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Head of Department’s Statement 3 Department Information 4 Astrophysics 6 Condensed Matter Theory 7 Experimental Solid State Physics 8 High Energy Physics 9 Laser Consortium 10 Photonics 11 Plasma Physics 12 Quantum Optics & Laser Science Group 13 Space & Atmospheric Physics 14 Theoretical Physics 15 Undergraduate Studies 16 Postgraduate Studies 17 PhDs awarded 22 Prizes and Awards 26 Grants Awarded 28 Technical Development, Intellectual Property & Commercial Interactions 32 Staff Members 34

2 Head of Department’s statement

It is a pleasure to introduce the the Institute of Physics while Donal physics teachers, which is planned Department of Physics Review Bradley delivered the RS Bakerian to be an annual event. 2010-11. Inside you will find an Lecture and was also honoured by overview over the past two years appointment as a CBE. All our We welcomed five new members of across the considerable breadth of prize-winners are recognised on the academic staff: Myungshik Kim activities in the Department. page 26. to Quantum Optics, Ortwin Hess and Rupert Oulton to the Leverhulme It is near impossible to pick out Another measure of the vitality of Centre for Plasmonics and research highlights with such an our research, and a source of Metamaterials, Jonathan Pritchard extensive choice but I’ll try… pride, are the twenty-six young under a new strategic initiative in Work that grabbed attention included researchers who won (or renewed) Astrostatistics and Dan Eakins to the discovery at the UK Infrared personal fellowships. These include the Institute for Shock Physics. Telescope in Hawaii of the most three Royal Society University Academic staff who moved to pas- distant quasar yet seen. Another Research Fellowships, four EPSRC tures new were Paul Nandra, who world record was achieved by our Career Advancement Fellowships, became Director of the Max Planck cold matter team in determining the three STFC Advanced Fellowships Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics degree of roundness of the electron. and five Imperial College Junior at Garching, John Harries who took New developments in theoretical Research Fellowships. on the new role of Chief Scientific physics include application of the Adviser to the Welsh Government, maths developed for string theory Our graduate students are an Russell Cowburn to set up a new to quantum entanglement while our amazing bunch and in this review lab in Cambridge and Costas work on space-time “cloaking” was we include some case studies of Foudas who became Head of the nominated by Physics World as one recent PhD and Masters projects High Energy Physics Group at the of the top ten breakthroughs in 2011. on page 17. Our three Centres for University of Ioannina. The search for the Higgs boson at Doctoral Training, which took their CERN is closing in with the intimate first cohorts in 2009, are going from We have continued to receive a involvement of our particle physicists, strength to strength, not only in their significant volume of research funding while our plasma group has created stimulation of scientific research with projects worth over £55M a tabletop device that produces and interdepartmental collaboration starting during the 2 year period. synchrotron X-rays, the energy and but also in outreach activities. In These included a grant from the image quality of which are as good 2011 we set up the Departmental Leverhulme Trust enabling the as some of the largest, most Industry Club welcoming over sixty establishment of a new Centre for expensive X-ray facilities on the industrialists to our first postgraduate Plasmonics and Metamaterials (led planet. Our plasmonics research research symposium, where sixty by John Pendry and Stefan Maier), has realised some of the first second year postgraduates presented Programme Grants from EPSRC devices operating at THz frequencies posters and fifty-six third years for work on Attosecond Electron while collaboration between our gave talks. Dynamics (led by Jon Marangos) atmospheric and solar physicists and on Cold Molecules (led by Ed has revealed how the strange The number and quality of our UG Hinds) as well as STFC recent behaviour of the Sun may applicants continue to rise with Rolling/Consolidated Grants on be influencing climate. many playing a significant role in Astronomy and Space Physics, College life. Gilead Amit was Particle Physics and Theoretical The quality of our work has been awarded the Royal College of Physics. recognised by a significant number Science Association prize for his of awards and prizes to staff and contributions to the student news- Jo Haigh students at all levels. International paper as well as his captaincy of a awards include the JJ Sakurai Prize successful University Challenge Professor Jo Haigh FRS for Theoretical Particle Physics to team. The teaching fellows, Caroline Tom Kibble, the UNESCO Neils van Breukelen, Vijay Tymms and Bohr Gold Medal to John Pendry Mark Richards have started to and the Sackler Prize to Stefan make their mark, especially in Maier. Peter Knight was awarded boosting the department’s outreach the Royal Medal of the Royal activities. In particular, they ran a Society and became President of very successful workshop for

3 Department Information

Head of Department Associate Head of Department Operations Manager Professor Joanna Haigh Dr Kenny Weir Ms Linda Jones Tel: 020 7594 7500 Tel: 020 7594 7501 Tel: 020 7594 7502 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Executive Assistant to Head of Senior Administrator Department Mrs. Kalvinder Chana Miss Caroline Walker Tel: 020 7594 6113 Tel: 020 7594 7503 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Undergraduate Teaching

Director of Undergraduate Senior Tutor Admissions Tutor Examinations Co-ordinator Studies Professor Danny Segal (Undergraduate) Dr Julia Sedgbeer Professor Angus Mackinnon Tel: 020 7594 7779 Dr Bob Forsyth Tel: 020 7594 7811 Tel: 020 7594 7505 Email: Tel: 020 7594 7761 Email: Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Undergraduate Education Admissions and Disabilities Examinations and Information Manager Officer Officer Mr Derryck Stewart Ms Mery Fajardo Mr Edward Charnley Tel: 020 7594 7561 Tel: 020 7594 7513 Tel: 020 7594 7508 Email: Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] [email protected]

Undergraduate Administrator Undergraduate Administrator Ms Stephanie Smallwood Ms Geetika Tewari Tel: 020 7594 7511 Tel: 020 7594 7510 Email:[email protected] Email: [email protected]

Postgraduate Teaching

Director of Postgraduate Studies Postgraduate Development Postgraduate Administrator Professor Lesley Cohen Officer Mrs Loli Sanchez Tel: 020 7594 7598 Dr Andrew Williamson Tel: 020 7594 7512 Email: [email protected] Tel: 020 7594 7631 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

4 Research Groups

Condensed Matter Theory Head of Group: Professor Matthew Foulkes Condensed Matter Theory Tel: 020 7594 7607 and Experimental Solid State Email: [email protected] Physics Cluster

Experimental Solid State Physics Senior Group Administrator: Carolyn Dale Head of Group: Professor Lesley Cohen Email: [email protected] Tel: 020 7594 7598 Tel: 020 7594 7579 Email: [email protected]

High Energy Physics Head of Group: Professor Jordan Nash Group Administrator: Paula Brown Tel: 020 7594 7808 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Tel: 020 7594 7823

Photonics Head of Group: Professor Paul French Tel: 020 7594 7706 Email: [email protected]

Optics Cluster Quantum Optics & Laser Science Head of Group: Professor Myungshik Kim Senior Group Administrator: Judith Baylis Tel: 020 7594 7754 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Tel: 0207 594 7713

Laser Consortium Head of Centre: Professor Jon Marangos Tel: 020 7594 7857 Email: [email protected]

Astrophysics Head of Group: Professor Stephen Warren Tel: 020 7594 7554 Email: [email protected]

Astrophysics, Plasma Plasma Physics and Space & Atmospheric Physics Head of Group: Professor Steven Rose Tel: 020 7594 7635. Cluster Email: [email protected] Senior Group Administrator: Louise Hayward Email: [email protected] Space and Atmospheric Physics Tel: 020 7594 7479 Head of Group: Professor Steve Schwartz Tel: 020 7594 7660 Email: [email protected]

Theoretical Physics Head of Group: Professor Jerome Gauntlett Group Administrator: Graziela De Nadai-Sowrey Tel: 020 7594 1275 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Tel: 020 7594 7843

5 Astrophysics http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/astrophysics

The Astrophysics group studies the Sun, the birth of stars in the Milky Way, the evolution of galaxies over cosmic time, the formation of the first stars and galaxies, astroparticle physics, and the relic radiation from the Big Bang, the cosmic microwave background. The sophisticated use of statistics in interpreting astronomical data is a common theme in the group’s activities.

The Sun Galaxy Evolution Unruh, with Ball, completed a new recon- The Astrophysics group has leading roles in struction of the solar irradiance over three the exploitation of data from the Herschel solar cycles, from 1974 to 2009, based on the satellite, launched in May 2009. Herschel is a assumption that solar irradiance variability is far-infrared observatory, allowing us to study associated with photospheric magnetic flux dust in galaxies from the local universe, all changes. The results are in close agreement the way to the highest cosmological red- with the PMOD time series over the same shifts, as well as providing detailed studies period (constructed by splicing direct satellite of the physics and chemistry of star and measurements), including the low irradiance planet formation in our own galaxy. The first recorded during the unusually long and scientific results from Herschel were pub- deep recent minimum. The results confirm lished in 2010, with Imperial College leading that variability is primarily caused by mag- papers on dust in nearby galaxies, distant netic activity, and settle the dispute over the cosmological sources and studies of the reality of the observed decline between the overall galaxy population, and with a role in last two minima. This is important as an many others. input to climate change studies. This work also predicts the wavelength-dependence of Artist’s impression of the z=7 quasar ULAS The Cosmic Microwave Background J1120+0641, showing the ionised zone surrounding the irradiance changes, allowing comparison quasar (credit: Gemini Observatory). The Planck satellite is the leading experi- against the newest measurements taken ment to measure fluctuations in the cosmic with the SORCE satellite, since 2004. Pritchard joined the Astrophysics group as a lec- microwave background. Jaffe's recent Although excellent agreement is obtained on turer in October 2011. His research centres research programme has focused on the rotational timescales, the SORCE measure- on the use of observations of the redshifted analysis of data from Planck. January 2011 ments show unexpectedly steep (and on 21cm hyperfine transition of atomic hydro- saw the first release of data and 25 astro- occasions anti-cyclic) trends that are not gen for cosmology. His recent research has physics papers, on subjects ranging from reproduced by any of the current models, or included papers on the importance of X-ray the structure of our own Milky Way to the measurements during previous cycles. emission from binary black holes in the early properties of distant galaxies in the process Universe, the status of cosmological con- of forming their stars. Jaffe leads the London straints on the neutrino mass, and the con- Planck Analysis Centre, responsible for cru- cept of intensity mapping in CO lines as a cial aspects of the calibration of the Planck probe of galaxies during reionisation. He is a High Frequency Instrument, essential for the member of the Square Kilometre Array scientific return from Planck. Ongoing data (SKA) science working group and helped processing and science extraction at draft the design reference mission for SKA Imperial and throughout Europe will culmi- Phase 1. He is also a Co-I on the proposed nate in the release of the Planck Cosmology NASA explorer mission the Dark Ages Radio Papers in early 2013, with Jaffe leading the Explorer (DARE). effort to measure the overall topology of the Universe. Jaffe also leads analysis efforts for the EBEX balloon telescope, to be launched from Antarctica in 2012, which will The birth of stars use the Cosmic Microwave Background to Mohanty has formulated a new theory to detect gravitational radiation from an early explain the angular momentum evolution of epoch of cosmological inflation. Jaffe was Variation of total solar irradiance over the past two solar maxima, comparing SATIRE reconstruction with PMOD low mass stars, one of the major outstand- the recipient of the Winton Research Prize in composite. Note the significant decline in the recent ing issues in stellar evolution. He showed 2011. 2007 minimum. that the existing theory missed a strong dependence on stellar radius; reformulating The First Stars and Galaxies Astroparticle physics the theory to account for this he was able to Trotta's research activities have been focusing Mortlock and Warren have been exploiting the match the observed rotation periods as a ongoing UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey to find on the dark matter interpretation of the most function of age from solar mass stars all the recent data from the Large Hadron Collider high-redshift quasars, with the goal of finding way down to the substellar limit, as well as sources beyond the redshift limit z=6.4 reached and astrophysical probes such as the Fermi the activity lifetimes (strongly dependent on gamma ray telescope and the IceCube neu- by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Their recent dis- rotation) of these stars. The work has further covery of ULAS J1120+0641, a quasar of redshift trino telescope, leading to a dozen publica- strong implications for the planetary tions. The development of astrostatistics z=7.085, is a significant step forward in the study Habitable Zone around low-mass stars, of conditions in the early Universe. The quasar is activities has been steady, with invited talks which is significantly affected by the level of given at the inaugural Astrostatistics session seen as it was when the Universe was only stellar activity. 770Myr old, but the quasar hosts a black hole of at the World Statistics Congress in Dublin mass 2 billion solar masses, severely constraining and the prestigious SCMA conference. theories of the formation and growth of supermas- Trotta has been awarded a Next Einstein fel- sive black holes. In addition, the spectrum of the lowship by the African Institute of quasar shows absorption by neutral hydrogen, Mathematical Sciences in Cape Town to indicating that we are seeing a quasar at a time support his teaching, outreach and research when the inter-galactic medium was still substan- activities there, through regular visits over tially neutral, before the hydrogen had been fully the next three years. ionised by early generations of hot stars.

6 Astrophysics Group Condensed Matter Theory http://www.3.imperial.ac.uk/condensedmattertheory Condensed matter physics is the study of the huge variety of solids and liquids provided by nature or made by humans. Metals, magnets, ceramics, semiconductors, foams, membranes, superfluids, superconductors, granular systems, polymers, complex liquids, planetary interi- ors, and graphene are examples of the sorts of things we work on.

Solids and liquids are understood to the extent that the Schrödinger equation provides an accurate “grand unified theory” at the atomic scale. However, assemblies of huge numbers of simple objects often show emergent behaviour that could never have been guessed from their individual properties. One atom on its own is a dull thing, but the emergent properties of huge numbers of atoms give the world, and our sub- ject, their astonishing variety and richness. The idea of emergence is not restricted to atoms, of course; our Complexity and Networks Group studies emergence in social and biological systems.

As a theory group our main research tools are mathematics, computers, and imagination. We work closely with experimentalists and prefer problems with useful applications as well as scientific interest.

Metamaterials Metamaterials are artificial solids designed to guide electromagnetic fields in ways never seen in nature. Our research on metamaterials (imperial.ac.uk/plasmonmeta) tackled three main areas this year: slow light, light harvesting, and metamaterial lasers (“meta-lasers”).

The 'trapped rainbow' principle exploits properties of metamaterials and metals at optical frequencies to slow and even stop light. We have designed uniform metamaterial heterostructures that allow complex-ˆ stopping of light. This opens the door to light localization in time and an innovative type of cavity-free lasing.

Light harvesting techniques gather radiation from all directions and concentrate the energy into a small region; the systems we design focus the light into a few cubic nanometres. The intense fields inside the light harvester can be exploited to sense single molecules or to promote non-lin- ear effects normally only seen using powerful lasers. A simple example is shown in Fig.1.

Fig. 1. Harvesting light using two touching silver spheres. The field between the spheres is up to 104 times stronger than the incident radiation. Plasmonic amplifiers and nanolasers are the smallest conceivable laser devices and vital elements in schemes to build active integrated nano-optical sys- tems. One of our nanoplas- monic meta-laser designs is illustrated in Fig 2.

Fig. 2. Materials Theory and Simulation Our work on materials theory and simulation is linked both to the Centre for Doctoral Training on the Theory and Simulation of Materials (imperial.ac.uk/theoryandsimulationofmaterials) and the Thomas Young Centre (thomasyoungcentre.org).

New materials have played a central role in the development of civilisation from the Bronze Age to the Semiconductor Age. The latter provided us with computers, the use of which has greatly improved our understanding of materials. We use computers to simulate materials at a wide range of length and time scales. Software packages written in our group and widely Fig. 3. Simulations of semiconductor nanorods reveal used elsewhere solve the equations of quantum mechanics to predict the behaviour of elec- dramatic changes in charge distribution with surface trons, simulate atomic motion to provide detailed structural and dynamical information, or chemistry. This allows the properties of nanorods to be study models of material behaviour on much larger length and time scales. tuned by changing their synthesis conditions. We use theory and simulation to interpret experimental results, to understand the properties of materials, to find ways to improve materials, and even to predict new materials for experi- mentalists to try to synthesize.

Compexity and Networks Correlated Quantum Systems Through data-driven research, the Complexity Our work on strongly correlated quantum and Networks Group systems focuses on physical (www3.imperial.ac.uk/complexityandnet- realisations of dissipationless phases of works) aims to understand how complex sys- matter, seen in electrons and ultra-cold tems with emergent properties work. With Dr. atoms. These are the first candidates for Sendova-Franks (UWE), Dr. Richardson future technology in (ETH, Zurich) and the Ant Lab (U. of Bristol), quantum information processing. A central we use experiments (see Fig. 4), techniques Fig. 4. A colony of about a hundred ants of the species challenge in this area is the control of the from statistical physics, and network analysis Temnothorax albipennis is ideal for controlled experi- decoherence that leads to loss of informa- to study the dynamics and self-organization of ments as its natural nest (a rock crevice) is easily tion. We have recently developed a new the- an ant colony from the individual level to the approximated in the laboratory, allowing for tracking of colour-marked individuals. (Photo courtesy of Dr. ory of the decoherence dynamics of colony level. Richardson and the Ant Lab.) nanoscale systems far from equilibrium (dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.260402

7 Condensed Matter Theory Group Experimental Solid State Physics http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/experimentalsolidstate Experimental Solid State Physics is a vibrant research group spanning all areas of Solid State Physics. We work within state-of-the-art facil- ities, fabricating novel materials and devices, and performing leading edge characterisation, analysis and theoretical modelling. We are linked to a number of research centres at Imperial College including the Centre for Plastic Electronics, the Centre for Plasmonics & Metamaterials, the Energy Futures Lab and the Grantham Institute for Climate Change.

Our work is strongly supported by collaborations with internationally leading groups and key industries. The research can be summarised under the following key themes:

Plastic Electronics Energy and Efficient Energy Use Molecular and Hybrid Electronic Materials and Devices Solar Cell Research T. D. Anthopoulos, A. J. Campbell, J.S. Kim, P. N. Stavrinou, J. D. D. C. Bradley, A. J.Chatten, N. J. Ekins- Nelson and D. D. C. Bradley - Organic semiconductors such as Daukes, K. W. J. Barnham and J. Nelson - conjugated polymers and small molecules are a unique class of Reducing the cost of solar electricity is key optoelectronic materials with growing applications in light emis- to building an affordable and secure future sion, displays, energy conversion, sensors, engineering and energy supply. The group’s research healthcare. The group’s research includes fundamental studies encompasses two parallel approaches: relating the optoelectronic and structural properties of materials developing lower cost materials and high- to their chemical and physical structure using a range of High Efficiency Solar Cell er efficiency devices. Organic photovoltaic Research advanced characterisation and modelling tools, and studies of (PV) materials, composed of electron the applications of the materials to photovoltaics, light-emitting donor materials - such as conjugated poly- devices, organic photonic structures, thin-film electronics and mers - together with fullerenes or nanopar- other integrated applications. We have active experimental and ticles, have shown steadily improving per- theoretical programmes on charge transport, device processing formance (up to 10% efficiency) and can and hybrid device structures the latter including novel materials be processed cheaply from solution. for transparent electronics. Research challenges include both under- standing the basic rules that govern func- Nanophotonics, Plasmonics and Metamaterials tion of these novel materials, and finding S. Maier, R. Oulton P. N. Stavrinou, C. C. Phillips, D. D. C. ways to control their properties. High effi- Bradley - This research is driven by the vision to create highly Plastic Electronics on Flexible ciency solar cell research includes the Substrates miniaturized photonic circuits and sources. For example, plas- achievement of a record 28.3% efficient mon lasers focus optical energy in both time and space to gen- “quantum well” solar cell, pioneered by the erate intense electric fields over small length and time scales. group, as well as other approaches involv- We have pioneered plasmonic surface waveguides operating at ing spectral conversion of sunlight using THz frequencies. At mid-infrared frequencies, we have devel- luminescent concentrators and molecular oped the concept of quantum metamaterials based on highly systems group. In addition the group doped semiconductors, opening up a new paradigm for tunable addresses the carbon emissions mitigation surface waveguides. potential of solar PV through detailed analysis of PV systems and materials. Plasmonics for Biological Sensing S. Maier, C. C. Phillips and P. Stavrinou - Plasmonic light local- Bow Tie Plasmonic NanoAntennae Materials for Energy Efficient ization enables extremely sensitive chemical detection, down to Refrigeration just a handful of biomolecules. We have realized plasmonic bio- K. Sandeman, L. F. Cohen, A. D. Caplin- nanosensors from the visible to the mid-infrared part of the Modern society is heavily reliant on refrig- spectrum. At even longer wavelengths, we use designer “Spoof eration. However, the widespread cooling Plasmon” surfaces to squeeze THz radiation close to surfaces technology is based on century-old where it can detect chemicals attached to them. vapour-compression refrigeration cycle and uses chemicals that adversely affect the global climate. We are developing magnetic magnetocaloric materials for effi- Magnetic Materials for Energy cient environmentally friendly room tem- Efficient Cooling perature refrigeration. Mid-Infrared Imaging for Cancer Detection C. C. Phillips - Mid-IR radiation is absorbed by exciting localised vibrations in chemical bonds in a way that gives each bio-molecule an eas- ily recognisable spectral “fingerprint”. If we chose image the slice at the right wavelengths, we can “see” chemicals (e.g. the acids in DNA) in a way that gives a plethora of new and scientifically robust information that is proving invaluable for both extending and semiautomating cancer diagnosis.

Nanoscience and technology Nanomagnetism: Frustrated Magnetic Nanostructures W. R. Branford, LF Cohen- We study arrays of magnetic nanostructured honeycomb lattices, where the geometric structure imposes frustra- tion on the magnetic order demonstrating long range manifestation of what is known as “spin ice” rules and monopole defects.

Nanostructured Narrow Gap Semiconductors for Sensors Applications L. F. Cohen, S. A. Solin - Narrow gap semiconductors (NGS) have high electron mobility and low surface depletion and as such are of inter- est for nanostructured magnetoresistive sensors. We are developing ultra high sensitivity, ultra high resolution ballistic nanosensors.

Quantum Dots R. Murray - Nanoscale inclusions of InAs embedded in GaAs (Quantum Dots, QDs) offer significant attraction as single photon sources (SPS) for quantum cryptography and some quantum computing schemes.

8 Experimental Solid State Physics Group High Energy Physics http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/highenergyphysics The High Energy Physics Group has activity across a broad front in exploiting particle physics experiments at existing facilities as well as designing detectors and accelerators for future experiments. These investigate the fundamental particles and the forces between them, with a primary aim to address basic questions such as the origin of mass and the observed asymmetry between matter and antimatter. The group have also been exploring possible applications of accelerator technology in healthcare, working jointly with the Imperial College Medical Faculty.

CMS T2K Accelerator Research and Hadron Therapy The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) is an The Tokai-To-Kamioka (T2K) experiment Imperial’s Accelerator Research and Hadron experiment at the Large Hadron Collider uses the world's first “off-axis” accelerator Therapy group’s work on future very intense which is optimised for Standard Model Higgs neutrino beam and is designed to measure proton accelerators includes extensive theo- searches and a wide range of other physics. the remaining neutrino mixing angle, retical and numerical work such as particle A tremendous effort to analyse the Higgs through muon neutrino to electron neutrino tracking including space-charge and mis- discovery channels was made soon after the oscillations. Imperial helped design, build, alignment studies and the mechanical LHC restart in 2009, with Imperial playing a test and install the Electromagnetic design of radiofrequency accelerator cavities. significant part, and CMS was successful in Calorimeter detector that helps measure the The Group also contributed to the design analysing all the major decay modes using beam as it is created, alongside other major effort for an energy upgrade of the ISIS the full 2011 recorded data set. The search contributions, and T2K itself started taking accelerator at Rutherford Appleton for a Higgs boson decaying to two photons is data in 2009. a long-standing interest of the Imperial group. Laboratory and the extension required for The most exciting early result from T2K has ISIS to serve as a Proton driver for the We also pioneered some simple and robust been the electron-neutrino appearance Neutrino Factory. Of the various applications techniques for Supersymmetry studies, measurement, which found 6 electron of proton accelerators the treatment of can- which were successful in the analysis of events at Super-K, over a background of 1.5 cer using hadrons can have an immediate early LHC data when understanding of the events. The result was chosen by Physics benefit for society. CMS detector was incomplete. World from the Institute of Physics as one of In the future, there is a need for the LHC to the top 10 physics breakthroughs for 2011. LISA be upgraded in order that we are able to The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna continue to be sensitive to new physics and ZEPLIN-III (LISA) is a satellite mission to detect gravita- make precision measurements of the dis- Understanding the nature of dark matter is one tional waves in the frequency range coveries that are made, and Imperial is lead- of the most urgent questions facing modern between 0.1 mHz and 0.1 Hz from a wide ing much of the R&D that will lead to their physics today. ZEPLIN-III, led by Imperial, con- variety of periodic astrophysical sources. upgrade and eventual replacement. cludes a successful series of three xenon Imperial has responsibility for a critical ele- experiments operated at Boulby mine in ment of the flight hardware which will be LHCb Cleveland since the mid 1990s. With several used for in-flight charge management of the LHCb is a detector at the LHC which is specially systems now being designed and constructed proof-masses which become charged due to optimised for performing physics with around the world with tonne-scale fiducial the action of cosmic-rays. hadrons which contain the b-quark, and has masses, the ZEPLIN programme can claim to operated highly successfully since the LHC We were also involved an ESA project for have pioneered most of the techniques that the development of miniaturised radiation restart in 2009. Imperial's main contribution helped two-phase xenon become a leading to the detector hardware was the Ring monitors for generic monitoring of the space technology in the race to discover WIMPs, and radiation environment. Imaging Cherenkov detector which can help will lead to our participation in the international distinguish particle types, and the High Level LUX350 experiment. DZero Trigger that makes the current hadronic DZero was an experiment at the Tevatron, physics programme possible. COMET/PRISM which for many years was the highest-ener- The group has continued to play leading roles Many models for new fundamental physics gy particle collider in the world. During the in the highest priority areas of the LHCb predict lepton flavour violation at this level, last few years of running, Imperial continued physics programme, namely the search for and COMET/PRISM will provide a sensitive to lead DZero's overall trigger activity. Much New Physics in rare decays and CP violation probe to new physics that is highly comple- of the physics of interest at the Tevatron, in hadronic decays. We also remain at the mentary to LHC-based studies. Imperial including the low mass Higgs searches, forefront of extending the LHCb physics pro- leads several aspects of this experimental involves b-quarks, and thus offline b-tagging gramme such as a measurement of Vub and programme. Recent developments mean that is of major importance. Many of the tech- the search for long-lived gauge bosons. the next generation of muon flavour violation niques that we pioneered are now used by experimentation, in the form of COMET both ATLAS and CMS at the LHC. e-Science Phase-I, expects to commence data-taking UK e-Science within HEP is funded through in 2016, as a flagship experiment at the J- Neutrino Factory the GridPP project. Imperial has been one of PARC laboratory alongside T2K. the most active groups within GridPP since Accumulating intense beams of muons at its formation and has a regional coordination high energy in a storage ring with long Phenomenology role through our leadership of LondonGrid. straight sections pointing towards distant The visible matter in the Universe is well We also have significant experiment-specif- detectors will allow neutrino beams with per- described by the Standard Model, but this ic development activities. fectly known composition and energy spectrum leaves open major questions in both particle to be used in the study of neutrino oscillations. SuperNEMO physics and cosmology that may be This is called the Neutrino Factory and is one of SuperNEMO is an experiment to search for answered by new physics at the Tera-elec- the focuses of the Imperial group. neutrinoless double-beta decay (0nbb) tron-Volt range: the Terascale. Since 2011, based on the expertise developed by the the Imperial group has been working with MICE NEMO series of experiments. Kings College and UCL to bring together The international Muon Ionization Cooling particle theorists, experimentalists, astropar- Experiment (MICE) will provide the proof of Imperial leads the software and simulation ticle physicists and experts on field and principal for the technique by which it is pro- work for the collaboration, and the detailed string theory in the framework of a new posed to cool the muon beam at the experiment design has been implemented London Centre for Terauniverse Studies Neutrino Factory and Muon Collider. The into the software simulation and studies (LCTS) to perform studies in Phenomenology Imperial group has played leading roles in have been undertaken to demonstrate the to help probe these open questions. the experiment since its inception. sensitivity of the experiment. 9 High Energy Physics Group Laser Consortium http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/quantumopticslaserscience/research/laser_consortium

Prof J.P. Marangos (Director), Professor R.A. Smith (Deputy Director), Prof John Tisch, Prof Misha Ivanov, Prof Leszek Frasinski, Dr Vitali Averbukh, Dr Amelle Zair, Prof Sir Peter Knight.

The Blackett Laboratory Laser Consortium has continued in its mission to explore the scientific frontiers enabled by ultrafast high intensity lasers. This research has two main thrusts; (a) attosecond science –including the development of the required measurement technology and its application to physical and chemical processes on the sub-femtosecond timescale, (b) creating and probing high energy density plasmas with lasers.

Attosecond Science In the attosecond technology area we have completed the development of an attosecond beamline that has been demonstrated to produce isolated soft-X-ray pulses of ~250 attoseconds using high harmonic generation (HHG) (see figure 1) with shorter pulses now in our sights. The compression of our optical pulses to durations of just 3.5fs has also been achieved as have new diagnostic methodologies, in particular spatially resolving versions of the SPIDER (spectral interferometry for direct electric field reconstruction). The development was carried out of a 1 kHz repetition rate optical parametric generator/amplifier that produces ultrashort high power pulses in the 1.3-1.8 micron spec- tral range.

Research has been conducted to investigate the control of the different quantum trajecto- ries that contribute to high harmonic generation. This has resulted in an experiment that showed we can control the sub-femtosecond timing of the electron trajectory returns by using a two-colour laser field. Experiments on the laser driven recollision induced frag- mentation of molecules has shown a strong sensitivity to molecular alignment, we hope that several novel features of our experiment and analysis will reveal a deeper under- standing of the inelastic excitation channels as the analysis of this data proceeds. Progress has also been made toward using the different trajectory return times to meas- ure ultrafast molecular rearrangement through HHG.

An active theory programme concentrating on attosecond electron dynamics in atoms and molecules has flourished in the group over the past year. Results leading to publication have been achieved on the strong spin state effect on Auger decay rates of core-inner- valence-ionized Ne and isoelectronic molecules (water, ammonia, methane); and further Figure 1 Attosecond streaking measurement verifying the 3.4 fs laser development of Stieltjes-Lanczos method for decay widths - generalization for autoioniza- pulse duration established from the SEA-SPIDER method tion of excited states and to resonant ICD. The role of post photo-ionization shake-up on and measuring the XUV pulse duration of only 250 attosec- the attosecond ionization dynamics in atoms has been analyzed. Theoretical analysis of onds. the HHG process in molecules and of the extraction of attosecond dynamics information from the measured spectrum has continued in collaboration with MBI, Berlin. Members of the Laser Consortium play an active role in the development of new methods of data visualisation and analysis at free electron lasers at Hamburg and Stanford. Last year the partial covariance mapping technique developed by the group proved to be very successful in elucidating the dynamics of chemical reactions on the femtosecond timescale (see figure 2). The group also participated in X-ray two pulse experiments look- ing at the Auger relaxation dynamics in diatomic molecules using the Stanford FEL.

High Energy Density Plasmas We can use our high-energy, short-pulse laser systems to heat and compress matter to the kind of conditions found in the cores of stars, and create laboratory scale models of some of nature’s most extreme events, the birth and death of stars. To support this work we are building an advanced new laser system “Cerberus” which delivers multiple, high energy beams on target. Uniquely, this laser Figure 2 can be linked to the Plasma Physics Group’s large MAGPIE Z-Pinch and exploit the very large mag- A partial covariance map for the fragmentation of acetylene netic fields it can generate. In this way we can create and probe small scale versions of the magnet- induced by a 491 eV Free Electron Laser Pulse at Stanford, ic jets that are launched light-years across space in star formation. California. Peak A reveals rich electron dynamics: simultane- A new 6 year EPSRC programme grant began on 1st June 2011 “Attosecond Electron Dynamics in ous presence of core holes on both carbon atoms. Molecular and Condensed Phase Matter”. This has enabled us to upgrade both our laser systems; the Red Dragon to 10mJ pulses and the Femtolaser to 2.5mJ pulses. A high power optical paramet- ric amplifier operating from 1.2-2.2 microns has also been added to the Red Dragon and has already enabled us to extend our studies of HHG spectroscopy of molecules. For instance by combining the long wavelength source with ablation plume techniques we have seen extended HHG spectra from a uracil ablation plume. The ablation plume method has also allowed us to explore the high conver- sion efficiency offered in the VUV from carbon ablation plumes, which have a high content of nanoparticles, and to study strong enhancements at particular photon energies due to metal ions in the plasma.

10 Laser Consortium Photonics http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/photonics/

The Photonics Group conducts fundamental research into optical science and develops and applies new technologies for the physical and life sciences, medicine and ICT. Our projects are mostly interdisciplinary and we work closely with industry.

Fibre lasers and nonlinear optics Current optical fibre/laser research led by Roy Taylor and Sergei Popov includes compact and high power fibre laser sources engineered at specific wavelengths for applications such as sensing, metrology and medical imaging and therapeutics. In the visible spectrum these are based on Raman or parametric gain pumped by Yb based MOPFA systems while for the near and mid-infrared we are developing Bismuth and Thulium -doped fibre lasers. For applications requiring ultrashort puls- es we are exploiting carbon nanotubes or graphene as saturable absorbers in fibre lasers – including the first passively mode-locked Raman laser. This year Sergei Popov has expanded his programme on surgical applications of fibre lasers, for which their compact form factor, unprecedented spectral versatility and capability to operate in metal-free magnetic field environments like MRI scanners provide many important therapeutic opportunities.

Diode-pumped Alexandrite laser Optical and EM theory: Imaging science Solid-state lasers Theoretical projects include rigorous electro- This includes particular strength in adaptive Alongside fibre laser technology, we are magnetic theory (FE, FDTD, volume integral optics, led by Carl Paterson and Mark Neil, developing all-solid-state lasers and nonlin- methods) applied to photonic structures and to control (programme) the spatial properties ear optical technologies to provide compact metamaterials and to high aperture imaging, of light for applications in astronomy, sources of high energy pulses for applica- optical storage and polarisation studies. microscopy and ophthalmic imaging. Carl tions ranging from precision laser manufac- Martin McCall’s programmes include theo- Paterson is measuring and correcting aber- turing (e.g. processing of solar cells) to retical development of “space-time cloaking” rated wavefronts to permit in vivo imaging of remote sensing for weather prediction and (which attracted world-wide interest and was the retina for ophthalmology and Mark Neil climate change science. These utilise the experimentally verified at Cornell) and chiral is using spatial light modulators to define diode-pumped micro-slab laser technology optics, including a study of beetles with arbitrary wave-front shapes for metrology of pioneered and commercialized by Mike Kenny Weir and the Natural History large (astronomical) mirrors, to control the Damzen through his spin-out company Museum. Peter Török’s programmes point spread function in microscope systems Midaz Lasers Ltd. A recent highlight is the include rigorous EM vector theory of high for polarisation and super-resolution imag- world’s highest power diode-pumped numerical aperture imaging, which has driv- ing and for optical tweezers, which we apply Alexandrite laser developed for the ESA for en experimental work in ultrahigh-resolution to manipulate and probe biological cells. next-generation satellite-based remote micropolarimetry of metamaterials and Mark’s group is also applying programmable sensing. Another strength is “self-organising micromagnetic structures and in optical data microLED arrays to opto-genetics and work- lasers” that can “intelligently” self-correct storage - using polarisation to encode multi- ing on structured illumination for wide-field their operation by via dynamic (nonlinear ple bits into each pit of an optical disc. His optical sectioning microscopy with his spin- optical) holography, e.g. to overcome aber- group is also exploring nonlinearity in optical out company, Aurox Ltd. rations or to facilitate “communication” materials to increasing the effective numeri- between multiple lasers such that they cal aperture of lenses. organise themselves into a single coherent “super-mode” laser beam, as a route to high Biophotonics power scaling. A key focus is multidimensional fluorescence imaging and metrology with pro- grammes led by Paul French, Mark Neil, Chris Dunsby and James McGinty, imple- mented in microscopy, endoscopy and tomography systems, applied to tissue diagnosis, molecular biology and drug discovery. A key strength is fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) that provides molecular contrast of different chemical species and different fluorophore environments and is particularly useful to read out protein-protein interactions using Forster Resonant Energy Transfer (FRET) measurements. Often we combine optical sectioning and FLIM with multispectral or hyperspectral imaging (realizing 5-D imaging) or with polarization resolution to image rotational diffusion dynamics. Our FLIM technology utilizes both one and two photon excitation and is implemented in instruments ranging from multidimen- sional fluorometers for in vitro solution-based studies to super-resolved (STED & STORM) microscopy, high speed and automated imaging of live cells (including multiwell plate FLIM-FRET), novel tomographic imaging in live disease models (from mm-cm) and in vivo measurements in patients for clinical diagnosis at Hammersmith and Charing Cross hospitals. Here we exploit endogenous fluo- rophores such as collagen, elastin and metabolites for label-free diagnosis of can- cer, osteoarthritis, heart disease. We are also developing FLIM endoscopes and new concepts for ultracompact multiphoton endoscopy. In addition, Peter Török’s group is establishing new research programmes to sense bacteria at low concen- Tomographic fluorescence image of live zebrafish with trations in their natural environment and, with the Institute of Food Research, to tumour study pathogenic bacteria using localisation microscopy and dielectrophoretic trap- ping. We are also developing confocal Brillouin scattering microscopy, led by Carl Paterson and Peter Török, to measure the (3-D) micromechanical properties of bacteria and biofilms and polymers.

11 Photonics Group Plasma Physics http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/plasmaphysics

We are one of the largest plasma physics groups in the world, and deal with all states of plasma encountered in the laboratory – from the low density, low temperature plasmas found in many industrial processes, to the high temperature, extreme density plasmas found at the centre of capsules of fusion fuel, compressed to the point of ignition. The group research areas couple experiments, many performed on in- house facilities, complex theory and simulations carried out on super computers.

Laser-Plasma Accelerators Pulsed Power Driven High Energy Magnetically Confined Plasmas The group also creates high density plas- Density Plasmas Another method to produce fusion is through mas using powerful lasers to irradiate tar- The group’s pulsed power generator, MAG- magnetic confinement, using a Tokamak. gets. This technique can accelerate particles PIE, produces 1.4 million amperes of current Here low density plasma is held inside a to very high energy in a very short distance; in 250ns. This current is used to drive the strong magnetic field and heated over multi- for instance in “laser wake-field accelera- ablation of metallic wires and foils into plas- ple seconds via. a combination of current, tion” experiments at the Rutherford Appleton ma, which is then accelerated or ‘pinched’ to microwaves and particle beams. The world’s Laboratory, GeV energy electron beams the axis of the experiment. Over the last largest, most successful Tokamak – JET – is were produced in just 1 cm of plasma. year pulsed power has been used to launch at Culham, along with a more compact ver- These beams could one day replace many convergent, high speed (>100kms-1) radia- sion of the Tokamak, MAST. Work on MAST low energy synchrotrons, and have already tive shock waves through gases, to examine may enable future magnetic confinement been used to produce very bright x-rays astrophysical phenomena and study the sta- devices to be more efficient. In the past year sources suitable for a wide range of disci- bility of these shocks. In other experiments a advances have been made analyzing the plines, including medical imaging. In addi- new load configuration has been pioneered confinement in supersonically spinning plas- tion to electron beams, high quality proton that controls how current flows through a mas and in the development of a novel plas- beams can also be produced. Such beams cylindrical target of thin metallic wires. ma exhaust system. have been used to examine the dynamics of Initially a small current pulse vaporizes the plasmas relevant to laser driven fusion wires, causing them to expand into columns The transport of heat within the plasma schemes and are being explored as a of dense, lowly ionized plasma. Compared inside a tokamak is extremely complex, and source for cancer therapy, where the high with all other methods this ‘pre-conditioning’ occurs far faster than classically predicted. accuracy and short stopping distance of the results in extremely uniform and axially However, in some experiments, transport proton beam may be used to target tumors homogeneous plasma, which could be an ‘barriers’ spontaneously occur within the with high precision. ideal target for laser-interaction experi- plasma – reducing heat flow and significant- ments. With enough wires, the columns ly increasing plasma temperature and pres- merge to form a symmetric plasma shell, sure. The way in which these barriers are Laser driven fusion and later in time, the peak current produced formed is being studied by the group In order to significantly increase the energy by MAGPIE, is rapidly switched into this through theory and simulation. produced in laser driven fusion experiments shell, imploding it to axis at high velocity. Understanding of their formation will be cru- advanced concepts are being examined by cial in future tokamaks, such as ITER, which the group. Here the compression of a fusion The group’s GORGON 3D Magneto- hydro- aims to confine an ignited fusion plasma for fuel capsule is carried out via a relatively dynamics code was developed based on long periods of time. long pulsed (multi ns) laser, before it is rap- experimental data from MAGPIE, and is now idly heated by a very short pulse (ps) laser. used to simulate plasma dynamics that occur in experiments across the world. Over One method to accomplish heating is to Dusty Plasmas the last year the code has been modified to apply a rapid impulse to the capsule relative- The action of Tokamaks is also affected by examine the behavior of the ‘MAGLIF’ fusion ly late in time, producing a high pressure dust – small grains of solid materials that are concept where a thin metallic beryllium wave that travels inwards. This wave inter- carried along with the plasma. Dusty plas- cylinder filled with fusion fuel, is pinched to acts with the shock that initially compressed mas occur naturally in space and are also the axis. This ‘direct’ method of compressing the capsule, as it rebounds from axis. The found in industrial plasmas affecting the pro- the fuel provides excellent efficiency, and a group has analytically studied the behavior duction of materials and components. This large axial magnetic field focused inside the of spherically imploding and rebounding year the group has been using particle in cell cylinder suppresses thermal losses and shocks, and found that for a variety of per- simulations to examine shock waves in increases fuel confinement – reducing the turbations, asymmetries do not grow beyond dusty plasmas. Unlike normal gases, dusty criteria required for ignition. Key to MAGLIF the level expected from convergence. This plasmas flowing supersonically past an is the stability of the walls of the cylinder dur- helps explain why the ‘shock ignition’ con- obstruction do not form a bow shocks and ing compression; which GORGON is able to cept appears to be experimentally robust. the usual conical wake occurs over a rela- simulate in full 3D and benchmark against tively small distance. This is due to the dust experiments on the world’s largest pulsed In ignition experiments, the plasma density absorbing plasma, and the shock then being power facility – the 26 mega-ampere Z facil- and temperatures created at the centre of mediated by electrostatic forces. the fusion capsule far exceed those at the ity. centre of the sun. Here the electronic levels of the ions are strongly perturbed, and we are working to model how these perturba- tions affect the properties of a material, in particular how radiation is emitted and absorbed. This has great bearing on not just inertial confinement fusion, but also multiple astrophysical phenomena, including the for- mation of accretion disks around black holes and the dynamics of supernova explosions. A beam of GeV electrons accelerated in just 1cm of plasma. The beam has been made to oscillate in the plasma to make very bright x-rays

12 Plasma Physics Group Quantum Optics and Laser Science Group http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/quantumopticslaserscience/

Our research mission is to carry out basic science using lasers and to investigate, utilize and control photonic and material states and processes down to the quantum level. (See also Laser Consortium)

Centre for Cold Matter Ion trap group Research in CCM focuses on the experimental control and understanding of elementary The ion trap group is working on experi- quantum systems. Work with ultracold atoms explores both their collective behaviour and the ments to test the predictions of QED at very interaction of atoms with light and surfaces. We are also developing novel techniques to high electromagnetic fields. We are also manipulate cold molecules and use precision measurements with cold molecules to probe investigating the fascinating physics of "ion fundamental interactions at TeV energy scales. Coulomb crystals", which can be used in applications such as quantum simulation We use the YbF molecule to and studies of quantum tunnelling. measure the electric dipole We carry out our experiments with a moment (EDM) of the electron Penning trap, which uses static electric and because this molecule is exquis- magnetic fields to confine atomic ions. We itely sensitive to it. Quantum use laser cooling to reduce the temperature interference has allowed us to of calcium ions to less than 1 kelvin. We make the most precise meas- have carried out studies of the “rotating wall” urement consistent with zero. technique, which is used to manipulate the This value constrains models of shape and density of clouds of ions. The particle physics beyond the results will be applied in the SPECTRAP standard model and seems to project to test QED at the GSI accelerator rule out the constrained minimal facility in Germany. supersymmetric model. Future improvements in precision measurements with molecules depend on producing sources of cold molecules. With this in Lasers used in precision measurement of the electron electric dipole mind, we have embarked on a moment [JJ Hudson et al, Nature 473, 493 (2011).] major programme of cooling molecules by collisions with cold helium atoms. We are also working on a microwave trap for molecules so that they can be cooled and by collisions with trapped ultracold atoms. Finally, we have started experiments to laser cool beams of SrF and CaF molecules. Atoms can be cooled further than molecules, so far that a cloud of atoms behaves as one giant matter wave: a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC). We have an atom-chip experiment capable of producing BECs and then splitting the cloud using a combination of magnetic and RF fields to perform atom interferometry. The interference pattern provides a sensitive meas- Part of the laser system used for cooling, detecting and manipulating the ions. ure of the forces experience by the atoms, e.g. gravity, or atom-surface interactions. We have another atom-chip apparatus which couples cold atoms to an integrated photonic waveguide We have built several new laser stabilisation chip, with an array of 11 atom-light junctions spaced just 10 microns apart. The scalability of systems so we can cool ions to the very low combined photonic-atom chips temperatures needed for precision spec- makes them ideal candidates for troscopy on forbidden optical transitions. implementating quantum informa- This will allow us to probe the quantum tion processing, with the internal mechanical nature of ion crystals, which can states of the atoms providing the be as large as a grain of salt, and yet consist basis for the qubits. of just a handful of atomic ions.

We study the quantum nature of the light-matter interaction through cav- Quantum Optics/Information theory ity quantum electrodynamics We research into the foundations of quan- (cQED), where we enhance the tum mechanics, topological quantum error interaction strength by placing an correction, and implementation issues of atom between the two mirrors of a quantum information processors. Research high-finesse optical resonator. Our highlights include an attempt to unify cavity is unusually small, incorpo- insights from quantum error correction and rating an optical fibre and a micro- statistical physics in order to design systems fabricated mirror, making it an that might be naturally protected from noise. excellent atom detector. We have We have developed a technique to fully begun a programme of further inte- characterize a multiport interferometer with- grating cQED systems, using inte- out using coherences [Nature grated photonics to couple res- Communications, 2, 224 (2011)]. A scheme onators, and placing dye molecules has been proposed for quantum state on the surface of optical waveguide tomography and state purification of a large- structures as single photon scale quantum system [PNAS, 108, 16189 sources. (2011)].

Integrated photonics for atom-light junctions [M. Kohnen et al, Nature Photonics 5, 35 (2011)]

13 Quantum Optics and Laser Science Group Space and Atmospheric Physics http://www.imperial.ac.uk/research/spat

We carry out a broad research programme ranging from studies of interplanetary space and planetary environments to the Earth's atmos- phere and oceans. The group is an active participant in the multi-disciplinary Grantham Institute for Climate Change. A major part of the group’s activity is the development and operation of sensitive instrumentation for space science and Earth observation.

Space Plasma Physics Planetary Physics We study fundamental plasma processes Planetary research is focused on using spacecraft data, theory and modeling. the highly successful Cassini mis- We lead the magnetic field instruments on sion to Saturn and its largest important space missions. The four Cluster moon Titan, which has a dense spacecraft fly in formation around the Earth “Earth-like” atmosphere. The and celebrated their 10th anniversary in group leads the magnetometer 2010. and investigates the ionospheres and atmospheres of Saturn's The solar wind is filled with turbulence, moons. We observed magnetic which heats the plasma and scatters cosmic disturbances near the moon rays. We have studied how the turbulence is Enceladus which we interpreted affected by the local magnetic field in space as due to an unexpected outflow and shown that waves traveling toward and of gas from the surface. This con- away from the Sun evolve differently. jecture was subsequently con- firmed by direct measurements of The bow shock formed when the solar wind water vapour gushing from fis- strikes the Earth's outer magnetic field is a sures in the surface. paradigm for shocks throughout the Universe. We have shown that the “thin- The ESA Rosetta spacecraft, for which the Group leads the Rosetta Plasma Consortium, ness” of the shock layer should promote flew by the asteroid Lutetia in 2010 before being put to sleep in anticipation of its 2014 ren- acceleration of charged particles as invoked dezvous with the comet 67P Chuyumov-Gerasimenk for the origins of cosmic rays.

Our involvement in space plasma physics will continue with our leading role in the next Ocean-Atmosphere interactions generation European mission Solar Orbiter, which will fly closer to the Sun than ever We study the impact of the ocean before. circulation on climate by simulat- ing a waterworld using our own coupled ocean-atmosphere cli- Regional Climate processes. mate model (FORTE). Climate Climate models predict more intense storms variability is dominated by large as the world warms. We model idealised tropical warm / cold events asso- storms and find that peak rainfall scales with ciated with anomalous export of available moisture as predicted. However, heat by wind-driven ocean cur- these storms also cover a larger area so that rents. the volume of rain and flooding may increase more with temperature than is cur- rently thought.

Earth Observation The group’s scientific interests We provide the scientific lead for the are underpinned by major instru- Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget mentation projects for space- (GERB) project, the first to observe the flight, on research aircraft, and broadband energy emitted and reflected by in the laboratory. Major space the Earth at high temporal resolution. GERB instruments include the magne- data are used to provide new insights into tometers for Cluster and the radiative effects of cloud and aerosol, Cassini, the GERB and TAFTS test the fidelity of climate models and quan- instruments, and urban air quali- tify the short time-scale variability of the cli- ty sensors. mate system. We have developed a novel We also fly the Tropospheric Airborne ultra-miniature magnetic sensor based on magnetoresistive technology. This will receive its Fourier Transform Spectrometer (TAFTS) on first flight aboard the CINEMA CubeSat in 2012, and has been licensed for commercial dedicated aircraft campaigns. A particular use. The technology may also be transferred to the oil and gas exploration market focus is to improve our knowledge of the radiative effect of cirrus clouds in the far Our high resolution spectroscopy laboratory has a unique visible-vacuum ultraviolet Fourier infrared region of the electromagnetic spec- Transform Spectrometer. We study atomic and molecular spectra of importance for inter- trum. pretation of spectral measurements of planetary atmospheres and astrophysical objects.

14 Space and Atmospheric Physics Group Theoretical Physics http://www.imperial.ac.uk/research/theoreticalphysics

The work of the Theoretical Physics Group covers a wide range of research areas bound together by the theme of fundamental questions in cosmology, gravity, particle physics, and quantum theory.

The research falls into three main categories. Firstly, the String Theory activity, which involves eight staff members (Duff, Gauntlett, Hanany, Hull, Stelle, Tseytlin, Waldram and Wiseman). Secondly, the Cosmology and Quantum Field Theory activity, which involves five staff mem- bers (Contaldi, Evans, Magueijo, Rajantie and Wiseman) as well as three emeritus staff (Jones, Kibble and Rivers). Finally the Quantum Gravity and Foundations of Quantum Mechanics activity, which involves two staff members (Dowker and Halliwell) as well as one emeritus staff member (Isham).

Our ongoing work Higgs Boson The Group was awarded a Consolidated The recent indications that the Higgs boson Grant from STFC valued at £1.9M for a proj- may have been discovered at the LHC are of ect “M-Theory, Cosmology and Quantum particular significance to the Theory Group. Field Theory”. This will support two postdocs Kibble was a member of one of the three in String Theory and one in Cosmology and groups that independently discovered that a Quantum Field Theory. Tseytlin also received scalar field, now known as the Higgs field, a prestigious European Research Council can provide a mechanism to generate mass (ERC) Advanced Investigator Grant for a five- in gauge theories. These three works of year project "Gauge theory - string theory 1964 were key to the formulation of the fully duality: maximally symmetric case and fledged Standard Model and the discovery beyond". This grant valued at £1.7 million of the Higgs boson would be a thrilling con- Euro will support two postdocs per year, a vis- firmation of this groundbreaking pioneering itor program and international conferences. work. Gauge-string duality is a very active field of research allowing one to address questions in strongly coupled gauge theories using effective string theory or gravitational descrip- tions. The aims of Tseytlin’s programme are to carry out a detailed study of gauge-string duality using string world-sheet methods and hidden integrability structures. Furthermore string theory techniques will be used to study gauge theories with non-max- imal supersymmetry and hopefully to study models that are similar to Quantum Chromodynamics.

The Group has also been taking a leading role in trying to apply the gauge gravity cor- respondence to poorly understood strongly coupled systems that arise in condensed matter physics. One focus has been on superconductors and the associated strange metal phase that is seen in the high Tc cuprates, for example.

Gauntlett organized an international meeting at Imperial in January 2011 titled “AdS/CFT and Condensed Matter” and involved both leading string theorists and condensed mat- ter physicists. Gauntlett, Waldram et al wrote a significant paper, published in Physical Review Letters, which carried out the very first calculations of fermion spectral functions within a bona-fide string theory setting.

The CERN-OPERA experiment claims to have measured a one-way speed of neutrinos that is apparently faster than the speed of light. This controversial work has attracted considerable attention in the community. One-way speed measurements such as these inevitably require a convention for the synchronisation of clocks in non-inertial frames since the Earth is rotating. Contaldi has written a high impact paper that argues that the effect of the synchronisation convention is not properly taken into account in the OPERA Outreach analysis and may well invalidate their interpretation of superluminal neutrino velocity. The Theory Group continues to have a very high profile in the media. Dowker, Duff and A number of approaches to the problem of defining arrival and dwell time probabilities in Magueijo appeared in a major primetime BBC quantum theory make use of idealised models of clocks. An interesting question, which programme called “Faster than the speed of was explored in a paper by Halliwell and collaborators, is the extent to which the prob- light” discussing the results of the CERN- abilities obtained in this way are related to standard semiclassical results. In the weak OPERA experiment concerning indications that coupling regime expected semi-classical results were obtained, but in the regime of neutrinos might be travelling faster than the strong system-clock coupling, it was found that the arrival time probability is proportion- speed of light. On this topic Contaldi, and also al to the kinetic energy density. Halliwell was awarded a £220k grant from EPSRC for a Wiseman, have been quoted by a number of project titled “Temporal aspects of quantum theory and emergent classicality” which will broadsheet newspapers as well as Nature support a postdoc. News and Science News. Gauntlett appeared live on ITV News and Sky News discussing the significance of the LHC results on the possible discovery of the Higgs boson. In other outreach activity Dowker gave a major invited public lec- ture to an audience of over 600 people at the Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, Canada.

15 Theoretical Physics Group Undergraduate Teaching http://www.imperial.ac.uk/physics/studentinfo

Director of Undergraduate Senior Tutor: Admissions Tutor: Studies: Professor D. Segal Dr R. Forsyth Professor A. MacKinnon

In October 2011 we welcomed 243 new We have exchange agreements with 14 students, bringing the total number of universities in western Europe. In 2011, undergraduates to 890 and making us 28 students went abroad and we wel- one of the largest Physics departments in comed 40 visiting students to the depart- the country. Students are enrolled onto ment. one of six programmes leading to an MSci or BSc degree. Transfers are easy The high standard of our lecturing is regu- between most of the programmes in the larly recognised in the College’s Teaching early years. Awards. Nominations for these awards come from the students themselves. In All three of our MSci degrees are four- 2011, Dr Chris Carr, Prof Tim Horbury and year programmes. The MSci in Physics is Projects are popular with students Prof Steve Schwartz received awards by far the most popular, while Physics with along with several support staff Nia Bell, a Year in Europe and Physics with Many students find that the project is the Daniel Farrell, Jo Cotter, Matthew Theoretical Physics supply more special- most enjoyable part of their degree as Foreman, Karen Yates, James Yearsley ist needs. they are then able to get to grips with a and Andrew Knight. topic that may be at the frontier of We offer two three-year BSc programmes research. The Commemoration Day Reception late in Physics and in Physics with Theoretical in October each year is the setting for our Physics. The four-year BSc in Physics In the third year students can choose from departmental prizegiving where 26 stu- and Music Performance (offered jointly a wide range of physics options and can dents were awarded prizes in 2011. with the Royal College of Music) is also take a Humanities or Business unique, and attracts small numbers of School course. Students on the MSci Many of our graduates continue their exceptional candidates. From 2012 we degrees take advanced physics options in studies within the physics area either by will offer a new BSc in Physics with their final year, alongside their major direct entry into a PhD research pro- Science Education jointly with Canterbury research project. gramme, or a specialist MSc degree such Christchurch University, which will give Changes to our lecture courses are made as those discussed in the following section. students a Physics degree as well as a regularly to ensure that they remain topical. teaching qualification in 3 years. Other graduating students use their We understand that arriving in a class of physics skills in areas such as the finan- 250 students can be daunting and imper- cial services industry or information tech- sonal, so alongside the lectures we have nology. Since a physics degree develops activities where students meet in smaller skills such as problem solving and com- groups and are able to get to know each munication as well as technical skills, our other better. Tutorials are held in groups graduates are in heavy demand from a of 4 students throughout the first three wide range of employers. years of the programmes. Tutors encourage discussion about other topics within physics to help students see the wider rel- evance of their studies. All students are also assigned a personal tutor who Typically 12% of new students register for remains in contact with them throughout BSc degrees and the remainder for MSci. their time at Imperial. About 20% of our students are women, well short of where we would like it to be.

The basic structure of the degree pro- grammes is two years of core physics and mathematics, followed by one or two Bartomeu Monserrat Sanchez being pre- years of advanced options in selected sented with the Abdus Salam prize. areas of physics.

All students, including those on theoretical physics degrees, do about 6 hours/week of laboratory work during the first 2 years.

All programmes include a research project. Support staff award winners

16 Postgraduate Studies http://www.imperial.ac.uk/physics/admissions/pg Director of Postgraduate Studies: Professor Lesley Cohen

The Department of Physics at Imperial College is one of the largest Physics departments in the UK. The Department’s research covers a comprehensive range of topics in theoretical and experimental fields and has a flourishing postgraduate research and taught MSc community. We offer nine Master’s level taught postgraduate courses, including courses associated with the three EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) in Controlled Quantum Dynamics, Plastic Electronics and Theory and Simulation of Materials. The CDT courses can lead direct- ly to PhD studies.

PhD research fields extend from astronomy, space and plasma physics to high energy, theoretical and atomic physics, and condensed matter theory. Solid state physics, plastic electronics, laser physics, applied optics and photonics,PhD and quantum information are all areas where there are close collaborations with industry, as well as pro- viding opportunities to study fundamental underlying principles. There are close links with the biophysics research group (part of the Department of Biological Sciences). There are many examples of international and industrial col- laboration involving our research groups and we are also very strongly involved in interdisciplinary research cen- tres around the College. We are directly linked to the Thomas Young Centre (TYC), the Shock Institute, the Centre for Plastic Electronics (CPE), the Centre for Plasmonics and Metamaterials and the Grantham Institute for Climate change – all of which are centres of interdisciplinary research within the Imperial College campus. Many groups are involved in research using large scale facilities. The Department has extensive internal facilities and a tremendous range of research topics available to postgraduateMRes research students. The Graduate Schools (http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/graduateschools) provides training programmes and workshops in professional and other skills, undertakes quality assurance of graduate programmes, organises events, such as guest lectures and symposia, and promotes career opportunities for graduate students. The Graduate school has won the Times Higher Award for post graduate training in 2006 and 2008 and this reflects the quality of the cours- es on offer. Very few institutions world-wide are able to provide such a wide range of opportunities in postgraduate professionalMSc skills training. Example Case Studies from recent PhD students in the department

Charlotte Strege - Astrophysics (Supervisor Dr Roberto Trotta)

Charlotte's work in astroparticle physics is at the crossroads between astrophysics, particle physics and statistics. She is developing and applying sophisticated statistical methods to combine data from particle physics (most notably, the LHC collider in Geneva), astrophysics (for example, the gamma-ray space observatory Fermi) and cosmology in order to learn more about the properties of the mysterious dark matter, which makes up 25% of the Universe. In a series of highly-cited papers, she has been among the first to explore the impact of the latest LHC discoveries on our under- standing of dark matter. She has also shown how data from direct detection experiments (underground detectors try- ing to measure the recoil of nuclei impacted by a dark matter particle) can strongly enhance LHC data. Her work has been recognized by the Dr. Pliny A. and Margaret H. Price Prize in Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics of Ohio State University (which includes an honorary lecture she will deliver in Sept 2012), the CSF Award for the best talk by a young researcher at the international conference DarkAttack2012 (ex aequo) and a Santander Mobility Award to participate in a 3-months residential workshop at the University of California, Santa Barbara in the Spring 2013.

Sebastian Wuestner – Condensed Matter Theory (Supervisor Prof Ortwin Hess)

During his PhD, Sebastian studied the physics of active gain-enhanced nanoplasmonic metamaterials. Metamaterials are artificial materials with engineered optical properties resulting from an interaction of light waves with subwavelength structural elements, in most cases involving the collective excitation of electrons on the surface of metallic nanostruc- tures. Metamaterials can be designed to have astonishing optical properties not observed in natural materials, such as negative refraction. Using numerical simulations, Sebastian was able to show that it is possible to compensate char- acteristic dissipative losses arising from scattering events of the excited electrons using existing gain media. This important finding was published in Physical Review Letters and has since attracted much attention. Subsequent research and publications concerned the coherent amplification of light in these gain-enhanced metamaterials and the competition of bright and dark lasing states in metamaterials with strongly amplifying gain. Recently, Sebastian’s work has been prominently highlighted in a review article in Nature Materials. 17 Dangyuan Lei – Experimental Solid State Physics (Supervisor Stefan Maier)

Dangyuan's PhD work covered the field of nanoplasmonics, which investigates how we can bring together photonics with nanotechnology. Specifically Dangyuan worked on a number of experimental and theoretical projects including the super- focusing of light with metallic nano structures, the generation of optical switches of a size below 1 micrometer, and opti- cal biosensing. In the last year of his three-year long studies he was further able to start a number of new projects on his own, such as light-driven catalysis on the nanometre scale. During his PhD he published 15 papers in international journals, and participated in a number of international conferences. He won the Department's Anne Thorne thesis prize after completion of his studies. Following a short postdoc position at Imperial, Dangyuan is now an assistant professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Edward Hill- Plasma Physics (Supervisor Prof Steve Rose)

Matthew's PhD work involves studying what quantum information can tell us about the foundations of quantum mechan- ics. His most recent paper, "On the reality of the quantum state", proves a no-go theorem for acertain class of explana- tions for quantum mechanics: broadly speaking,ones where the quantum state represents mere information about an underlying state of reality. The paper was published in NaturePhysics, and an article about it by Marcus Chown featured on the cover of New Scientist. Matthew has been invited to speak about his work at a conference in Washington, a work- shop in Paris, and several research groups around the UK.

Matthew Pusey - Quantum Optics and Laser Science (Supervisors Dr Terry Rudolph & Dr Jonathan Barrett (RHUL))

Matthew's PhD work involves studying what quantum information can tell us about the foundations of quantum mechan- ics. His most recent paper, "On the reality of the quantum state", proves a no-go theorem for acertain class of explana- tions for quantum mechanics: broadly speaking,ones where the quantum state represents mere information about an underlying state of reality. The paper was published in NaturePhysics, and an article about it by Marcus Chown featured on the cover of New Scientist. Matthew has been invited to speak about his work at a conference in Washington, a work- shop in Paris, and several research groups around the UK.

Ute Hausmann – Space and Atmospheric Physics (Supervisor Dr Arnaud Czaja)

Ute's thesis work aimed at analysing the impact of oceanic turbulence on the sea surface temperature (SST) of the extra-tropical oceans. Using satellite based measurements of SST and sea level, Ute showed that turbulence does not transport heat through random motions of cold cyclones and warm anticyclones, as was previously thought in regions of strong mean flow like the Gulf Stream. Rather, she showed that heat was transported as a result of the slight phase shift between temperature and pressure fluctuations developing on the mean flow. These observations provide impor- tant benchmarks for high resolution ocean models but also help inform the parameterizations of subgrid scale heat trans- port used in climate models. The importance of her work has been recognised by prizes for best student talk (American Meteorological Society, Challenger Society) and an invitation to speak at a large international conference in San Francisco in the winter of 2012 (American Geophysical Union).

Chris Chen - Space and Atmospheric Physics (Supervisor Prof Tim Horbury).

Chris has recently published a very influential paper in Physical Review Letters entitled Anisotropy of Solar Wind Turbulence between Ion and Electron Scales. For the first time and using a new multi-spacecraft technique applied to solar wind data, Chris showed that turbulence between proton and electron scales in astrophysical plasmas scales is not only anisotropic with respect to the local magnetic field, but actually scales differently parallel and perpendicular to it. This discovery is crucial for understanding how turbulent energy is dissipated and was not quantitatively predicted by any theory.

Charles Strickland-Constable – Theoretical Physics (Supervisor Prof Daniel Waldram)

Charlie’s thesis focused on understanding the geometry underlying string theory, a model of quantum gravity unifying the fundamental interactions of nature. He developed the notion of “generalised geometry”, showing that, at low ener- gies, the string theory corrections to conventional Einstein general relativity can be written in a unified geometrical way. All the bosonic fields combine into a single “generalised metric” and satisfy equations of motion that are the exact ana- logues of Einstein’s equations in empty space. This has important applications to understanding the structure of allowed spacetimes in string theory, investigating the so-called “AdS-cft” correspondence. His work has already led to two pub- lications in JHEP (a leading journal for Theoretical Physics) and its significance has been recognised by various invitations to speak, includ- ing at the main Newton Institute string theory programme in 2012.

18 Master Level Courses http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/physics/admissions/pg/msc/

In addition to Ph.D research training, the Department offers nine postgraduate taught courses leading to an Imperial College MSc or MRes degree.

MSc in Physics – 12M **Plus a new two year (9M +9M) version of the course with an extended research project option is now available. http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/physics/admissions/pg/msc/mscphysics MSc course outline: The MSc builds upon the 4th year MSci lecture courses, with additional advanced teaching and project elements designed specifically to further develop research skills. The “self study” project allows students to investigate a topic in physics of their choice and the personal development courses strengthen student’s research and professional career skills. Case Study. Joshua Chadney originally graduated from a French engineering school before beginning the MSc. He chose an MSc project crossing Astrophysics and Space and Atmospheric Physics; his project was to calculate the ioni- sation rate in the upper atmosphere of an exoplanet. The originality of the project consisted in considering as the ionisa- tion source the EUV spectrum of an M-type or K-type star. The spectral shape of such stars, around which many exo- planets have been detected, can be very different from the one of solar-type stars considered so far in the studies of exo- planetary upper atmospheres. The results Joshua obtained highlighted the importance of considering a more realistic stellar radiation spectrum for computing the ionisation rate. Joshua is now engaged in a PhD within the Department, extending this project in the context of the ESA/EChO space mission.

MSc in Optics and Photonics http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/pgprospectus/facultiesanddepartments/physics/postgraduatecourses/opap

Optics is of key importance to many industry sectors including medicine, Information Technology and advanced manufacturing tech- nologies. Imperial College has offered an advanced course in optics for over 80 years and the current MSc in Optics and Photonics draws on our experience as one of the largest centres for optics-based research and application in the UK.

Course outline: The MSc covers both classical and modern optics and their applications, and includes a substantial practi- cal and project element, in both academia, research organisations and industry.

Case Study – Mantas Zurauskas was sponsored by an Oxfordshire based SME, Aurox Ltd., to take the MSc in Optics and Photonics. His project involved working in collaboration with the company to design a unity magnification relay- lens system. Using a mixture of of-the-shelf and custom optics he was able to demonstrate experimentally a success- ful solution that is now being used across a range of Aurox products.

MSc in Theory and Simulation of Materials (CDT) www.tsmcdt.org MSc course outline: Multidisciplinary with six core courses in advanced mathematical methods, materials properties includ- ing equilibrium, kinetics, elasticity and electronic structure, plus multiscale computational simulation methods. The MSc also includes two options plus a major research project.

• Career options: Materials science is the basis for much scientific research and technologies developments including green technologies, health and transportation; • Employment opportunities exist in diverse industries throughout the UK and internationally.

Highlights: The MSc has links (including funding) with many partners including the Argonne National Laboratory (US), Baker Hughes, US Air Force and Johnson Matthey. The MSc emphasises cohort-based training which continues through- out the PhD. The MSc also includes: • Career planning; • Science communication (including work with the BBC); • Outreach activities; • Master classes with senior leading academic figures. Case study: Richard Broadbent’s project focused on modeling the manufacturing process used to make polymer mem- branes for filtering molecules out of organic solvents. Providing a better theoretical understanding of these membranes could lead to more efficient material designs, reducing both the cost and the energy use of pharmaceutical and chem- ical manufacture. The manufacturing process takes place on a timescale of seconds and a length scale of micrometres, whilst the interactions that dominate the formation take place on a femtosecond timescale and less than a single nanometre in length. Conventional approaches cannot study such phenomena. This project involved designed a multi- scale approach taking information from the quantum scale and passing it through atomistic simulation methods into a coarse grained molecular level.

19 MSc in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/theoreticalphysics MSc course outline: The course is embedded with the theoretical physics group established by Nobel Laureate Abdus Salam. The course enjoys an internationally recognized reputation and attracts students from all over the world. Core courses cover the Standard Model, Quantum Field Theory and QED. Option courses include string theory, supersymmetry and particle cos- mology.

Career options: • Programme aimed at preparing students for a PhD in theoretical physics; • Mathematical skills gained in great demand in other areas of physics, mathematics, finance and business.

Highlights: • Inter-collegiate programme of weekly seminars on string theory and related subjects. • Guest lectures by world leading physicists.

MSc in Shock Physics http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/shockphysics/courses/msc The MSc includes the fundamental physics, chemistry and mechanics of shocks including fluid dynamics, computational methods plus optional courses on many of the diverse areas where shocks play a key role. A practical course on explosives and visits to leading edge research facilities complement the theoretical knowledge.

Career options: • A understanding of shocks underlies many areas of science (astrophysics, plasma physics) and industry (mining, aero- space); • Employment opportunities exist in diverse industries throughout the UK and internationally.

Highlights: • Collaborations with research and industrial partners in UK and US; • Projects with worldwide research facilities; • Guest lectures from international speakers; • Training offered experimental facilities (static pressure, explosives).

MRes in Controlled Quantum Dynamics (CDT) – 12M www.imperial.ac.uk/controlledquantumdynamics MRes course outline: The programme focus is on preparation for a PhD, usually as part of a Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT). The MRes has compulsory lecture courses on Quantum Information, Quantum Optics and specialist courses on the control of single/few atom quantum systems and cold matter.

Career options: Quantum dynamics is the basis for new developments in science and technology including: • Quantum computing; • Quantum metrology; • Quantum communications.

Highlights: Experimental and theoretical research projects with leading UK/European universities and international compa- nies e.g. NPL, Toshiba. Focus is on employability and research leadership; • Outreach activities, cohort building; • Lectures by internationally leading researchers in the field

MRes in Photonics http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/pgprospectus/facultiesanddepartments/physics/postgraduatecourses/photonics Photonics is an exciting area of physics, enabling developments in fields as diverse as biomedical imaging and high power fibre lasers and the Department has a long and successful research record in imaging and photonics. The MRes builds on our renowned MSc in Optics and Photonics, and usually forms the first year of the four-year (MRes+PhD) research train- ing programme in the Photonics Group.

Case Study – Emma Arbabzadah. For her MRes project, Emma worked on the development of a diode-pumped Er:YAG laser operating at 3Ìm wavelength, with the intended application being for use as a pump source for Optical Parametric Generation to produce continuously tunable mid-IR radiation. During this year Emma had the opportuni- ty to present this work in a poster presentation at an international laser conference, Europhoton, where it won best poster prize. Emma is now in the final year of a PhD in Photonics. Emma also acts as vice president of the Imperial College Student Chapter of the Optical Society of America.

20 MRes in Plasmonics and Metamaterials http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/physics/admissions/pg/msc/plasmonicsmetamaterials

This new course is focused on the marriage of photonics with nanotechnology, which underlies many highly innovative technologies where the manipulation of light is a prominent ingredient. These technologies include renewable energies, displays and medical imaging.

Course outline: The MRes includes compulsory courses on plasmonics and metamaterials (including topics at the lead- ing edge of research), optical materials at the nanoscale, and computational photonics. The MRes includes a substan- tial nine month research project.

Highlights: The Department of Physics has an impressive and world-leading research track record, pioneering many of the major concepts (such as cloaking) that are now the cornerstone of the field and of major research and public interest.

MRes in Plastic Electronics http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/plasticelectronicsdtc

The MRes provides a thorough mmultidisciplinary foundation in the science and application of plastic electronic materi- als; covering the key concepts from chemistry, physics and materials science. The taught courses and workshops span both academic and hands-on practical training in industry, with training in diverse areas including microscopy, printing and processing, device fabrication and molecular modeling.

Career options: • Plastic electronic materials are a key technology for many new industries including solar energy, displays and thin film electronics. • The basis of $1B/year global industries and growing. • Opportunities in large multi-nationals to start-up companies

Highlights: • Imperial College in World’s top 3 for Materials research; • Strong industrial engagement; • Focus on employability and research leadership; • Major transferable skills programme, including IP and entrepreneurship.

21 PhDs awarded 2010-11

Astrophysics W. R. Reece M. Brightman K. M. Morrison “Angular Correlations in the rare “An X-ray/IR study of galaxies: “Study of First Order Magnetocaloric decay B d −>K* µ + µ - at LHCb” insights into AGN obscuration” Materials” Supervisor: Dr U Egede Supervisor: Prof K Nandra Supervisor: Prof LF Cohen A. W. Rose M. Patel M. Y. K. Ng “The Level-1 Trigger of the CMS “The search for high redshift “Coupling of excited molecules to Experiment at the LHC and the quasars with UKIDSS” surface plasmons and other modes of Super-LHC” Supervisor: Prof SJ Warren dielectric/metal structures” – Supervisor: Dr C Foudas Supervisors: Prof DDC Bradley & Dr P. Paykari PN Stavrinou M. J. Tibbetts “Study of |Vtd/Vts| “Binning of the primordial PS and Using a Sum of Exclusive B -> X Optimal Galaxy Surveys” P. R. Seem gamma Final States Reconstructed Supervisor: Prof AH Jaffe “Optical Scattering for Security with the BaBar Detector” Applications” S. E. Sale Supervisor: Dr PD Dauncey Supervisor: Prof RP Cowburn “Extinction Mapping and the Structure P. J. Vint of the Outer Galactic Disc as T. Wellinger “Di-J/ Studies, Level 3 Tracking and Revealed by IPHAS Observations” “Design and Characterisation of the - DØ Run IIb Upgrade” Supervisors: Dr YC Unruh & Prof J Blue Polymer Lasers” Supervisors: Dr R Jesik & Prof G Drew (Herfordshire Univ.) Supervisors: Prof DDC Bradley & Dr Davies P Stavrinou Condensed Matter Theory D. R. Wardrope “Preparations for Measurement of High Energy Physics Electroweak Vector Boson A. Demetriadou Production Cross-Sections using the “Studies of metamaterial structures” J. Ballin Electron Decay Modes, with the Supervisor: Prof Sir JB Pendry “Particle flow at CMS and the ILC” Compac Muon Solenoid Detector” C. P. Race Supervisor: Dr DJ Colling Supervisor: Dr C Seez “The modelling of radiation damage C. E. Eames in metals using Ehrenfest dynamics” “Alignment of the Ring Imaging Photonics Supervisors: Prof A Sutton & Prof Cherenkov Detectors and Sensitivity WMC Foulkes to the Isospin Asymmetry in the Rare B. Cumberland M. Tahir Decay B d − >K* µ + µ - at LHCb” “Wavelength Extension in Speciality “Quantum Behaviour in Nano- Supervisor: Dr U Egede Fibres” Mechanical Systems” B. N. V. Edwards Supervisor: Dr SV Popov Supervisor: Prof A MacKinnon “The ZEPLIN Dark Matter Search: D. Farrell Two Phase Xenon as a WIMP Target” “Modelocking the Bounce Geometry Experimental Solid State Supervisors: Dr H Araujo & Prof Laser” NJT Smith Supervisor: Prof MJ Damzen E. C. C. Cheung A. J. A. Fish “Evolution of optical gain properties M. R. Foreman “Construction and testing of the through three generations of electrolu- “Informational limits in aptical scintillating fibre trackers for MICE” minescent fluorene-based polymers” polarimetry and vectorial imaging” Supervisor: Prof KR Long Supervisor: Prof DDC Bradley Supervisor: Prof P Török D. A. Lee M. F. Fuhrer C. A. Macias-Romero “A Laser-Based Beam Profile Monitor “Electroluminescence Spectroscopy “High numerical aperture Mueller for the RAL Front End Test Stand” of Quantum Well Solar Cells” matrix polarimetry and applications Supervisor: Dr J Pozimski Supervisor: Prof KWJ Barnham to multiplexed optical data storage” N. A. Osman Supervisor: Prof P Török A. M. Gilbertson “Search for Neutral Supersymmetric “Spin and Magneto-transport Properties A. Norfolk Higgs Bosons at Dzero” of Narrow Gap Semiconductors” “Bessel beams: a novel approach to Supervisors: Dr R Jesik, Dr J Hays Supervisor: Prof LF Cohen periodic structures” Supervisors: Dr & Prof G Davies EJ Grace & Prof M McCall M. Mohr M. F. Pesaresi “Localised surface plasmon reso- “Development of a new silicon track- P. C. Shardlow nances in the optical far-field er for CMS at SLHC” “Enhancement of Self-Organisation response of subwavelength metal Supervisor: Prof G Hall and Adaptivity in Laser Systems” particle gratings” Supervisor: Prof MJ Damzen Supervisor: Dr PN Stavrinou

22 Plasma Space and Atmospheric Theoretical Physics Physics O. P. Ford L. Borsten “Tokamak Plasma Analysis through “Aspects of M-theory and Quantum Bayesian Diagnostic Modeling” N. Howe Information” Supervisor: Dr M Coppins “Ocean Atmosphere interactions and the Thermohaline circulation: Supervisor: Prof MJ Duff A. J. Harvey-Thompson the role of transformation rates” A. D. Chambers “Experimental investigation of Supervisor: Dr AC Czaja “Non-Gaussianity from preheating” inverse wire marray Z pinches” Supervisor: Dr AK Rajantie Supervisor: Prof SV Lebedev N. Humpage “Observing and modelling the D. Dahanayake M. Hua impact of arctic and tropical cirrus “The role of supersymmetry in the “Plasma rotation in the MAST and clouds on far infrared black hole/qubit correspondence” JET tokamaks” radiance spectra” Supervisor: Prof MJ Duff Supervisor: Dr M Coppins Supervisor: Prof JE Harries S. Johnston S. Kneip P. Mehta “Quantum Fields on Causal Sets” “Beams of GeV Electrons and keV “Information on Aerosol Optical Supervisor: Dr HF Dowker Photons from Laser-Driven Depth, particle size distribution and Accelerators” mineral composition in AERI infrared L. F. Melo Dos Santos Supervisors: Prof Z Najmudin & Prof radiances during Saharan dust “Aspects of Topological String Theory” K Krushelnick storms” Supervisor: Prof C Hull Supervisor: Prof JE Harries T. M. G. Zimmerman L. C. Philpott “Theory of the Plasma-Wall I. Roy “Causal Set Phenomenology” Interaction Under the Influence of a “Solar signals in Sea Level Pressure Supervisor: Dr HF Dowker Magnetic Field” and Sea Surface Temperature” Supervisor: Dr M Coppins Supervisor: Prof JD Haigh A. Sim “Exceptionally Generalized N. Savani Geometry and Supergravity” “Morphology of coronal mass ejec- Supervisor: Prof DJ Waldram tions between the Sun and the Quantum Optics & Laser Earth” F. Spill Science Supervisor: Dr RJ Forsyth “Yangians in Integrable Field Theories, Spin Chains and Gauge- D. C. Darios String Dualities” “Investigation of photoelectrons from Supervisor: Prof A Tseytlin molecules in astrong field” B. S. Withers Supervisor: Prof JP Marangos “Gravitational dynamics at late J. L. Kenner times” “Atoms in Microcavities: Detection Supervisor: Dr TAJ Wiseman and Spectroscopy” Supervisor: Prof EA Hinds S. Pollock “Integration of Magneto Optical Traps in Atom Chips” Supervisor: Prof EA Hinds T. N. Siegel “Imaging molecular structure and dynamics using laser driven electron recollisions” Supervisor: Prof JP Marangos T. E. Wall “Guiding and decelerating cold, heavy, polar molecules” Supervisors: Dr BE Sauer & Dr MR Tarbutt

23 PhDs awarded 2011-12

Astrophysics Well GaAsP/InGaAs Quantum J. N. Smith Well Solar Cells" Supervisors: Prof "High-Performance Organic Field- S. Bhayani KWJ Barnham & Dr N Ekins-Daukes Effect Transistors for Large-Area "X-ray Diagnostics of Relativistic Microelectronics" Reflection Around Supermassive D. Chung Supervisors: Dr T Anthopoulos & Black Holes" "Gravure Printed and Solution- Prof DDC Bradley Supervisors: Prof K Nandra & Prof Processed Polymer Semiconductor SJ Warren Devices" H. T. Zeng Supervisor: Dr AJ Campbell "Solid state data storage in J. W. Bowyer nanoscale magnetic systems" "Local Methods for the Cosmic C. Dyer-Smith Supervisor: Prof RP Cowburn Microwave Background" "Spectroscopic studies of excited Supervisor: Prof AH Jaffe states in polyfluorene:small mole- cule blend films" High Energy Physics J. A. Digby-North Supervisors: Prof J Nelson & Dr S "Investigating the effects of environ- Haque (Chemistry) A.J. Dobbs ment on Active Galactic Nuclei activ- "Particle Rate and Host Accelerator ity at high redshift" A. D. J. Guite Beam Loss on the MICE Experiment" Supervisors: Prof K Nandra & Prof "Microstructure, morphology and Supervisor: Prof KR Long AH Jaffe device physics of gravure printed and solution processed organic D. R. Hollington field-effect transistors" "The Charge Management System Supervisor: Dr AJ Campbell Condensed Matter Theory for LISA and LISA Pathfinder" J. Labram Supervisor: Prof TJ Sumner K. Frensch "Ambipolar organic transistors for "Ab initio studies of defect concen- opto-electronic applications" J. Marrouche tration and diffusion in metal oxides" Supervisors: Dr TDA Anthopoulos & "Triggering and W-Polarisation Supervisors: Prof WMC Prof DDC Bradley Studies with CMS at the LHC" Foulkes & Prof MW Finnis Supervisors: Dr C Foudas & Dr A D. Lei Tapper S. Genway "Superfocusing, biosensing and "Thermalisation and Temporal modulation in Superfocusing, A. Papageorgiou Relaxation in Closed Quantum biosensing and modulation in plas- "Detector and Trigger Studies Systems" monics" Towards Discovering the Higgs Supervisors: Dr DKK Lee & Dr AF Ho Supervisor: Prof SA Maier Boson Produced via Vector Boson Fusion Using the CMS Detector" W. H. Wee E. R. Lewis Supervisor: Dr C Foudas "The physics of Negative Refraction "Static and dynamic behaviour of and Transformation Optics" transverse domain walls in ferro- N. Rompotis Supervisor: Prof Sir JB Pendry magnetic nanostrips" "Measurement of the W cross sec- Supervisor: Prof RP Cowburn tion in the electron decay channel Experimental Solid State A. McCrow with early data at the CMS experi- "Cancer Diagnosis Using Laser ment at CERN" J. G. J. Adams Based Mid-Infrared Spectroscopic Supervisors: Dr C Seez & Dr D "Photonic properties of strain-bal- Imaging" Futyan anced quantum well solar cells" Supervisor: Prof CC Phillips Supervisors: Prof KWJ Barnham & F. Soomro Dr N Ekins-Daukes L. A. O'Brien "Radiative Decays of B at LHCb" "Interactions between domain walls Supervisor: Prof A Golutvin J. M. Ball in magnetic nanowires" "Solution Processable Carbon- Supervisor: Prof RP Cowburn J. J. Walding Based Electronics" "A sub-GeV charged-current quasi- Supervisors: Dr TDA Anthopoulos & M. Pravettoni elastic muon neutrino cross-section Prof DDC Bradley "New techniques for the measure- ment of second and third generation on carbon at SciBooNE." A. Bashir photovoltaics" Supervisors: Dr Y Uchida & Dr M "High-performance zinc oxide thin-film Supervisors: Prof KWJ Barnham & Wascko transistors for large-area electronics" Dr A Chatten Supervisors: Dr TDA Anthopoulos & Photonics Prof DDC Bradley J. M. R. M. Sampaio "Domain walls in spin valve nan- S. P. Chard B. C. Browne otracks: characterisation and appli- "Development of versatile high "An Experimental and Theoretical cations" power bounce geometry lasers" Study of Multi-Junction and Deep- Supervisor: Dr W Branford Supervisor: Prof MJ Damzen

24 Plasma Space and Atmospheric L. Brugnera Physics B. D. Appelbe "Control of high harmonic generation "Nuclear Fusion Reaction Kinetics by manipulation of field parameters" and Ignition Processes in Z Pinches" Supervisors: Prof JP Marangos & C. H. K. Chen Supervisor: Dr JP Chittenden Prof JWG Tisch "Anisotropy of Solar Wind Turbulence" J. A. Gaffney J. A. Crosse Supervisor: Prof TS Horbury "Fast calculation of the radiative "Higher Order Interactions of opacity of plasma” Quantized Light in Absorbing E. M. Henley Supervisor: Prof S Rose Media: Quadrupole Process and "Scales and variability of Earth’s Nonlinear Optics" bow shock" E. G. Hill Supervisors: Dr S Scheel & Prof MB Supervisor: Prof TS Horbury "Non-LTE plasma spectroscopy" Plenio Supervisor: Prof S Rose S. Mushtaq F. Frank "Effects of traces of molecular K. Mercieca "Generation and Application of gases in analytical glow dis- "MPHIL: Plasma spectroscopy in Ultrashort Laser Pulses in charges:GD-OES and GD-ToF-MS pinch plasmas" Attosecond Science" studies" Supervisor: Prof SJ Rose Supervisors: Prof JWG Tisch & Prof Supervisor: Dr JC Pickering R. H. H. Scott JP Marangos S. J. Tingle "Fast Electron Transport Studies for D. J. Hoffmann "The dynamics of the Venusian Fast Ignition Inertial Confinement "High Harmonic Generation Using mesosphere and thermosphere" Fusion" Multicolour Fields" Supervisor: Dr ICF Muller-Wodarg Supervisors: Prof S Rose & Peter Supervisors: Prof M Ivanov & Prof Norreys (RAL) D. Went JP Marangos "Magnetic field and plasma in D. Temple D. Kara saturn’s near space environment" "Experimental Investigations into "Toward an electron electric dipole Supervisor: Prof MK Dougherty the Radial Electric Field of moment measurement using MAST" Ytterbium Fluoride" Supervisor: Dr M Coppins Supervisors: Dr JJ Hudson & Dr BE Theoretical Physics Sauer J. P. Davey Quantum Optics & Laser A. D. K. Plato "Measurement, Decoherence and "Brane Tilings, M2 branes and Science Master Equations" Orbifolds" Supervisors: Prof M Plenio & Dr K Supervisor: Prof AH Hanany C. A. Arrell Audenaert "Generation of few-cycle and S. P. L. Kitchen attosecond pulses and their use S. M. Skoff "Numerical algorithms for finding in probing ultrafast dynamics in "Buffer gas cooling of YbF mole- black hole solutions of Einstein's gases and surfaces" cules" Equations." Supervisors: Prof JWG Tisch & Prof Supervisors: Prof EA Hinds & Dr M Supervisor: Dr TAJ Wiseman JP Marangos Tarbutt N. Mekareeya E. Skopalova D. J. Bartram "Exact Results on Moduli Spaces of "The interaction of intense few-cycle "MPHIL: Suppression of Dephasing Supersymmetric Gauge Theories" laser pulses with nanoscale targets" and Decoherence in Open Quantum Supervisor: Prof AH Hanany Systems" Supervisor: Prof RA Smith & Prof JP Marangos Supervisors: Prof M Ivanov & Prof D. J. Weir JP Marangos J. Stack "Quantum mechanics of topological F. Baumgaertner "An ultracold lithium source for solitons" “Measuring the Acceleration of Free investigating cold dipolar gases" Supervisor: Dr AK Rajantie Fall with an Atom Chip BEC Supervisor: Dr MR Tarbutt J. M. Yearsley Interferometer" M. Succo Supervisor: Prof EA Hinds "Aspects of Time in Quantum Theory" "An Integrated Optical-Waveguide Supervisor: Prof JJ Halliwell S. Bharadia Chip for Measurement of Cold-Atom "Towards Laser Spectroscopy of Clouds" Highly Charged Ions: Dynamics of Supervisor: Prof EA Hinds 40Ca+ Ions in a Penning Trap" Supervisors: Prof RC Thompson & Prof D Segal

25 Prizes and Awards

Astrophysics Dr Daniel Farrell Photonics Mr William Ball - FONS award for Excellence in – Prize for poster at GSEPS Teaching - 2011 Mr Sergio Coda Symposium – 2010 – Scholarship – XXVII European Dr Thomas Kitchartz Federation of the International Dr Sami Dib - IC Junior Research Fellow - 2010 – Imperial College and Santander College of Surgeons Congress in International Mobility Award – 2011 Prof Stefan Maier Rome - Fellow Optical Society of America - Dr Matthew Foreman Dr Sugata Kaviraj 2010 – Royal Astronomical Society ‘A’ – FONS award for Excellence in Winton Capital Award – 2011 Prof Stefan Maier Teaching – 2011 - Paterson Medal - 2010 Professor Andrew Jaffe Professor Peter Torok – Winton Capital Research Prize 2011 Prof Stefan Maier – Rectors Teaching Award - 2010 - Sackler Prize – 2010 Dr Roberto Trotta – Awarded position of Next Einstein Prof Stefan Maier Visiting Scholar at the African Institute - Royal Society Wolfson Research Plasma of Mathematical Sciences 2011 Merit Award - 2011 Mr Michael Bloom Dr Kelly Morrison - GSEPS research Symposium Condensed Matter Theory - Anne Thorne Thesis Prize Winner - Poster Competition 3rd Prize Winner 2011 – joint 2011 Mr Evgueny Barkhoudarov – Prof Jenny Nelson Professor Jerry Chittenden ORSAS (Overseas Research - Wolfson Research Merit Award - 2010 - Fellow American Physical Society - Student Award Scheme) Scholarship 2010 - 2011 Mr Matt Taylor - PGR Symposium winner. Session 1 Dr Gareth Hall Dr Peter Haynes - 2011 - IC Junior Research Fellow – 2010 – Maxwell Medal – 2010 Dr Karen Yates Mr Hyun Tae Kim Professor Sir John Pendry - FONS awards for Excellence in - PGR Symposium - Poster winner - – UNESCO Niels Bohr Gold Teaching - 2011 2011 Medal – 2010 Mr Ned Yoxall Dr Stefan Kneip Mr Sebastian Wuestner - PGR Symposium - Poster winner - - Winton Capital Thesis Prize winner - – PGR Symposium Winner – 2011 2011 Session 2 - 2011 Mr Ned Yoxall Dr Stefan Kneip - EPSRC Placement as Scientific Experimental Solid State - Culham Thesis Prize for Plasma Adviser for the Parliamentary office Physics - 2011 Dr Thomas Anthopolous of Science and Technology - 2011 - ERC Award - 2011 Dr Stefan Kneip Head of Departments Office - European Physical Society Plasma Dr Piers Barnes Physics 2011 Thesis prize - 2011 - EPSRC CAF Award - 2011 Ms Linda Jones Dr Stefan Kneip Professor Donal Bradley – MBE - 2011 - UK Plasma Physics Thesis Prize - - Faraday Medal of the Institution of 2011 Engineering and Technology – 2010 High Energy Physics Dr Matt Lilley Professor Donal Bradley - IC Junior Research Fellow - 2011 Cristian Candela – CBE - 2010 – Special Prize for the International Dr Hirotaka Nakamura Professor Donal Bradley Year for the Reapproachement of - Newton Fellowship – 2010 - The Bakerian Lecture - 2010 Cultures – 2010 Dr Simon Philbin Professor Russell Cowburn Mireia Crispin - Best paper award by the Society of - ERC Advanced Grant - 2010 - Special Prize for the International Research Administrators - 2010 Year for the Reapproachement of Professor Russell Cowburn Dr Peter Roberts Cultures – 2010 - FRS - 2010 - Glazebrook Medal - 2010 Dr Ned Ekins-Daukes Mrs Sarah Ives Mr Arthur Turrell - Rectors Research Supervision – PGR Symposium Winner – - Runner up prize - The Rutherford award – 2010 Session 4 - 2011 Prize - 2011

26 Quantum Optics & Laser Space and Atmospheric Theoretical Physics Science Physics Dr Daniel Bedingham Dr Chris Arrell Mr Trevor Beek - Courageous Post-Doc Award - Beloe Fellowship by the Worshipful - Royal Society Hauksbeen award awarded by FQXi - 2011 Company of Scientific Instrument - for Excellence in supporting science Ms Laura Bethke Markers' - 2011 - 2010 - Abdus Salam UG Prize - 2010 Mr Shailen Bharadia Mr Christopher Carr Ms Laura Bethke - Worshipful Company of Scientific - FONS awards for Excellence in - Governor's Prize for the best Msci Instrument Markers' Postgraduate Teaching - 2011 Student - 2010 Student Award - 2011 Mr James Farley-Nicholls Dr Leron Borsten Mr Fernando Brandao - PGR Symposium - Poster winner - - 'Best Student Presentation' at - IoP Quantum Electronics & 2011 the 2010 International School of Photonics PhD Thesis Prize - 2010 Professor Joanna Haigh Subnuclear Physics in Erice– 2010 Dr Joseph Cotter - Royal Met. Soc Adrian Gill Medal - Dr Leron Borsten - FONS awards for Excellence in 2011 - IC Junior Research Fellow - 2011 Teaching - 2011 Professor John Harries - Dr Rachid Ganeev Appointed first Chief Scientific Ms Caroline Clark - Khwarizmi International award for Advisor for Wales - 2010 - GSEPS research Symposium outstanding achievements in Poster Competition 1st Prize Winner research - 2011 Professor John Harries - 2011 - NASA Distinguished Public Service Dr David Jennings Medal - 2011 Miss Kate Clements - 1851 Research Fellowship - 2011 - Callendar Prize - 2010 Miss Ute Hausmann Professor Sir Peter Knight - Best student talk award at Professor Amihay Hanany - President of IOP – 2011 American Meteorological Society in - Wolfson Research Merit Spokane - 2011 Award - 2010 Professor Sir Peter Knight - Royal Medal - 2010 Professor Tim Horbury Professor Chris Isham - FONS awards for Excellence in - Dirac Medal of the Institute Professor Jon Marangos Teaching - 2011 of Physics – 2011 - ERC Award - 2011 Professor Steven Schwartz Professor Tom Kibble Dr Ahsan Nazir - FONS awards for Excellence in - American Physical Society - IC Junior Research Fellow - 2010 Teaching - 2011 J.J.Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics - 2010 Professor Martin Plenio Professor David Southwood - IoP Born Medal - 2011 - NASA Distinguished Public Service Mr Mariusz Szmigiel - Imperial College and Santander Professor Robin Smith Medal - 2011 International Mobility Award – 2011 - Imperial Medal - 2011 Professor David Southwood Professor Arkady Tseytlin Mr Stefan Truppe Sir Arther Clarke Award for - ERC Award - 2011 - PGR Symposium - Poster winner - Exceptional Space Achievement - 2011 2011 Professor Arkady Tseytlin - Rayleigh Medal and Prize - 2011 Ms Fern Watson Mr Daniel Went - AWS in Education Research Grant - PGR Symposium winner. Session Dr James Yearsley from Amazon Web Services - 2011 3 - 2011 - FONS awards for Excellence in Teaching - 2011 Mr Brian Willey Miss Rachel White - Rectors award for Excellence in - GSEPS research Symposium Health and Safety - 2010 Poster Competition 2nd Prize Winner - 2011 Dr Amelle Zair - EPSRC CAF Award - 2011

Teaching Office

Mr Andrew Knight – FONS Award for Excellence in Teaching - 2011

27 Grants Awarded 2010-11

Astrophysics Experimental Solid State

Science and Engineering. Science and Technology Facilities Stichting Dutch Polymer Institute. Total Grant: £815,211). £267,725 council (STFC). Dr T Anthopoulos. Solution- process- Commission of the European Dr D Clements. PATT linked grant able low-temperature oxide semicon- Communities. supporting observational astro- ductors for large-area electronics. Prof L Cohen. Marie Curie IRG for physics. £25,692 £149,871 Rupert Oulton - APEX-SPP (Active Science and Technology Facilities Engineering & Physical Science and Passive Exploitation of Light at Council (STFC). Research Council. (EPSRC). the Nanometre Scale (Surface Dr S Mohanty. Probing Formation Dr T Anthopoulos. Liquid crystalline Plasmon Polaritons)). £73,600 from Stars to Planets: Accretion, hybrid dielectrics for monodomain Commission of the European Binarity and Disks in Young Brown organic semiconductors. £361,179 Communities. Dwarfs. £335,284 Commission of the European Prof R Cowburn. Three Dimensional Science and Technology Facilities Communities. Spintronics. £9,355 Council (STFC). Dr T Anthopoulos. Advanced Quantasol Ltd. Prof K Nandra. IXO Study Phase Electronic Materials and Devices Dr N Ekins-Daukes. Studentship for 2010/11. £68,991 through Novel Processing Mr Kan-Hua Lee. £137,383 Paradigms. £1,152,152 Science and Technology Facilities Universidad Politecnica Madrid. Council (STFC). Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. Dr N Ekins-Daukes. A new genera- Dr Y Unruh. Modelling solar irradi- Dr T Anthopoulos. Integrated tion of concentrator photovoltaic ance variations: the influence of fac- Photonic Field-Effect Technology for cells, modules & systems. £320,000 ulae and small-scale magnetic flux bio-sensing functional components. elements. £292,564 (Joint grant with Chemistry. Total Sharp Laboratories of Europe Ltd. Grant: £356,199) £195,339 Dr N Ekins-Daukes. Sharp Student- ship project; M Yoshida. Intermediate Engineering & Physical Science band solar cells. £45,000 Research Council. (EPSRC). Condensed Matter Theory Prof J Nelson. CAF for Dr P Barnes. Office of Naval Research Global. Dr Charge carrier dynamics and molec- N Ekins-Daukes. NICOP High ular wiring in hybrid optoelectronic Efficiency Quantum Well Solar Engineering & Physical Science devices. £722,815 Cells1. £115,462 Research Council. Prof W Foulkes. Quantum Monte Engineering & Physical Science Research Centre for Advanced Carlo simulations on ten thousand to Research Council. (EPSRC). Science and Technology. a million cores. £229,101 Prof D Bradley. Efficiency and effec- Dr N Ekins-Daukes. Characterization tiveness: Promoting sharing of and Modelling of Quantum The Royal Society. research equipment. £150,000 Nanostructured Solar Cells - U.Tokyo Dr P Haynes. University Research collaboration. £140,849 Fellowship Renewal 2010 - Large- Valtion Teknillnen Tutkimuskeskus (VTT). scale and excited state quantum- Dr A Campbell. EURAMET ERMP-MSU. mechanical calculations. £157,529 Printable, Organic and large-area Dr Ji-Seon Kim. EMRP I.E. realisation of integrated circuits. European Metrology Research The Leverhulme Trust. (Joint project with Chemistry. Full Programme. £76,316 Prof O Hess. The Embedding of grant: £1,285,752). £718,622 Emerging Disciplines. (Sub-project of IMEC. £5,105,926 grant joint with Electrical Office of Naval Research Global. Prof S Maier. Plasmon Resonance Engineering, Materials & Physics). Dr A Chatten. Bio-derived Thin-film for Improving the Absorption of Solar £56,040 Luminescent Solar Concentrators Using Cells. £494,549 Phycob Ilisomes. £16,710 Engineering & Physical Science Engineering & Physical Science Engineering & Physical Science Research Council. Research Council. (EPSRC). Research Council. (EPSRC). Prof O Hess. Active Plasmonics and Prof S Maier. Silicon emission tech- Prof L Cohen. Superconducting Gap Lossless Metamaterials. £273,022 nologies based on nanocrystals. Structure and Symmentry in Fe £369,355 Royal Academy of Engineering. Based Superconductors. £363,932 Dr K Tsakmakidis. Ultraslow and The Leverhulme Trust. Engineering & Physical Science Stopped Light in Metamaterials. Prof S Maier. The Embedding of Research Council. (EPSRC). £237,468 Emerging Disciplines. (PI and sub- Prof L Cohen. Multiscale characteri- projects of £5,105,926 grant joint sation of degradation and reactivity with Electrical Engineering, Materials of solid oxide fuel cells. (Subproject & Physics). £4,218,815 of P31320, Materials & Earth

28 Experimental Solid State High Energy Physics

Office of Naval Research Global. Science and Technology Facilities Engineering & Physical Science Prof S Maier. Multispectral nanopho- Council (STFC). Research Council. tonic sensing cavities. £70,174 Dr H Araujo. ZEPLIN-III SSR Dr D Colling. Rapport: Robust Extension. £27,703 Application Porting for HPC in the Commission of the European Cloud 2. (Subproject for P35146, joint Communities. Commission of the European with Biochemistry and Computing. Prof S Maier. Metatune Fellow is Communities. Total Grant: £87,079). £23,334 Vincenzo Giannini - Marie Curie Intra Dr O Buchmueller. TERAUNI- Europ Fellowship. £138,925 VERSE ERC Grant. £383,792 Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). Commission of the European Science and Technology Facilities Prof G Hall. CMS Research Activity. Communities. Council (STFC). £75,300 Prof S Maier. NonLinear Plasmonic Dr D Colling. Integrated sustainable Metamaterials Fellow Antonio Pan-European Infrastructure for Science and Technology Facilities Fernandez-Dominguez. £138,925 researchers in Europe. £147,153 Council (STFC). Prof J Nash. The study of elemen- The Royal Society. Science and Technology Facilities tary particles and their interactions. Prof J Nelson. Process - structure - Council (STFC). Rolling Grant. £6,155,836 function relationship for organic pho- Dr D Colling. GridPP networking tovoltaic materials (Royal Society infrastructure (DRI) - Imperial Grant. Science and Technology Facilities Industry Fellowship, March 2009). £362,000 Council (STFC). £163,896 Dr J Pozimski. Front End Test Stand Science and Technology Facilities (FETS). £177,005 The Royal Society. Council (STFC). Prof J Nelson. Wolfson Research Dr D Colling. GridPP4 Tranche 1 Science and Technology Facilities Merit Award. £85,000 LondonGrid Imperial. £133,500 Council (STFC). Prof T Sumner. Extension for Cyprus University of Technology. Science and Technology Facilities ZEPLIN-III Project. £180,460 Prof J Nelson. Molecular Electronics Council (STFC). and Photonics. £150,360 Dr D Colling. GridPP4: The UK Grid Science and Technology Facilities for Particle Physics. £662,003 Council (STFC). Engineering & Physical Science Prof T Sumner. Operations support Research Council. (EPSRC). Science and Technology Facilities for LISA Pathfinder. £197,343 Prof J Nelson. Scallops. (Joint with Council (STFC). Chemistry & Materials. Total Project: Dr D Colling. GridPP Tier 2 Support European Space Agency/Estec. £803,541). £303,254 Post - Additional Funding. £44,535 Prof T Sumner. Charge Management System for LISA. £341,580 Engineering & Physical Science Science and Technology Facilities Research Council. (EPSRC). Council (STFC). Commission of the European Prof D Bradley. Dr R Oulton - Dr D Colling. GridPP – Tier 2 Communities. EPSRC Career Acceleration Hardware. £305,400 Prof D Wark. LAGUNA-LBNO Fellowship - Light unlimted - active Design of a pan-European and passive exploitation of light at Stichting European Grid Initiative. Infrastructure for Large Apparatus the nanometre scale. £1,077,391 Dr D Colling. e-ScienceTalk: studying grand Unification, Neutrino Supporting Grid and High Astrophysics and Long Baseline The Leverhulme Trust. Performance Computing reporting Neutrino Oscillations. £25,056 Prof R Oulton. The Embedding of across Europe. £92,830 Emerging Disciplines. (Sub-project of £5,105,926 grant joint with Electrical Engineering, Materials & Physics). Photonics £56,040

The Royal Society. Engineering & Physical Science Biotechnology and Biological Dr K Sandeman. Royal Society Research Council (EPSRC). Sciences Research Council University Research Fellowship Dr C Dunsby. Development of (BBSRC). Renewal 2010 – 2013. £295,006 oblique plane microscopy. (Joint with Prof P French. Multidimensional flu- Medicine. total grant of: £101,196) orescence imaging of PIP2-derived The Leverhulme Trust. £54,201 intracellular signals in directional cell Dr P Stavrinou. The Embedding of movement. £379,021 Emerging Disciplines. (Sub-project of Biotechnology & Biological Sciences £5,105,926 grant joint with Electrical Research Council (BBSRC). European Molecular Biology Engineering, Materials & Physics). Dr C Dunsby. Development of a Laboratory £56,040 multichannel Oblique Plane Prof P French. Euro Bio-imaging - Microscopy system for cardiac cell Research infrastructure for imaging The Leverhulme Trust. physiology measurements. (Joint technologies in biological and bio- Dr P Stavrinou. Visiting Professorship project with Medicine. Full grant medical sciences. £45,757 for Prof. Carlos Silva. £25,720 amount: £118,656). £82,616

29 Photonics Plasma

AWE Plc. National Institute for Health Dr S Bland. Exploration of phase Engineering & Physical Science Research changes at high pressures Research Council (EPSRC). Prof P French. Fluorescence lifetime (Studentship Oct-11 entry). £149,664 Prof Z Najmudin. Controlled High- endoscopy for enhanced PPIX Repetition Plasma Based Electron detection (joint with computing & AWE Plc. Accelerators. £746,370 Medicine, Total for grant: £75,002). Prof J Chittenden. AWE PhD £38,798 Project: ISP Computational stu- The Royal Society. dentship in collaboration with the Prof Z Najmudin. Newton International Engineering & Physical Science Plasma Physics Group (terms and Fellowship for Dr. Hirotaka Research council (EPSRC). conditions of main ISP contract Nakamura. £99,000 Prof P French. Autofluorescence apply). Student: Marcus Weinwurm. lifetime metrology for label-free read- AWE Plc. £144,931 Dr W Proud. Ferroand Piezo- elec- outs of heart disease and arthritis. AWE Plc. tric materials from low to high rate (Joint grant with Medicine. Total and temperature (Studentship Oct Grant: £949,098). £531,132 Dr D Eakins. Strain-rate depend- 2011 entry). £149,664. ence of metals, metal alloys and The Leverhulme Trust. amorphous metals (Studentship Oct Ministry of Defence. Prof M McCall. The Embedding of 2011 Entry). £149,664 Dr W Proud. Review of shock Emerging Disciplines. (Sub-project of physics research nd development in £5,105,926 grant joint with Electrical AWE Plc the FSU, China and the Middle East. Engineering, Materials & Physics). Dr D Eakins. AWE PhD Studentship: £20,000 £88,921 high strain rate fracture and fragmen- tation. David Jones Studentship. AWE Plc. University of Newcastle upon £144,931 Dr W Proud. AWE PhD Studentship Tyne. at Cranfield University: Student: Mike Prof M Neil. Optogenetic Neural AWE Plc. Goff / Characterisation of the Stimulation Platform. £1,011,692 Dr D Eakins. AWE PhD studentship: Complex Shock Initiation of the role of inter-particle shear in the Conventional and Insensitive High Engineering & Physical Science shock-induced reaction of energetic Explosives Using In-Material Research Council. materials. Mark Collinson Studentship. Gauges. £71,444 Prof M Neil. Optical Control of £144,931 Emulsion. (Subproject of P32171, AWE Plc. joint with Chemistry. Total Grant: Engineering & Physical Science Dr W Proud. AWE PhD Project: £505,226). £113,620 Research Council (EPSRC). Shock processes in Soft Condensed Prof R Evans. RALF - (joint with Matter Shock Biophysics. £144,931 Engineering & Physical Science Warwick - we are the lead) - HPC Research Council (EPSRC). Software Development Call 2010/11. QinetiQ Limited. Prof P Torok. Carlos Macias- £215,061 Dr W Proud. Industry sponsored Romero 2010-11 PhD Plus. £87,404 PhD Project with the Institute of Engineering & Physical Science Shock Physics, student Ruth Tunnell. Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC). £29,000 Research Council (EP SRC). Dr S Mangles. Bright table-top x-ray Prof P Torok. PhD Plus for Matthew sources using laser wakefield accel- AWE Plc. Foreman. £30,216 eration (First Grant Scheme). Prof S Rose. Horizon Scanning. £110,980 £50,000

Quantum Optics and Laser Science

Imperial College Trust. Prof J Marangos. Attosecond Engineering & Physical Prof J Marangos. Attosecond Electron Dynamics in molecular and Science Research Council Electron Dynamics in Molecular and condensed phase systems. (Joint (EPSRC). Condensed phase systems. £18,000 with Chemistry. Full budget: Dr T Rudolph. CHIST – ERA. £5,801,794). £5,028,128 £188,894 Commission of the European Communities. Engineering & Physical Science The Leverhulme Trust. Prof J Marangos. Harmonics Research Council (EPSRC). Dr T Rudolph. Artist in Residency – Plasma – R Ganeev Marie Currie. Prof M Plenio. EPSRC Postdoctoral Geraldine Cox. £15,000 Harmonic generation in extreme ultra- Fellowship for Theoretical Physics violeteregion through the interaction for Mark Tame. £241,551 Engineering & Physical Science of short laser pulses with low excit- Research Council (EPSRC). ed laser produced Pl. £184,838 The Royal Society. Dr T Rudolph. MSDCDDE. (subpro- Dr T Rudolph. URF for Sean ject of P34930, joint with Materials, Engineering & Physical Science Barrett. £482,494 Molecular Biology & Chemistry. Full Research Council (EPSRC). project: £723,050). £80,516

30 Quantum Optics & Laser Space and Atmospheric Physics Science Science and Technology Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). Facilities Council (STFC). Engineering & Physical Science Prof M Dougherty. Rolling Grant. Dr E Lucek. Cluster FGM (UKSA). Research Council (EPSRC). £2,089,728 £315,570 Dr B Sauer. Laser Cooling Molecules. Science and Technology Facilities £720,517 Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). Council (STFC). Universitaet Des Saarlandes. Prof M Dougherty. Cassini - Jan-11 Dr E Lucek. Cluster FGM Operations Prof R Thompson. The physics of to Dec-12 (UKSA). £540,874 and Calibration. £116,973 Ion Coulomb Crystals: Thermodynamics, Quantum control Science and Technology Facilities Natural Environment Research & Quantum Simulators. £268,999 Council (STFC). Council (NERC). Prof M Dougherty. JUICE – Dr J Pickering. A study of clear sky Engineering & Physical Science Cosmic Vision Laplace. £30,999 radiative properties in the underex- Research Council (EPSRC). plored far-IR using high resolution Prof J Tisch. PhD Plus for Chris Science and Technology Facilities far-IR spectra from the RHUBC Arrell. £94,047 Council (STFC). campaign. £112,017 Prof M Dougherty. EJSM - L class Engineering & Physical Science mission extension to assessment Science and Technology Facilities Research Council. phase. £58,600 Council (STFC). Dr Amelle Zair. EPSRC CAF - Dr J Pickering. Laboratory astro- Amelle Zair - 2010 call invited full Science and Technology Facilities physics: new atomic and molecular application - CADAM: Capturing Council (STFC). data for astrophysics applications.1. Attosecond Dynamics in Atoms and Prof M Dougherty. Cassini Post £311,672 Molecules. £697,865 Launch Support Grant. £241,336 Duvas Technologies Ltd. Dr M Commission of the European Richards. Emissions variable mes- Communities. Dr J Eastwood. sage sign (VMS) project. £17,000 Turbulent phenomena in space plas- Space and Atmospheric mas: boosting observations, data Science and Technology Facilities Physics analysis and numerical simulations. Council (STFC). £16,535 Prof S Schwartz. Cluster Science Centre 2010. £45,496 Natural Environment Centre National De Recherche Research Council (NERC). Scientifique (CNRS). Science and Technology Facilities Dr H Brindley. DO4models- Dust Dr M Galand. Deposition of Energy Council (STFC). Observations for models: Linking a & Photochemistry for the generation Prof S Schwartz. Cluster CSC – new dust source-area data set to of Titan's Haze. £32,832 Jan 11 to Dec 12 (UKSA). £209,956 improved physically-based dust emis- sion schemes in climate models. Natural Environment Research £89,556 Council (NERC). Prof J Harries. Feasibility and Theoretical Physics Natural Environment Research Sensitivity studies for CLARREO: A Council (NERC). new opportunity for climate monitor- Science and Technology Dr H Brindley. Fennec: The Saharan ing from space. £191,137 Facilities Council (STFC) . Climate System. £286,856 Science and Technology Facilities Prof J Gauntlett. M-Theory, Technology Strategy Board. Council (STFC). Cosmology and Quantum Field Mr C Carr. Shorter Knowledge Prof T Horbury. Magnetic Theory - Consolidated grant. Transfer Partnership (partner is Reconnection as a Universal £1,514,430 Satellite Services). £14,820 Plasma Process: Investigating Onset, Energy Release and Particle The Leverhulme Trust Satellite Services Ltd. Prof A Hanany - Visiting Mr C Carr. Shorter Knowledge Acceleration - Fellowship for Dr Jonathan Eastwood. £464,832 Collaboration with Prof Eliezer Transfer Partnership. £13,704 RAbinovici. £20,500 Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique. Science and technology Facilities Mr C Carr. Cryogenic Electronics for Council (STFC). The Royal Society. Space Applications and Research. Prof T Horbury. Solar Orbiter Dr A Rajantie. International Joint £56,700 Magneto-meter bridging support. Project (2010/R1) - Arttu Rajantie / £134,798 Kari Enqvist. £12,000 MST Aerospace GmbH. Mr C Carr. High performance space Science and Technology Facilities Science and Technology Facilities science magnometers adapted for Council (STFC). Council (STFC). down-well operation in the oil and Prof T Horbury. Solar Orbiter Prof A Tseytlin. STFC Adv 5 years gas sector. £35,803 Definition Phase support for the Oct 2010 call : Nadav Drukker. Magnetometer. £417,142 £494,052

31 Technical Development, Intellectual Property and Commercial Interactions

Astrophysics Both the Herschel and Planck teams continue the development of data reduction and analysis software for these two missions. For Planck our work is aimed at the determination of beam shapes and focal plane geometry from actual survey data using either scans across individ- ual bright sources or through combination of data on large numbers of fainter sources. This work is crucial to the science goals of the Planck mission. For Herschel we are coordinating the development of data reduction and analysis software for the whole of the SPIRE instrument and have special responsibility for mapmaking codes through a contract from the European Space Agency which will be used for both the SPIRE and PACS instruments.

Condensed Matter Theory

The Condensed Matter Theory Group has a wide-ranging computational and theoretical research portfolio with a strategic focus on materi- als for structural, electronic and photonic applications. Many projects have direct relevance to the next generation of technologies. These include work on metamaterials to collect and emit light from sub-wavelength structures, build lenses that beat the diffraction limit, and guide light around objects, rendering them invisible. Our work on functional and structural materials includes studies of radiation damage in fusion and fission reactors, surfaces and grain boundaries in perovskites for functional devices, the growth of graphene, thermo-electrics for power generation, capacitors for energy storage, plasticity under shock loading, and the growth of oxide scales on aluminium and its alloys.

The group is working with Accelrys, Argonne National Laboratory, Baker Hughes, BP, Element Six, Materials Design, Placental Analytics, Pilkington, the UK Atomic Energy Authority, the UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and the US Office for Naval Research. We hold several patents.

Experimental Solid State Physics

The Experimental Solid State Physics Group develops technologies across a broad range of areas which have impact on the information and communications technologies sector, the solar energy sector, and the health care and security sectors. Details of the innovations are described in the appropriate pages of this Review but they depend broadly on advances in the following technologies: molecular electronic materials and devices, inorganic semiconductor materials and devices, nano-magnetism and spintronics devices, and superconducting materials and devices. Much of the work in the group proceeds through collaborative research programmes frequently involving industrial partners. Industrial partners may contribute to the research programmes directly, or provide specialised materials or processing facilities, or support students or postdoctoral researchers. Leading international companies that have supported our work include BP Solar, Merck, DuPont Teijin Films, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Philips Research Labs., Konarka, Solenne B.V.,Toyota, Plextronics and Qinetiq. The group also benefits from collaborations with the NPL at Teddington.

The group also has strong record of protecting intellectual property and exploiting through spinout companies. The spinout companies bring research income back into the group by sponsoring staff, PhD students and research activities.

Spin out companies include: Ingenia Technology, which is active in the area of brand protection and industrial track-and-trace and has recently licensed its Laser Surface Authentication technology to a major international fast-moving-consumergoods company. Molecular Vision Ltd., which is developing micro- analysis systems for medical diagnostics based on molecular electronic materials group. Further developments in the molecular electronics field are anticipated through the C-Change partnership. Durham Magneto Optics Ltd., who produce diagnostic equipment for magnetic char- acterisation. QuantaSol Ltd., who are exploiting quantum well nano-structures to enhance solar energy efficiencies above 35% for concen- trator applications for concentrator applications. QuantaSol was highlighted as one of the Guardian Cleantech Top 100 companies for 2008 and is currently supporting a lecturer and a postgraduate student.

In the area of magnetic cooling, industrial partnership has been strengthened over the last year, by the partnership with large material pro- ducer Vacuumshmelze and an end use manufacturer Clivet. They are partners in a FP7 project to develop a magnetically-driven air condi- tioner. Secondly, that project also involves Camfridge Ltd., a Cambridge-based spin out that is linked to EXSS and IC through the same proj- ect as well as through Camfridge's past use of the Carbon Trust Incubator within Imperial Innovations.

High Energy Physics

The dark matter experimental part of the High Energy Physics group is dedicated to the development of advanced particle detectors for 1- 100 keV energies and associated technology (high precision ultra-high vacuum technology in copper, partper-billion level gas purification, charge/light readout technologies, cryogenics). A joint development programme has being undertaken with UK-based ET Enterprises Ltd (for- merly Electron Tubes Ltd) to develop a photomultiplier tube with ultra-low radioactive background. This work is in its final stages and prom- ises to deliver the world’s most radio-pure phototube, which will find world-wide application in large experiments for neutrino detection, dark matter searches, and neutrinoless double-beta decay. The underground laboratory at Boulby is now in its 17th year as a symbiotic relation- ship between industry (CPL mine) and university research. The gravitational-wave project drives charge control systems and associated technology (UV light sources, particle guns, satellite instrumentation). For this work the group collaborates with EADS (Astrium UK, Astrium Germany), Carlo Gavazzi Space (Italy), ETL, the European Space Agency, SciSys and SEA.

Technical Development, Intellectual Property and Commercial Interactions

32 Photonics

In the Photonics group, most of our projects are interdisciplinary and we work closely with industry. Since 2011 the Photonics Group has undertaken collaborative research with the following companies: UK – AstraZeneca, GE Healthcare (UK and USA), GSK, Kentech Instruments Ltd, Pfizer and Europe - Mauna Kea Technologies (France), Kibero (Germany), JenLab GmbH (Germany), IPG Photonics, European Space Agency.

More specifically: Chris Dunsby filed a patent application in 2008 on oblique plane microscopy, a novel technique that he has invented and is currently applying to imaging calcium signals in cardiomyocytes with NHLI. This technology has subsequently been commercially licensed in 2012 through Imperial Innovations. Mark Neil’s spin out company, Aurox Ltd, was awarded a Queen’s Award for Innovation in 2012 and an Institute of Physics Innovation award in 2012. Paul French, Carl Paterson, Mark Neil and James McGinty filed a patent application in 2008 on a novel endoscope concept that they are developing via a recently (2013) awarded EPSRC grant and are talking to an industrial partner to explore commercialisation. Paul French and James McGinty filed a patent application in 2012 on a new approach to improve the resolution and speed of optical projec- tion tomography and are talking to potential commercialisation partners. Mike Damzen has sold his spin out company, MIDAZ Ltd, to Coherent, Inc Martin completed a project for ESA last year, looking at the feasibility of acoustic cloaking Plasma Physics

The Group is engaged in work involving the development and of new technologies for high-voltage pulsed power and high-power lasers and their exploitation to create and study plasmas and extreme states of matter. Our work using high-power lasers has led to developments in the field of “compact” plasma-based particle accelerators with many potential technological applications including medical imaging, PET iso- tope production and low collateral damage radiotherapy. We also investigate dusty plasmas, an understanding of which is important in inte- grated circuit manufacture and likely to critical for future magnetic confinement fusion reactors such as ITER. The Institute of Shock Physics hosted by the Plasma Physics group works on interdisciplinary research into systems and materials subject to high velocity impacts and high strain rates. This has applicability across a very diverse range of areas including fundamental materials science and protection from blast injuries. We collaborate with many companies and organisations that provide support for our activities. These include UKAEA Culham, the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, AWE Aldermaston plc, Sandia National Laboratory, the Laboratory for Laser Energetics (University of Rochester), the Institute of Laser Engineering (University of Osaka), the US Naval Research Laboratory, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the Royal Society, the Royal British Legion, QinetiQ and the National Physical Laboratory.

Quantum Optics & Laser Science

The Group applies cutting edge laser technology and detailed numerical modeling to a broad range of measurement and control problems in basic physics research. The Centre for Cold Matter has an ongoing collaboration with the K. J. Lesker company investigating transparent conductive films for polymers. There are also links with PG Technology (Precision machining company) on design of molecular decelerators, and with Shimadzu Research Laboratories (Europe) on the development of novel THz detectors which has recently resulted in a joint patent.

There are ongoing collaborations with the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) on ion trapping and the development of ultra-stable lasers. This includes supervision of students funded by the NPL who carry out most of their experimental work there, but who are registered as stu- dents at Imperial College. The Quantum Information Theory sub group has close links with a number of companies including HP. All optical quantum information protocols have been developed and work is on-going with the UltraFast Group at the Clarendon in Oxford on the real- ization of demonstrators of these protocols.

Space & Atmospheric Physics

In 2010 Ralf Toumi held a Royal Society Industry Fellowship at BP to improve the adaptation of BP facilities to climate change. He also held a NERC knowledge exchange fellowship that enhanced the impact of NERC science at Imperial College by interaction with industry. The Climate KIC is a EU program to innovate in the adaptation and mitigation opportunities presented by climate change. Ralf Toumi leads a major Climate KIC project on an open access catastrophe model with the insurance sector including Lloyds of London.

As part of an EU Marie Curie Research Training Network GLADNET during 2010 and 2011 we studied the characteristics of Glow Discharges, used as an analytical method for compositional analysis in industrial applications. Examples of applications include quality test- ing of thin coatings and layers, quality testing in the steel industry, and in nanotechnology applications.

We continue our longstanding collaboration in the design of magnetic field sensors with Ultra Electronics. We also initiated a license agree- ment with Satellite Services Ltd to market our innovative miniature magnetic field sensor based on magnetoresistive technology. In partner- ship with the European Space Agency and MST Aerospace GmbH we participated in a Technology Transfer Demonstrator project and were sponsored to exhibit our magnetoresistive magnetometer at the 2011 Hannover Trade Fair. We are engaged in a Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Satellite Services Ltd in the area of space science hardware, and are working in partnership with Astrium UK to develop ASIC technology for use with our magnetic field sensors.

Theoretical Physics

The dominant part of the Group's activities lie in constructing theories of the fundamental nature of the universe. Such studies have always lead to profound technical developments but the routes are often indirect and the timescales can be very long. Symplectic Limited, a leading developer of integrated research information management systems was started by ex-PhD students of the Theory Group and we have an ongoing association, including joint grant applications.

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33 Prof. Sergey Lebedev, MS, PhD, FInstP, F.APS [Plasma Physics] Staff Members Prof. Kenneth Long, BSc, DPhil [Experimental Particle Physics] Academic Prof. Angus Mackinnon, PhD [Physics] Prof. Joao Magueijo, BA, PhD [Physics] Prof. Stefan Maier, PhD Professors [Nanophotonics] Prof. Jonathan Marangos, PhD, ARCS, DIC [Laser Physics] Prof. Donal Bradley, BSc, PhD, ARCS, FRSA, CPhys, FInstP, FRS PhD [Experimental Physics] Prof. Martin McCall, [Theoretical Optics] Prof Jeremy Chittenden, BSc, PhD, DIC, CPhys, MInstP [Physics] Prof. Raymond Murray, BSc, PhD [Solid State Physics] Prof Kim Christensen, PhD [Theoretical Physics] Prof Zulfikar Najmudin, BA, PhD [Physics] Prof Lesley Cohen, BSc, PhD [Solid State Physics] Prof. Jordan Nash, BSc, PhD [Physics] Prof. Steven Cowley, BA, MA, PhD [Plasma Physics] Prof Mark Neil, BA, MA, PhD [Physics] Prof. Christopher Dainty, PhD [Applied Optics] Prof. Jenny Nelson, BA, PhD [Physics] Prof. Michael Damzen, PhD MA, DPhil [Experimental Laser Physics] Prof. Geoffrey New, [Nonlinear Optics] BA, DPhil Prof. Paul Dauncey, MA, PhD, FRS [Particle Physics] Prof. Sir John Pendry, [Theoretical Solid State Physics] Prof Gavin Davies, BSc, PhD MA, PhD, DIC, CSci, CPhys, FInstP [High Energy Physics] Prof. Christopher Phillips, [Physics] Prof. Peter Dornan, BA, PhD, FRS Prof. Martin Plenio, PhD (Dr. rer. nat) [Experimental Particle Physics] [Physics] BSc, PhD Prof. Michele Dougherty, Prof. Steven Rose, BA, DPhil, CPhys, FInstP [Space Physics] [Plasma Physics] BA, MA, PhD Prof Fay Dowker, Prof. Michael Rowan-Robinson, BA, PhD, FInstP, FRAS [Physics] [Astrophysics] BSc, PhD, DIC, FInstP Prof. Michael Duff, Prof. Steven Schwartz, BSc, PhD [Theoretical Physics] [Space and Atmospheric Physics] BSc, PhD, FInstP Prof. Roger Evans, Prof Daniel Segal, BSc, DPhil [Physics] [Quantum Optics] BSc, PhD Prof. Michael Finnis, Prof. Robin Smith, MA, PhD, DIC [Materials Theory and Simulation] [Physics] Prof. Matthew Foulkes, PhD Prof. Roland Smith, BSc, PhD [Physics] [Laser Physics] Prof. Leszek Frasinski, MSc, PhD, FInstP Prof. Kellogg Stelle, AB, PhD, FInstP [Atomic and Molecular Physics] [Theoretical Physics] Prof. Paul French, PhD Prof. Timothy Sumner, BSc, DPhil, CPhys, FInstP, FRAS [Physics] [Experimental Astrophysics] Prof. Jerome Gauntlett, BSc, PhD,FInstP Prof. Adrian Sutton, BA, MSc, PhD, FRS [Physics] [Nanotechnology] PhD Prof. Andrey Golutvin, Prof. Roy Taylor, BSc, PhD [Physics] [Ultrafast Physics and Technology] MA, MSc, DPhil, FInstP, FRMets Prof. Joanna Haigh, Prof. Richard Thompson, MA, DPhil [Atmospheric Physics] [Physics] BSc, PhD, DIC, ARCS Prof. Geoffrey Hall, Prof. John Tisch, BSc, PhD [Physics] [Laser Physics] BSc, PhD Prof. Jonathan Halliwell, Prof. Peter Török, DPhil, DSc [Physics] [Optical Physics] BA, PhD Prof Amihay Hanany, BSc, PhD, ARCS [Theoretical Physics] Prof. Ralf Toumi, [Atmospheric Physics] BSc, PhD, CPhys, FInstP, FRMets Prof. John Harries, MS, PhD [Earth Observation] Prof. Arkady Tseytlin, [Physics] PhD Prof Ortwin Hess, PhD [Metamaterials] Prof. Tejinder Virdee, [Physics] Prof. Edward Hinds, BA, DPhil, FRS [Quantum Optics] Prof. Dimitri Vvedensky, PhD [Theoretical Solid State Physics] Prof Timothy Horbury, BSc, PhD [Physics] Prof. Daniel Waldram, BA, MA, PhD Prof. Christopher Hull, BA, PhD, FInstP [Theoretical Physics] [Physics] Prof. David Wark, BSc, MS, PhD, FRS Prof. Misha Ivanov, MSc, PhD [Physics] [Physics] Prof. Stephen Warren, MA, PhD Prof. Andrew Jaffe, BS, MS, PhD, MInstP, FRAS [Astrophysics] [Astrophysics and Cosmology] Prof. Jing Zhang, BSc, PhD, DIC, ARCS [Physics] Prof Myungshik Kim, BS, MSc, MBS, PhD, PGCHET [Theoretical Quantum Information]

34 Readers Senior Research Lecturer Research Fellows

Dr Thomas Anthopoulos, BEng, PhD Mr Christopher Carr, BScs Dr Raymond Beuselinck, BSc, PhD Dr Alasdair Campbell, BSc, MSc, PhD Dr Jonathan Eastwood, PhD Dr Carlo Contaldi, MSci, PhD Dr David Futyan, PhD Dr Michael Coppins, BSc, PhD Lecturers Dr Joachim Hamm, PhD Dr Arnaud Czaja, PhD Dr Jonathan Hays, PhD Dr Ulrik Egede, BSc, PhD Dr Vitali Averbukh, PhD Dr Arish Mostofi, PhD Dr Robert Forsyth, BSc, PhD Dr Sean Barrett, PhD Dr Jonathan Murray, PhD Dr John Hassard, BSc, PhD Dr Simon Bland, MSci, PhD Dr Mitesh Patel, PhD Dr Peter Haynes, BA, PhD Dr Will Branford, MSc, PhD Dr Gary Perkins, PhD Dr Ingo Mueller-Wodarg, MSc, PhD Dr Helen Brindley, BSc, PhD Dr David Raymond, BSc, MSc, PhD Dr Carl Paterson, BA, PhD Dr Amanda Chatten, BSc, PhD Dr Jacqueline Russell, BSc, PhD Dr Juliet Pickering, BA, MA, PhD, DIC Dr David Clements, BSc, PhD, DIC Dr Christopher Seez, PhD Dr Sergei Popov, MSc, PhD Dr Christopher Dunsby, MSci, PhD Dr Yannick Sonnefraud, PhD Dr Jurgen Pozimski, BSc, MSc, PhD Dr Daniel Eakins, PhD Dr Kosmas Tsakmaskidis, PhD Dr William Proud, BSc, PhD, FlnstP,CPhys, CChem Dr Jonathan Hudson, MPhys, DPhil Dr Arttu Rajantie, BSc, MSc, PhD Dr Richard Jesik, BSc, MSc, PhD Dr Terence Rudolph, PhD, BSc Dr Robert Kingham, BSc, PhD Outreach / Teaching Dr Benjamin Sauer, BA, PhD Dr Elizabeth Lucek, BSc, PhD Dr Caroline Clewley Dr Stefan Scheel, PhD (Dr. rer. nat.), Dipl.- Phys Dr Stuart Mangles, MSci, PhD Teaching Fellow Dr James McGinty, PhD Senior Lecturers Dr Subhanjoy Mohanty, PhD Dr Mark Richards Dr Daniel Mortlock, PhD Teaching Fellow Dr Henrique Araujo, PhD Dr Rupert Oulton, MSci, PhD Dr Vijay Tymms Dr Oliver Buchmueller, PhD Dr Jaroslaw Pasternak, PhD Teaching Fellow Dr Roy Burns, PhD Dr Jonathan Pritchard, PhD Dr David Colling, BSC, BA, PhD Dr Karl Sandeman, PhD Dr Ned Ekins-Daukes, MSci, MSc, PhD Dr Paul Tangney, BSc, PhD Academic Leavers Dr Timothy Evans, BA, PhD Dr Alex Tapper, PhD Dr Jaeyoon Cho Dr Marina Galand, PhD Dr Roberto Trotta, PhD Professor Russell Cowburn Dr Ji-Seon Kim, PhD Dr Yoshiyuki Uchida, BA, PhD Dr Nadav Drukker Dr Derek Lee, BA, PhD Dr Morgan Wascko, BA, MSci, PhD Dr Julia Sedgbeer, PhD, DIC Dr Constantinos Foudas Dr Paul Stavrinou, BEng, PhD Professor Kirpal Nandra Dr Michael Tarbutt, MPhys, DPhil Dr Diana Shaul Dr Yvonne Unruh, MSc, PhD Dr Gabriela Slavcheva-Koleva Dr Kenneth Weir, BSc, PhD Dr Monika Voigt Dr Toby Wiseman, PhD Dr Mike Wiltshire Honorary Associations 2010/11

Senior Research Investigators Distinguished Research Honorary Technical Advisor Fellows Mr Gilbert Satterthwaite Emeritus Prof. Keith Barnham, PhD BSc, PhD Emeritus Prof. David Caplin, MA, MSc, PhD Dr Trevor Bacon, MSc, DIC Emeritus Prof Peter Cargill, BSc, PhD Emeritus Prof. Andre Balogh, Honorary Schools Liaison BSc, PhDCBE, Dr Jack Connor, BSc, PhD Emeritus Prof. Ian Butterworth, Assistant FRS Dr Aboubaker Dangor, BSc, DSc Mr Robert Airey, BSc PhD, Dr Michel Della Negra, BSc, PhD Emeritus Prof Jean Patrick Connerade, ARCS, DIC Dr John Gallop, BA, DPhil BSc, PhD Visiting Professors Prof. Malcolm Haines,PhD, ARCS, FRCO, ARCM, Emeritus Prof. Gareth Jones, PhD, FRAS FInstP Emeritus Prof. Peter Meikle, Prof. John Allen, MA, PhD, DSc BSc, PhD, DIC, Emeritus Prof. Christopher Isham, BSc, ARCS, Emeritus Prof. Gareth Parry, Prof. Farhat Beg, PhD, MPhil, MSc, BSc FREng PhD, FInstP Prof Anthony Bell, MA, PhD, MInstP, CPhys, FRAS BSc, PhD, DIC, Dr Hugh Jones, BA, PhD Emeritus Prof. John Quenby, Prof. Alain Blondel, DEA, PhD ARCS Emeritus Prof. Bruce Joyce, DSc, FRS Prof Neil Bourne, PhD MA, DPhil Prof. Thomas Kibble, MA, PhD, FRS Lady Anne Thorne, Prof March Burchell, PhD PhD, ARCS Prof. Sir Peter Knight, BSc, DPhil, FRS Emeritus Prof. David Websdale, Dr Jeremy Burroughes, BSc, PhD Prof. Elliot Leader, BSc, MS, PhD Prof Swapan Chattopadhyay, PhD Emeritus Prof Raymond Rivers, BA, MA, PhD, Honorary Lecturers Dr Gilbert Collins, PhD FInstP Prof Carlos De Silva, PhD Dr Almut Beige, BSc, PhD Prof David Southwood, BA, DIC, PhD Dr William Dorland, BS, PhD, Dr Ken Bignell, BSc, PhD, ARCS Prof John Thompson, MA, PhD Prof. Sergei Dudarev, BS, PhD Dr Anne Curtis, PhD Dr Malcolm Dunlop, BSc, PhD Dr Gianluca Gregori, PhD Dr. Anthony Dunne, BSc, PhD, DIC, ARCS Dr Edward Gumbrell, PhD Prof. John Ellis, BA, PhD Honorary Research Fellows Dr Paul Hazell, BEng Dr Lyndon Evans, BSc, PhD Mr Edward Judd, HNC Mr David Price, MA, DIC Prof. Vladimir Fortov, MSc, PhD Dr Matthew Owens, PhD Dr Khadija Tahir,BSc, MSc, PhD Dr Wojciech Fundamenski, PhD Dr Alex Robinson, BA, MSc, PhD Mrs Prudence Wormell, BSc Prof. Patrick Gill, BSc, DPhil Dr Alex Schekochihin, PhD Dr Wenyi Zhong, MSc, PhD Dr Mark Glaser, MB BS, M.R.C.S.L.R.C.P, FFR Dr Sherif Sherif, BSc, MS, PhD (R.C.S.I), D.M.R.T, F.R.C.R

35 Visiting Professors cont. Research Dr Oliver Gutfleisch, PhD Research Associates Prof. Richard Harrison, PhD Mr Robert Hastie, BSc, MSc, FInstP, F.APS Dr Yuriy Alexandrov Dr Elise Street Laird Prof. Timothy Hender, BSc, PhD Dr Hemmel Amrania Dr David Lara-Saucedo Prof Bernhard Hoenders, PhD Dr Brian Daniel Appelbe Dr Haksung Lee Prof. Henry Hutchinson, BSc, PhD Dr Morteza Aslaninejad Dr Dangyuan Lei Prof Chan Joshi, PhD Dr Sam Azadi Dr Martin Oliver Lenz Prof. Gannady Kanel, PhD Dr Minas Bacharis Dr Matthew Lilley Prof. Karl Krushelnick, BSc, MA, PhD Dr Robert J Bainbridge Dr Carlos Macias-Romero Prof. Michael Lockwood, PhD Dr Jens Balzer Dr Roderick C I Mackenzie Prof. Leon Lucy, BSc, PhD Dr James Richard Banks Dr Anne-Marie Magnan Dr. Louis Lyons, BSc, DPhil Dr Piers Robert Fitzgerald Barnes Dr Robert C Maher Prof. Vladimir Milyavskiy, MSc, PhD Dr Daniela Ursula Bauer Dr Matthew Malek Dr Peter Norreys, BSc, MSc, PhD Dr Claudio Belotti Dr Kaisey Stephen Mandel Prof. Bob Palmer, BSc, PhD Dr Colin Rowland Belton Dr Anca Margineanu Prof. Chris Rapley, BA, MSc, PhD Dr Shailen Mahendra Bharadia Dr Jad Marrouche Prof. Sergey Razorenov, PhD Dr Damien Gerard Evelyn Bigourd Dr Janusz Martyniak Prof. Sir Martin Rees, MA, PhD, FRS Dr Matteo Bocchi Dr Daniel Mason Dr Peter Roberts, BSc, PhD Dr Leron Borsten Dr Dara Patrick Stephen McCutcheon Prof. David Smith, PhD, ARCS Dr Jude William Bowyer Dr Jeremy Mitchell Prof. Nigel Smith, BSc, PhD Dr Filiberto Giorgio Braglia Dr Kelly Marie Morrison Prof Paul Smith, PhD Dr Aidan Brown Dr Angela Mortier Dr Michael Tatarakis, BSc, MSc, PhD Dr Evgeny Buchbinder Dr Beinn Muir Prof Michael Thompson, MA, PhD Dr Stefan Y Buhmann Dr Miguel Navarro-Cia Dr Adrian Tuck, BSc, PhD Dr Laurence Henry Carson Dr Ahsan Nazir Prof Ellen Williams, PhD Dr Antoine Chamballu Dr Alexander Nikitenko Prof. Ronald Winter, FInstP, PhD Dr David Chapman Dr Dmitri Igorevich Novikov Dr Bridgette Cooper Dr Robert A Nyman Visiting Readers Dr Joseph Cotter Dr Sang Soon Oh Dr Stefano Cremonesi Dr Brian O’Halloran Dr Katherine Brown, PhD Dr Daniel Crick Dr Michael Mangin Petersen Dr Damien Hicks, PhD Dr Pasquale D’Angelo Dr Michele Pioppi Dr Aliakbar Dariush Dr Raluca Radu Dr Angela Demetriadou Dr Duncan Rand Honorary Association Leavers Dr Cléa Lumina Denamiel Dr Licia Ray Dr Sami Dib Dr Alexander John Richards Dr Witold Chalupczak Dr Aristomenis Donos Dr Tyler Roschuk Dr Benedict Murdin Dr Antonio Fernandez-Dominguez Dr Matthew Ruffoni Dr Geoffrey Rochester Dr Matthew Roy Foreman Dr James R Rufus Dr Peter Sharp Dr Felix Frank Dr Holger Schmitz Dr Markus Franz Fuhrer Dr Mark W C Sherlock Dr Jonathan Richard Fulcher Dr Yuri Alexandrovich Shitov Dr Rashid Ganeev Dr Sarah Margaretha Skoff Dr Marco Genoni Dr Sarah Naomi Sparrow Dr Zsolt Gercsi Dr Peter Spencer Dr Vincenzo Giannini Dr Suren Sukiasyan Dr Adam Gilbertson Dr Francisco Andres Suzuki-Vidal Dr Hannes Guhl Dr Clifford Talbot Dr Gareth Neville Hall Dr Mark Tame Dr Stephen Hanham Dr Sean Kaoru Tokunaga Dr Richard James Hendricks Dr Wing Chung Tsoi Dr Edward Hill Dr Sachetan Tuladhar Dr David Hoffmann Dr Antonio Urbina Dr Daniel Robert Hollington Dr Linda Uruchurtu-Gomez Dr Rosalind Helen Bevis Hopwood Dr Monica Vazquez Acosta Dr Jaesuk Hwang Dr Stuart Lee Wakefield Dr Leo James Jenner Dr Thomas Wall Dr Per M Jonsson Dr Peter James Wass Dr Dhiren Kara Dr Sebastien Weber Dr Georgia Karapostoli Dr Robert Wicks Dr Sugata Kaviraji Dr Michael Williams Dr Stephane Kena-Cohen Dr Tobias Witting Dr Gordon Kennedy Dr Ruidong Xia Dr Jong Soo Kim Dr Karen Ann Yates Dr Paul Kinsler Dr Amelle Zair Dr Thomas Kirchartz Dr Rongkuo Zhao Dr Donnacha Ross Kirk Dr Stefan Kneip Dr Sunil Kumar Dr Ajit Kurup Dr Sam Ladak

36 Research

Research Associates Leavers Research Assistants

Dr Georges Adamopoulos Dr Xiaofeng Li Mr William Thomas Ball Dr Nadine Afram Dr Isabel Llorente-Garcia Mr Edward Burgin Dr Tiziano Agostinelli Dr James Lucietti Mr Lionel Raphael Samuel Chaudet Dr Marco Apollonio Dr Barry Charles MacEvoy Mr Ching Ho Jacob Cheung Dr Elsa Arcaute Dr Jarlath McKenna Mr Konstantinos Daskalakis Dr Christopher Alexander Arrell Dr James Moore Mr Kees de Vries Dr Alexandre Aubry Dr David Mulryne Mr Adam James Dobbs Dr Egidijus Auksorius Dr Sabrina R Nagel Mr Alexander Finch Dr Sarah Baker Dr Daniel O'Dea Mr Peter Timothy Fox Dr James Andrew Peter Bedford Dr Stuart Keble Paterson Mr Jarvist Frost Dr George John Bendo Dr Dorothee Celine M C Petit Mr Nicholas Hylton Dr Sergio Benvenuti Dr Plamen G Petrov Mr Nicolas-Pierre Niasse Dr Douglas Blackie Dr Adrian Ratnapala Mr Malte Oppermann Dr Thomas Blake Dr Daniel Edward Read Mr Mark Franco Pesaresi Mr Fernando Brandao Dr Adam Rej Mr Marco Roberti Dr Murray Brightman Dr Riccardo Ricci Mr Geoge Swadling Dr Alice Claire Brown Dr Christopher Ridgers Ms Gabrielle Marie Thomas Dr Daniel Burgarth Dr Jesus Rogel-Salazar Mr Nikolay L Vaklev Dr E Cheung Cora Cheung Dr Indrani Roy Mr Tom Whyntie Dr Luke Edward Chipperfield Dr Claire Ryder Dr Edmund Mallory Clarke Dr Tim Scanlon Dr Jun Cui Dr Markus Oliver Schulte Research Assistant Leavers Dr Animesh Datta Dr Peter Charles Shardlow Dr Suresh Doravari Dr Thomas Nils Siegel Mr Cristian Bontoiu Dr Daniel Farrell Dr Andrew Singleton Mr Hugo William Doyle Dr Amalio Chicon Fernandez-Pacheco Dr Jeremy Nicholas Smith Mr Christopher John Mackay Emmott Dr Chris Goddard Dr Julian Sonner Ms Cecilia Flori Dr Edward James Grace Dr Markus Stoye Mr Omair Ghafur Dr Paul David Green Dr Ricardo Torres La Porte Mr Edmund Henley Dr Ullrich Hannemann Dr Stephane S Tourneur Mr Simon Paul King Dr Adam Harvey-Thompson Dr John C Travers Mr Rhys Lloyd Dr Alexander Haupt Dr Markos Trichas Mr Sohail Mushtaq Dr Susannah Heck Dr Michael Trupke Ms Charlotte Palmer Dr Andrew Henning Dr Rim Turkmani Mr Alexander Douglas Plato Dr Matthias Hohenberger Dr Antonin Vacheret Mr Sayed Ali Salehi-Reyhani Dr Oliver Markus Horn Dr Antony Valentini Mr Joao Miguel Ramos Melo Sampaio Dr Thilini Wijesinghe Seneviratne Ishwara Dr Manuel Vogel Dr Caitroina Mary Jackman Dr Richard J Walker Dr Ana-Vanessa Jausovec Dr Xiangjun Wang Dr David Jennings Dr Krzysztof Wargan Dr Simon Jolly Dr Simon Waschke Dr Panagiotis Keivanidis Dr Ingunn Kathrine Wehus Dr James Kirkpatrick Mr Paul H Woebkenberg Dr Renaud Lambiotte Dr Man Xu Dr Laurent Lamy

37 Research and Administrative Support Staff 2010/11

Institute of Shock Physics (ISP) Research Support Staff Research Support Staff Ciara Mulholland Leavers Senior Administrator for ISP Experimental Solid State Dr Christine Thompson Dr Xuhua Wang Mr James Berg Programme Director CPE Glove Box Facility Officer Senior Mechanical Design Engineer (EXSS) Dr James Buchanan Optics High Energy Physics Senior Applications Engineer (EXSS) (Photonics & Quantum Optics Groups) Dr Saad Mishal Hamid Alsari Dr Simon Buehlmann Electrical Engineer Judith Baylis Senior Applications Engineer (EXSS) Mr Geoffrey Barber Senior Group Administrator Mr Kostas Georgiou Project Engineer Sara Chesnick Deputy Systems Manager (HEPH) Deputy Group Administrator Mr Simon Fayer Mr Ashok Kumar Jamdagni Sanja Maricic Computing System Support/Administrator Research Officer (HEPH) in Grid Computing PA to the Centre for Cold Matter Prof Ed Dr James Leaver Hinds FRS Dr Gregory Michiel Iles Software Engineer (HEPH) Electronics Engineer Dr Chee Lim Theoretical Physics Group Mr Andrew Rose Senior Applications Engineer (EXSS) Electronic Engineer Graziela De Nadai-Sowrey Mr Alban Rochel Group Administrator Mr Peter James Savage Software Development Officer (SPAT) Project Engineer Mr John Tovey Mr Trevor Edward Savidge Computer Manager (ASTR) DTC Project Engineer Dr Susan Turner Centre for Plasmonics and Metamaterials: Senior Applications Engineer (EXSS) Photonics Group Dr Nick Harrigan Mr Timothy Watts Outreach officer Mr Ian Munro Computer System Support/Administrator HEPH) Research Officer Mr Osman Zorba Centre for Plastic Electronics: Electronics Engineer (HEPH) Dr Sophie Armstrong Brown Plasma Physics Programme Manager Mr Nigel MacCarthy Experimental Services and Wind Tunnel Head of Departments Office Ms Sophie Smith Manager DTC Administrative Assistant Kalvinder Chana Quantum Optics & Laser Science Senior Administrator Centre for Doctoral Training on CQD & Mr Alan Ashton-Smith Linda Jones TSM: Project Assistant Operations Manager for Physics Ms Lilian Wanjohi DTC Senior Administrator Caroline Walker Space & Atmospheric Physics Executive Assistant Dr Leah-Nani Soledad Alconcel Miss Miranda Smith Scientific DTC Administrative Assistant Dr Anthony Allen Research Groups Scientific Cluster Office (Astrophysics, Plasma, Dr Richard John Bantges Space & Atmospherics) Scientific Sandie Bernor Student Administration Mr Patrick Brown Group Administrator Postgraduate Office Senior Research Officer Louise Hayward Mr Emanuele Cupido Senior Group Administrator Loli Sanchez Rey Research Officer Postgraduate Administrator Mr Stephen Kellock Condensed Matter Theory & Dr Andrew Williamson Senior Research Officer Experimental Solid State Physics Postgraduate Development Officer Miss Heather Lewtas Groups Instrument Analyst/Engineer Carolyn Dale Undergraduate Office Mr Lee Matthews Senior Group Administrator Mery Fajardo Instrument Analyst/Engineer Juraci Didone Admissions Administrator Ms Helen O’Brien Administrative Assistant Stephanie Smallwood Research Officer Bhavna Patel Undergraduate Administrator Mr Timothy Oddy Administrator Derryck Stewart Spacecraft Operations Engineer Undergraduate Education Manager High Energy Physics Group Dr Adri Peter Slootweg Research Officer Carol Barlow Experiments Manager Mr Nathan Sparks Community Support Scientist Paula Brown Group Administrator

38 Facilities Mechanical Instrumentation High Energy Physics Group Workshop and Group Electronics Workshop Paul Brown Technicians Mechanical Instrumentation Workshop Sarah Greenwood Manager Stephen Annett Vera Kasey Vivienne Frater Trevor Beek (SPAT) Departmental Facilities Manager Maria Khaleeq David Bowler Simon Graham Maintenance Piera Maria Brambilla (HEPH) High Energy Physics Group Malcolm Hudson Stephen Cussell (EXSS) Mechanical Workshop Departmental Buildings Manager Jonathan Dyne (QOLS) Ranjana Poudel Alan Finch (PLAS) David Clark Common Room Assistant Andrew Gregory (QOLS) Ian Clark Alice Powell Simon Johnson (PHOT / QOLS) Roger Hare Common Room Assistant Neal Powell Alan Last (SPAT) Reprographics Michael Lennon (PLAS) Meilin Sancho Stephen Maine Optical Mechanical Workshop Reprographics Steven Nelson Martin Kehoe Harry Vine Melvyn Patmore (PHOT) Departmental Services Manager Martin Pettifer Alan Raper Electronics Workshop Teaching Laboratory Andrew Rochester Technicians Technicians Peter Ruthven (QOLS) Valerijus Gerulis Harish Dawda James Stone (PHOT / QOLS) Shahid Hanif 1st Year Laboratory David Williams Susan Parker Robert Whiske Brian Willey (QOLS) 1st Year Laboratory Graham Axtell 2nd Year Laboratory Research and Administrative Paul Beaumont Support Staff Leavers 2nd Year Laboratory Ms Mona Aggarwal Geoffrey Green Support/Research Office in Grid Computing 3rd Year Laboratory (HEPH) Lee Parker Miss Claude Banzigou 3rd Year Laboratory Technician (HEPH) Miss Sarah Dodman Institute Administrator (ISP) Miss Julie Kite PA (EXSS) Mr Andrew Knight UG Teaching Administrator Ms Deidre Long Admininstrative Assistant (SPAT) Miss Dilly Osbahr Group Administrator (ASTR) Dr Simon Philbin Programme Director (ISP) Mr Bandula Ranjana Ratnasekara Technician (QOLS) Ms Sara Reimers Undergraduate Secretary Mr Philip Shanahan Examinations Officer Miss Rebecca Smith Administrative Assistant (EXSS) Mrs Milja Vuckovic Common Room Assistant/Cashier

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