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Alex Clark @dralexclark.bsky.social · Aug 4

Can you explain a quantum concept in 3 min? Enter IOP's #QuantumOnTheClock competition. A video competition for UK & Irish students in their final 2 yrs pre-uni.🏆 £2k prizes | 🎥 Featured on IOP YouTube | 🎉 Celebrate IYQ 2025🗓️ Open Now–Deadline 4 Oct 2025 ➡️ iop.org/quantum-clock @qqq-iop.bsky.social

Quantum on the Clock

School students: can you explain quantum science or technology in a 3-minute video?

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Alex Clark @dralexclark.bsky.social · Jul 4

QET Labs contingent for the EntangleCam exhibit at The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition! Come see us over the weekend in London and hear about quantum tech for healthcare and sensing! @qetlabs.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social

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Alex Clark @dralexclark.bsky.social · Jun 23

Another excellent result posted to the arXiv today! We replace the mirror in our methane sensing nonlinear interferometer with paper, and it can still sense the background methane in the room and is more robust to misalignment! arxiv.org/abs/2506.17107 @qetlabs.bsky.social @qusit.bsky.social

Open-Path Methane Sensing via Backscattered Light in a Nonlinear Interferometer

Nonlinear interferometry has widespread applications in sensing, spectroscopy, and imaging. However, most implementations require highly reflective mirrors and precise optical alignment, drastically r...

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Alex Clark @dralexclark.bsky.social · Jun 17

The arXiv papers keep coming! This time an amazing demonstration of entanglement-inspired rangefinding between different buildings across Bristol! We use low light levels and single photon detection, but operate in daylight! arxiv.org/pdf/2506.11980 @qepnthub.bsky.social @qetlabs.bsky.social

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Alex Clark @dralexclark.bsky.social · Jun 13

New arXiv paper! We use a plasmonic metasurface to demonstrate pulsed nonlinear interference via double-pass stimulated four-wave mixing! See here: arxiv.org/abs/2506.01175. Collaboration between ICL, QET Labs, and NTU. @qetlabs.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @qusit.bsky.social

Phase Matching Free Sensing with Undetected Light Using a Nonlinear Metasurface

In this letter, we report classical sensing with undetected light using octave spanning stimulated four-wave mixing from a plasmonic metasurface. The bidirectional nonlinear scattering due to inherent...

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Alex Clark @dralexclark.bsky.social · Jun 6

Gave talks today at Stanford and Berkeley! Great questions, amazing campuses, and some fun lab visits too! @stanfordpress.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @qetlabs.bsky.social @qusit.bsky.social @qepnthub.bsky.social

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Alex Clark @dralexclark.bsky.social · May 20

Postdoc Job Alert! Come and work in my group at the cutting edge of interfacing atomic #quantum memories with single #photon emitters! Closing date: 17th June. See here: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de... @qetlabs.bsky.social @qusit.bsky.social @qepnthub.bsky.social @qqq-iop.bsky.social

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Alex Clark @dralexclark.bsky.social · Apr 24

Huge opportunity to come here not only for a permanent academic role, but also to be Director of the QIST CDT! Bristol is an incredible city to live in, and the quantum ecosystem here is amazing. Get your applications in by 18th May! bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de... @qetlabs.bsky.social

AI image of Bristol Suspension Bridge with a laser network in the sky!

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Alex Clark @dralexclark.bsky.social · Apr 24

Huge opportunity to come here not only for a permanent academic role, but also to be Director of the QIST CDT! Bristol is an incredible city to live in, and the quantum ecosystem here is amazing. Get your applications in by 18th May! bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de... @qetlabs.bsky.social

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Alex Clark @dralexclark.bsky.social · Apr 17

Nominations are open for the IOP Bates Prize, awarded in odd years to an early career researcher in fields related to quantum, atomic and molecular physics! Deadline 14th May. See here: www.iop.org/physics-comm... @qqq-iop.bsky.social @qusit.bsky.social @qepnthub.bsky.social @qetlabs.bsky.social

Bates Prize

The Bates Prize is awarded to an early career researcher for outstanding research in the field of Quantum Electronics and Photonics.

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Alex Clark @dralexclark.bsky.social · Apr 9

The #Quantum, #Atomic, and #Molecular #Physics (QuAMP) Conference has extended its abstract deadline to 18th April. Get your submissions in, and join us in Newcastle in September for great talks and posters! iop.eventsair.com/quamp2025/ @qetlabs.bsky.social @qepnthub.bsky.social @qusit.bsky.social

Home - QuAMP 2025 - Newcastle University

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Alex Clark @dralexclark.bsky.social · Mar 31

One week left to apply! 😁

Alex Clark @dralexclark.bsky.social · Mar 24

The IOP Quantum, Atomic and Molecular Physics (QUAMP) Conference is being held in Newcastle in September this year with a great list of speakers. Abstract submissions close on 4th April - get them in now! iop.eventsair.com/quamp2025/ @qusit.bsky.social @qepnthub.bsky.social #quantum

Home - QuAMP 2025 - Newcastle University

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Alex Clark @dralexclark.bsky.social · Mar 18

Come join us as a lecturer in the QIST CDT! Great chance to come and teach amazing students and contribute to @qetlabs.bsky.social world-leading research! bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de... @qusit.bsky.social @qepnthub.bsky.social #quantum #technology

Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol

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Alex Clark @dralexclark.bsky.social · Mar 14

Poster submission deadline today! Get your abstract in! Some will be upgraded to talks too.

Alex Clark @dralexclark.bsky.social · Feb 27

This year is the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology! Why not come and celebrate it with us in Bristol this April! quantum2025.org/iyq-event/bq... Still time to submit poster abstracts and register! @qqq-iop.bsky.social @qetlabs.bsky.social @qepnthub.bsky.social @qusit.bsky.social

BQIT:25 - IYQ 2025

Bristol Quantum Information Technologies Workshop (BQIT) is a three-day annual workshop aimed at enabling leading UK and international academics and industrial partners to come together to explore and...

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Alex Clark @dralexclark.bsky.social · Mar 5

Interesting article here: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1.... Anyone had issues with visa fees as an overseas researcher coming to the UK? Or left the UK because of fees?

Quantum researcher mobility: the wonderful wizard of Oz who paid for Dorothy's visa fees - IOPscienceSearch

Quantum researcher mobility: the wonderful wizard of Oz who paid for Dorothy’s visa fees, Malik, Mehul, Agudelo, Elizabeth, Kunjwal, Ravi

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Alex Clark @dralexclark.bsky.social · Feb 27

This year is the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology! Why not come and celebrate it with us in Bristol this April! quantum2025.org/iyq-event/bq... Still time to submit poster abstracts and register! @qqq-iop.bsky.social @qetlabs.bsky.social @qepnthub.bsky.social @qusit.bsky.social

BQIT:25 - IYQ 2025

Bristol Quantum Information Technologies Workshop (BQIT) is a three-day annual workshop aimed at enabling leading UK and international academics and industrial partners to come together to explore and...

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Alex Clark @dralexclark.bsky.social · Feb 26

Cool new images on the @qetlabs.bsky.social website including our cryogenic confocal microscope probe with attocube positioners for use in the ICE Oxford cryostat! Check out the website for up to date information on our research, outreach, events, people, & opportunities! www.bristol.ac.uk/qet-labs/

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Alex Clark @dralexclark.bsky.social · Feb 13

New paper published in APL on methane sensing with a nonlinear interferometer! We detect background levels of methane and see the narrow vibrational mid-IR spectra of the gas molecules using a simple silicon detector. Check it out: doi.org/10.1063/5.02... @qetlabs.bsky.social @qusit.bsky.social

Methane sensing via unbalanced nonlinear interferometry using a CMOS camera and undetected mid-infrared light

Here, we present a high-sensitivity, rapid, and low-cost method for methane sensing based on a nonlinear interferometer. This method utilizes signal photons gen

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Alex Clark @dralexclark.bsky.social · Jan 22

QET Labs now has a BlueSky account: @qetlabs.bsky.social Follow us to keep up to date on all of our activities in quantum science and technology!

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QET Labs @qetlabs.bsky.social · Jan 21

Hello Bluesky! Kicking off our new profile with exciting news about our annual conference, BQIT:25 (Bristol Quantum Information Technologies workshop).

Deadline for early bird tickets is Friday 31 January. Register now for a discounted ticket! Visit our website here: bristol.ac.uk/qet-labs/eve...

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Alex Clark @dralexclark.bsky.social · Jan 21

Check out BQIT25, our annual workshop being held in April:

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Early bird deadline is fast approaching (31st Jan 2025). There's also still time to submit poster abstracts (some will be upgraded to talks)! @qepnthub.bsky.social @qusit.bsky.social @qetlabs.bsky.social

BQIT:25 | Quantum Engineering Technology Labs | University of Bristol

The Bristol Quantum Information Technologies Workshop will return 28-30 April 2025 with a new programme of speakers bringing you everything you need to know about the emerging field of Quantum Technol...

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Alex Clark @dralexclark.bsky.social · Jan 10

New Preprint Alert! We have used a nonlinear interferometer to perform three-dimensional imaging, using a technique we have termed "Quantum undetected optical projection tomography" - check it out here: arxiv.org/abs/2501.05381

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Alex Clark @dralexclark.bsky.social · Jan 10

New Year, new office! Looking forward to leading QET Labs into 2025 alongside our great team of academics, researchers, students and operations staff!

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Alex Clark @dralexclark.bsky.social · Jan 6

First post on Blue Sky ready for the start of 2025 and the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology!

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