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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, …
A. M. Pike, A. Dorne, L. Pickering, M. Jamieson, I. T. MacCuish, E. Riis, M. Y. H. Johnson, V. A. Henderson, P. F. Griffin, A. S. Arnold
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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 …
R. Cannon, A. Arnold, P. Griffin, E. Riis, O. Burrow
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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 …
N. Agnew, D. Lowit, A. S. Arnold
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Standard photonic (quantum) thermometry in the UK
38, (2026)
Two emerging developments in photon based (quantum) thermometry are described, namely, active ring-resonator thermometry (ARRT) and …
G. Machin, N. Agnew, A. Yamsiri, A. Arnold, E. Riis, S. Sweeney
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Practical primary thermometry via alkali-metal-vapour Doppler broadening
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences 384, (2026)
Doppler-broadening thermometry (DBT) can be used as a calibration-free primary thermometer suitable for practical applications, e.g. …
N. Agnew, V. Vohníkova, E. Riis, G. Machin, A. S. Arnold
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Observation of Rayleigh optical activity for chiral molecules: a new chiroptical tool
Journal of Physical Chemistry A 129, 11884–11887 (2025)
By measuring a small circularly polarized component in the scattered light, we report the first observation of Rayleigh optical …
D. McArthur, E. I. Alexakis, A. R. Puente, R. McGonigle, A. J. Love, P. L. Polavarapu, L. D. Barron, L. E. MacKenzie, A. S. Arnold, R. P. Cameron
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A compact high-flux grating chip cold atom source
New Journal of Physics 27, (2025)
Diffraction gratings have simplified the optical implementation of magneto-optical traps (MOTs) to require only a single input beam, …
H. Heine, A. S. Arnold, M. S. Le Gonidec, P. F. Griffin, E. Riis, W. Herr, E. M. Rasel
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Practical doppler broadening thermometry
3230, (2024)
We report initial research to develop a compact and practical primary thermometer based on Doppler broadening thermometry (DBT). The …
N. Agnew, G. Machin, E. Riis, A. S. Arnold
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Simple tunable phase-locked lasers for quantum technologies
(2024)
In a wide range of quantum technology applications, ranging from atomic clocks to the creation of ultracold or quantum degenerate …
N. Agnew, D. Lowit, A. S. Arnold
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Theory of Rayleigh–Brillouin optical activity light scattering applicable to chiral liquids
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 26, 11641–11648 (2024)
It has long been understood that dilute samples of chiral molecules such as rarefied gases should exhibit Rayleigh optical activity. We …
R. P. Cameron, E. I. Alexakis, A. S. Arnold, D. McArthur
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