Ultracold Matter and Quantum Technology
Welcome to the University of Strathclyde’s Ultracold Matter and Quantum Technology (UMQT). We are part of the Optics Division in the Department of Physics. Please contact us if you are interested in working in our research areas. See also the International Graduate School for Quantum Technologies, and available PhD opportunities.
Research Areas and Groups
Latest News
Join our team pioneering GPS-free positioning using a cutting-edge wearable quantum magnetic sensor.
APS ViewPoint ‘‘An Accordion Lattice Playing a Soliton Tune’’
Our article on lattice solitons has been featured with a Viewpoint article by the American Physical Society.
We present an experimental setup which provides a versatile environment to study soliton formation and evolution in lattice potentials. Opt. Express 34, 623-637 (2026).
Recent publications
Fresnel zone plates for reconfigurable atomic waveguides
Optics Express
34,
26526–26534
(2026)
Fresnel zone plates (FZPs), with patterns of 1 µm resolution and 108+ textquoteleftpixelstextquoteright, allow the formation of clean, …
Mott-insulating phases of the Bose-Hubbard model on quasi-one-dimensional ladder lattices
Physical Review A
(2026)
We calculate the phase diagram of the Bose-Hubbard model on a half-filled ladder lattice including the effect of finite on-site …
Sparse-graph optimization using weighted quantum wires in Rydberg-atom arrays
Physical Review Applied
(2026)
Neutral atom arrays provide a versatile platform to implement coherent quantum annealing as an approach to solving hard combinatorial …
Advances in unshielded optically pumped alkali magnetometers
Contemporary Physics
1–11
(2026)
The development of optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs) capable of operating in fields up to and beyond Earth’s field has been …