Thanks to Nicholas Spong of the NQCC for his talk on neutral atoms as a platform for quantum computing, and the NQCCs role as an advisor to the UK government in achieving QM1 - to create devices capable of delivering a trillion coherent quantum operations.

In this weeks QLM seminar, our very own @tobifranzen.bsky.social tells us about his fellowship plans to use micro cavities to efficiently couple single photons emitted from Yb atoms into standard telecom fibres, in the hopes of generating entanglement between Yb qubits.

Thanks to Yansheng Zhang of @cam.ac.uk for visiting Durham QLM to give a seminar on how bosons scatter light.

PhD applications are open! We'd love to have you visit Durham Physics to find out more about the(currently!) 17 available projects we have for October 2026 start.

Our open day is November 26th, we hope to see you there!

Find project descriptions and open day sign up links below.

Homegrown fellow @lapgallagher.bsky.social describes his fellowship plans to investigate rydberg excitons in zinc diphosphide.

Thank you Luca Donini of @cam.ac.uk for visiting us all the way up in Durham, to talk about frustrated physics in triangular and kagome optical lattices at negative absolute temperature.

QLM certainly looks a lot bigger than it did a few years ago...

A whirlwind introduction to all of the wonderful physics happening in QLM at our largest group meeting yet for our new members of the parish, and a refresher for some of our older members.

A wonderful turnout from QLM for our first seminar of the academic year: Prof Michael Holynski, PI at
@qusit.bsky.social, talks about quantum sensing, imaging, and timing.

Congratulations to Oliver Hughes on passing his viva. Thesis entitled "Preparation and Coherent
Control of a Rydberg Qutrit in
a Cold Atomic Ensemble". Supervised by @etotheipiequals.bsky.social and @kjweatherill.bsky.social
Seen here with Stuart and internal examiner @ifanghughes.bsky.social

QLM is hiring! We're looking for a new Assistant Professor in QLM. This position is a theory position. Please find the job description below in this thread.

For any academia-related queries, please contact Ifan Hughes ([email protected]). We look forward to receiving your application!

Welcoming our new postgraduate students to QLM with pizza and friendly faces. We hope you enjoy your research here!

A strong QLM presence at the recent @instituteofphysics.bsky.social QuAMP 2025 conference in Newcastle. In addition to many contributed talks, @kjweatherill.bsky.social gave an Invited talk "radiofrequency and terahertz sensing and imaging using Rydberg atoms". Both Maddie & Tom won Poster Prizes.

We are looking forward to host this Rochester lecture tomorrow. The speaker is Prof. Anne L'Huillier talking about the route to attosecond pulses.

We are grateful to external speakers @780nm.bsky.social @jdpritchard.bsky.social and Dr Nikola Šiblalic for their contribution, Prof. Tilman Pfau for his online contribution, and @kjweatherill.bsky.social for his talk.

On Friday 2nd May we held an event to celebrate 30 years since forming the experimental side of the QLM research section and former head of section @etotheipiequals.bsky.social special birthday. Here current head of section @ifanghughes.bsky.social is seen congratulating him.

Durham University physicists and the Boulby Underground Laboratory have initiated a collaborative effort to assess the feasibility of deploying the "QuASAR" experiment. 1/