One of our PhD students – Zak – has won best experimental poster entitled ‘Coherent Control of a Quantum Dot via Stimulated Raman Adiabatic Passage’ at the recent Bristol Quantum Information Technologies Workshop (BQIT:20), held virtually this year. Congratulations Zak – that’s a great achievement!!

We have post-doc positions available, on themes of SiC quantum networking and spin-based quantum sensing enhanced by machine learning. Please contact Cristian (c.bonato@hw.ac.uk) if interested.

Daniel has joined us straight from finishing his PhD in the preparation and characterisation of optical and optoelectronic devices based in two-dimensional semiconductors at the University of Valencia. At Heriot-Watt Daniel will be further exploring the experimental process from the preparation and characterisation through to the application in a final device using these 2D materials….

After a productive year and a nice group Christmas dinner, it’s time for some holidays. A great 2020 to everybody!

We are delighted to partner with Strathclyde and Glasgow Universities to form the International Graduate School for Quantum Technologies: https://igsqt.ac.uk/. PhD positions are available in our group now.

Dr Swathi Hegde joined us today, to work on spins in diamond and SiC. Swathi was previously at TU Dortmund, where she has been working on quantum control with NV centres .

Our new Montana system got successfully installed today, adding to four cryostat already operating in the lab. Looking forward to start experiments on spins in silicon carbide!

Muhammad Junaid Arshad has joined us from Lahore, Pakistan. He will be building an adaptive quantum magnetometer with spins in diamond. Welcome, Muhammad, and good luck!

Dr Margherita Mazzera, previously at ICFO in Barcelona, has recently joined us. Margherita will expand the group activity by setting up a new lab to develop new platforms for integrated quantum storage devices based on rare earth ion doped solids. PhD positions are available! For more information please contact Margherita Mazzera (m.mazzera@hw.ac.uk).

Cristian Bonato has been awarded a prestigious fellowship by EPSRC. The award, worth >£1M, will allow us to study spins in SiC, to demonstrate a quantum memory device for quantum networking. There are post-doc positions available on this topic: if interested, please get in touch!