CV

Education

• Master of Physics (MPhys), University of Oxford, 2016
• Master of Research (MRes) in Quantum Technologies, University College London, 2017
• Doctorate in Atomic and Laser Physics (DPhil), University of Oxford, 2021

Work experience

• July 2021 - Present: Postdoctoral Research Assistant
  • University of Oxford
  • Atomic Interferometric Observatory and Network (AION)
  • Experimental ultracold quantum matter, simulations, project management, student supervision
  • Supervisor: Professor Chris Foot
• October 2017 - July 2021: Doctoral researcher in atomic and laser physics
  • University of Oxford
  • Experimental and theoretical research in quantum optics and quantum information and applications of quantum memories.
  • Supervisor: Professor Ian Walmsley and Dr Patrick Ledingham
• September 2020 - Present: Waynflete Academic for Physics
  • Magdalen College School
  • Supervision and pastoral suppport for 6th form students completeing an extended research project.
  • Preparation of students for the Physics Olympiad and university admissions exams in natural sciences and engineering
• January 2019 - June 2019: Tutor in Physics
  • Tutor for undergraduates reading physics at Corpus Christi College.
  • Tutorials, marking, student evaluation.

Skills

• Experimental Physics
  • Quantum Optics
  • Quantum Information
  • Cold atoms
  • Atomic and Laser Physics
• Teaching
  • University tutor
  • Admissions interviewer
  • Project sypervisor
• Programming
  • Python, Matlab, C, LabView, Mathemcatica

Publications

Raman quantum memory with built-in suppression of four-wave-mixing noise

Thomas, S. E., Hird, T. M., Munns, J. H., Brecht, B., Saunders, D. J., Nunn, J., Walmsley, I. A. & Ledingham, P. M. (2019). Raman quantum memory with built-in suppression of four-wave-mixing noise. Physical Review A, 100(3), 033801.

Preparing Narrow Velocity Distributions for Quantum Memories in Room-Temperature Alkali Vapours

Main, D., T. M. Hird, S. Gao, E. Oguz, D. J. Saunders, I. A. Walmsley, and P. M. Ledingham. (2021)"Preparing Narrow Velocity Distributions for Quantum Memories in Room-Temperature Alkali Vapours". Physical Review A, 103(4), 043105.

Room temperature atomic frequency comb storage for light

Main, D., T. M. Hird, S. Gao, I. A. Walmsley, and P. M. Ledingham (2021) "Room temperature atomic frequency comb storage for light". Optics Letters 46, 2960-2963

Talks

Eliminating Noise from a Broadband and Single-Mode Quantum Memory

July 24, 2018

Poster at International Conference on Atomic Physics, ICAP 2018, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona Spain

Engineering a Noiseless and Broadband Raman Quantum Memory for Temporal Mode Manipulation

September 16, 2018

Talk at Frontiers in Optics 2018, Washington DC, USA

Noise Suppression via Atomic Absorption in a Raman Quantum Memory

April 06, 2019

Talk at Quantum Information and Measurement (QIM) V: Quantum Technologies, Rome, Italy

Noise Suppression via Atomic Absorption in a Raman Quantum Memory

June 26, 2019

Talk at CLEO Europe Munich Germany, Munich, Germany

Demonstration of an Atomic Frequency Comb Quantum Memory Using Velocity-Selective Pumping in Warm Alkali Vapour

May 10, 2020

Talk at CLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science 2020, Washington DC, USA

Teaching

Undergraduate Physics Tutor

Waynflete Academic for Physics