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
APS ViewPoint ‘‘An Accordion Lattice Playing a Soliton Tune’’
Your 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).
A colloboration between the Ultracold Matter and Quantum Technology (T. Ackemann, E. Haller) and Computional Nonlonerar and Quantum Optics Group (G. Robb, P. Kirton) obtained funding from EPSRC for the investigation of Supersolids and quantum droplets via light mediated interactions.
Recent publications
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 …
Neutral atom quantum computing
Contemporary Physics
1–19
(2026)
Neutral atom quantum computing has evolved rapidly over the last decade, with experiments moving from investigating dipole-dipole …
Rapid axial loading of a grating MOT with a cold-atom beam
EPJ Quantum Technology
(2026)
Laser-cooled atoms are increasingly being used to realise practical quantum devices, motivating the development of compact and robust …