Author Archives: drjmillen

I was very pleased to visit the Benson group at Humboldt University in Berlin. Just a short sleeper-train from Vienna! I am very interested in their work with nanoparticles in ion traps, and had the opportunity to talk to them … Continue reading →

Another slightly different paper… we did some work cooling really massive microspheres (micrograms) using their own Whispering Gallery Mode resonances, and it has just been published in Optics Express. Something easily big enough to see with your eye, cooled to … Continue reading →

My review article on Quantum Thermodynamics has been published in New Journal of Physics. It is a super-fast overview of the field, with a comprehensive reference list! James Millen and André Xuereb 2016 New J. Phys. 18 011002

As a nice start to the year, I have had an article published in the January issue of Physics World! It was written with André Xuereb at the University of Malta, and is called “Rise of the Quantum Machines“. The article … Continue reading →

The OSA organized an Incubator meeting on Levitated Optomechanics in Washington… which is just about the most topical meeting for myself I can imagine! I was invited, and gave a talk called “Size Matters”, exploring the role of particle size … Continue reading →

A new paper from my old group at UCL is online, demonstrating the world record level of cavity cooling for levitated particles, reaching millikelvin temperatures. The work also uncovers tuneable, true nonlinear dynamics. You can find it here: Nonlinear dynamics … Continue reading →

It was a pleasure to be invited to the Nanoscale Quantum Optics early research scientist conference in Malta. I gave a talk about working with nanoparticles, and very much enjoyed the diverse programme, including talks from EU funding bodies and … Continue reading →

A trip to the UK this week. I visited Kishan Dholakia’s group at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, gave a talk, and was very interested to learn about their optical manipulation methods. I also took a drive down … Continue reading →

I attended a Quantum Thermodynamics conference on the beautiful island of Porquerolles between the 12th – 16th October, where I chaired a discussion session on Implementations of Quantum Thermodynamics.

I wrote a short article for The Guardian on the prospect of doing quantum physics experiments with living things, called “A living thing in two places at once? This quantum quandary test is limited”.