Experimental Quantum Optics
and Photonics Group
Quantum Technologies
Latest News
Join our team pioneering GPS-free positioning using a cutting-edge wearable quantum magnetic sensor.
Our results demonstrating a correlated pair-source to perform target detection and range-finding to show the resilience of quantum-enhanced lidar to classical jamming have been published in Optics Express.
New Chancellor’s Fellow
Congratulations on Dr Stuart Ingleby becoming the groups newest Chancellors Fellow. Stuart will continue to advance the development of atomic magnetometry, see here for details.
Congratulations to Dr James McGilligan on receiving a prestigious Royal Society of Engineering Fellowship to develop technology for quantum navigation. There is a detailed Strathclyde news article available here.
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 …
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 …
Simple tunable phase-locked lasers for quantum technologies
EPJ Quantum Technology
13,
(2026)
In a wide range of quantum technology applications, ranging from atomic clocks to the creation of ultracold samples for atom …
Live magnetomyography and robotic-hand proxy control using a wearable triaxial optically pumped magnetometer
Scientific Reports
(2026)
Zero-field optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs) represent a promising modality in biomagnetism research due to their ultra-sensitive …