Outline
We are pleased to host the next meeting in the Northern Quantum series. This one-day meeting is aimed at quantum physics researchers from across the North of England, with a focus on showcasing the work of early-career researchers through short talks. The previous meeting was held at Sheffield.
Key information
- Date: Thursday 20th June, 2024
- Venue: Newcastle University
- Fee: Free – lunch and refreshments provided (participants will need to fund their own travel)
Travel / location information
The event will be held in Lecture Theatre 2 (LT2) in the HERSCHEL BUILDING, on the Newcastle University campus just off King’s Road / Percy Street (see map below)
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Arriving by train: The venue is a 15-20 minute walk from Newcastle Central station. Haymarket Metro Station is a one minute walk from the venue and Metro trains run to this station from Central Station via the GREEN and YELLOW lines, every 5-10 minutes.
Accessibility: The lecture theatre, event space for refreshments and toilet facilities are all on the ground floor of the building. Step-free access from King’s Road and from Haymarket Metro station are indicated on the map image
Schedule – Overview
- 09:30-10:00, Welcome tea/coffee
- 10:00 -11:20, SET 1, (4 talks)
- 11:20-11:40, BREAK tea/coffee
- 11:40 -13:00, SET 2, (4 talks)
- 13:00-14:00, LUNCH
- 14:00-15:40, SET 3 (5 talks)
- 15:40-16:00, BREAK tea/coffee
- 16:00-17:20, SET 4 (4 talks)
- 17:20-17:30, CLOSE
Schedule – Talks
All talks 20 minutes (including questions)
SET 1 – 10:00 – 11:20
- Mateusz Duda, University of Sheffield: Efficient, High-Fidelity Single-Photon Switch Based on Waveguide-Coupled Cavities
- Kate Brown, Newcastle University: Simulating false vacuum decay in a spin-1 gas
- Panagiotis Papanastasiou, University of York: CV-QKD with preparation noise in a wireless setting
- Ben Amies-King, University of York: Progress towards harnessing White Rabbit time synchronisation for long-distance quantum communications
SET 2 – 11:40 – 13:00
- Lucy Downes, Durham University: High Speed Two-colour THz Imaging with Atomic Vapour
- Matt Jamieson, Durham University: Low Frequency RF Sensing Using Cold Rydberg Atoms
- Steph Foulds, University of Strathclyde: Generalising concentratable entanglement for practical applications: mixed, qudit, and optical states
- Jonte R Hance, Newcastle University: Powering more sensitive counterfactual measurement using Kirkwood-Dirac negativity
SET 3 – 14:00 – 15:40
- Srivatsa Badariprasad, Newcastle University: Vortex pair dynamics in homogeneous dipolar superfluid
- Richard Tattersall, Newcastle University: Out of Equilibrium Behaviour of Quantum Vortices: A Comparison of Point Vortex Dynamics with Fokker-Planck Evolution
- Amos Chan, Lancaster University: Many-Body Quantum Chaos and Spectral Form Factor
- Obinna Abah, Newcastle University: Title TBC
- Jonathan Mortlock, Durham University: Towards a Quantum Gas Microscope for RbCs molecules
SET 4 – 16:00 – 17:20
- Mitch Walker, Durham University; Measuring the 88Sr optical clock transition in arbitrary tweezer arrays
- Toonyawat Angkhanawin, Durham University: Quantum Optimization for Graph Coloring Problem Using Rydberg-Qutrit Arrays
- Chad Christian Nelmes, University of York: Near-Perfect State Transfer in Homogeneously Coupled Spin Chains
- Adarsh Raghuram, Durham University: Efficient state transfer in RbCs via Feedfoward Noise suppression