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Quantum Hub (Birmingham)

Staff

Lead researcher

Dr Tim Freegarde

Senior Lecturer
Other researchers

Professor Peter G.R. Smith

Professor in Electronics & Comp Science

Dr James Gates MPhys, PhD

Principal Research Fellow

Dr Peter Horak

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Theory and simulation of nonlinear and quantum optics
  • Laser pulse propagation and manipulation in optical fibres
  • Quantum technology, integrated optics, optical resonators

Professor Corin Gawith

Professorial Fellow-Enterprise

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Computational Nonlinear Optics

We develop theoretical models and computer simulations for a wide range of photonics systems, such as optical fibres, integrated waveguides, and quantum technology.

Optical Engineering and Quantum Photonics Group

Led by Professor Peter Smith, our group specialises in the development and manufacture of novel optoelectronic devices for applications in quantum technology, integrated optical sensors and laser optics. 

Photonic Systems, Circuits and Sensors Group

Our group’s research in photonics is helping the development of critical global technologies.

Quantum, Light and Matter Group

Our research group examines the connections between physics, chemistry and engineering.

Research outputs

Light propagation beyond the mean-field theory of standard optics
Juha Javanainen,
& Janne Ruostekoski
, 2016 , Optics Express , 24 (2) , 993--1001
DOI: 10.1364/OE.24.000993
Type: article
Collective resonance fluorescence in small and dense atom clouds: Comparison between theory and experiment
S.D. Jenkins,
J. Ruostekoski,
J. Javanainen,
S. Jennewein,
R. Bourgain,
J. Pellegrino,
Y.R.P. Sortais,
& A. Browaeys
, 2016 , Physical Review A , 94 (2) , 1--15
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.94.023842
Type: article
Stability and internal structure of vortices in spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensates with conserved magnetization
Justin Lovegrove,
Magnus Borgh,
& Janne Ruostekoski
, 2016 , Physical Review A , 93 (33633) , 1--19
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.93.033633
Type: article
Stable core symmetries and confined textures for a vortex line in a Spinor Bose-Einstein condensate
Magnus O. Borgh,
Muneto Nitta,
& Janne Ruostekoski
, 2016 , Physical Review Letters , 116 (8) , 1--6
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.085301
Type: article
Emergence of correlated optics in one-dimensional waveguides for classical and quantum atomic gases
Janne Ruostekoski,
& Juha Javanainen
, 2016 , Physical Review Letters , 117 (143602) , 1--6
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.143602
Type: article