Author Archives: drjmillen

Our collaborative work with Xiaohao Xu (Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, China) and Paco Rodriguez-Fortuno‘s group (King’s) has just been published in Nature Communications. We generated and probed an entirely new structure of light: Structured transverse orbital angular … Continue reading →

We are looking for an experienced candidate to work on an industry funded project on levitated sensors. For details and apply head to this page: Postdoctoral-research-associate-in-levitated-sensors-industry-collaboration

We are looking for a PostDoc to join our levitated electromechanics team. You will explore device development, multi-particle cooling, and statistical physics. We are open to people who haven’t worked in the field before, go to this page for more … Continue reading →

I was thrilled to attend the second Generation Y meeting. This is an incredibly useful networking meeting between early-career group leaders in the quantum sciences. Many vital discussions on group-building, hiring, funding, negotiation and yes, even AI.

Well done to James S, who presented “Structured transverse orbital angular momentum probed by a levitated optomechanical sensor” at the DPG-Spring Meeting. The work was well received, and he gave a great talk.

We have a position available to start in October 2023. Don’t hesitate to get in touch with questions! Details here.

We’re very happy to welcome Zhenan Chen to the group as a PhD student. He will be working on our levitated quantum optomechanics experiments.

Congratulations to Katie for defending her thesis “Levitated Electromechanics for Probing Fundamental Physics”. Many thanks to Dr. Janet Anders & Professor Peter Barker for doing the examination.

Yanhui is the first PhD student to graduate from the group, with his thesis entitled “Rotational Optomechanics”. Many thanks to Dr. Dave Phillips (Exeter) and Dr. Michael Vanner (Imperial) for their thorough 3.5hr examination.

We’re thrilled to welcome Molly Message to our group as a PhD student, who will be working on our studies of nanothermodynamics in our electrical traps. She was previously a Masters’ student in the group, and worked on our Event … Continue reading →