38359-38366 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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diffractive optics
clocks
traps
gratings
frequency stability
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
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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
Dataset
Data for: "Impact of Laser Frequency Noise in Coherent Population Trapping with Cold Atoms"
Hoth, G. (Creator), Wright, M. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 21 May 2019
DOI: 10.15129/caa1782a-4e72-438b-a5bc-97425e68154b, https://ifcs-eftf2019.org/
Dataset
Thesis
An agile and stable optical system for high-fidelity coherent control of a single ⁸⁸Sr⁺ ion
Author: Thom, J. A., 1 Oct 2014Supervisor: Riis, E. (Supervisor) & Arnold, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
Chip-scale atomic magnetometer
Author: Piccolomo, S., 1 Jan 2016Supervisor: Riis, E. (Supervisor) & Arnold, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
Activities 2003 2012
External PhD Examiner University of St. Andrews
Aidan Arnold (External Examiner)2012
Activity: Examination types › Examination
Quantum Optics workshop: Ross Priory
Aidan Arnold (Speaker)2011
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk