Personal statement
I work in a variety of areas of atomic physics, focusing in particular on ultracold atomic systems and Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs), but also covering four-wave mixing in atomic vapours. Recent work in our labs on microfabricated atom traps was published as the May 2013 cover story of Nature Nanotechnology.
My DPhil at the University of Sussex led to the first BEC in the UK in 1998. The first Scottish BEC was made in my lab in 2003, and the same experiment was extended to create one of the world’s first magnetic storage rings for BECs, and high-contrast (now 95%) matter-wave interference.
In addition to my experimental work, I have published on theoretical projects both as sole author and collaboratively.
My undergraduate studies (BSc(Hons) in Mathematics, and MSc in Physics) were carried out at the University of Otago in my hometown of Dunedin, New Zealand.
Professional activities
- External PhD Examiner University of St. Andrews
- External Examiner
- 2012
- Seminar at Imperial College
- Invited speaker
- 2011
- Seminar at University of Sussex
- Speaker
- 2011
- Quantum Optics workshop: Ross Priory
- Speaker
- 2011
- Chips for atom/ion trapping: University of Nottingham
- Speaker
- 2011
- External PhD Examiner University of Cambridge
- External Examiner
- 2011
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Projects
- gMOT: Scalable manufacture and evaluation of miniature cold atom traps IUK project with KNT&TMD
- Riis, Erling (Principal Investigator) Arnold, Aidan (Co-investigator) Griffin, Paul (Co-investigator)
- Period 01-Sep-2017 - 28-Feb-2019
- Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP 2016-2017 University of Strathclyde) | Johnson, Matthew
- Riis, Erling (Principal Investigator) Arnold, Aidan (Co-investigator) Johnson, Matthew (Research Co-investigator)
- Period 01-Oct-2016 - 01-Apr-2020
- Quantum technologies using Diffractive Optical Structures (Phase II)
- Griffin, Paul (Principal Investigator) Arnold, Aidan (Co-investigator) Pritchard, Jonathan (Co-investigator)
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- Period 01-Mar-2017 - 01-Mar-2018
- QuDOS II: Quantum technologies using Diffractive Optical Structures (Phase II)
- Griffin, Paul (Principal Investigator) Arnold, Aidan (Co-investigator) Pritchard, Jonathan (Co-investigator)
- Period 01-Mar-2017 - 28-Feb-2018
- All-Optical Diffractive Element Approach to Compact, Simple, Rapid BEC Creation in Space
- Griffin, Paul (Principal Investigator) Arnold, Aidan (Co-investigator) Riis, Erling (Co-investigator)
- Period 02-Jan-2017 - 01-Jan-2019
- Doctoral Training Partnership (DTA - University of Strathclyde) | Offer, Rachel Frances
- Arnold, Aidan (Principal Investigator) Riis, Erling (Co-investigator) Offer, Rachel Frances (Research Co-investigator)
- Period 01-Oct-2014 - 01-Apr-2018
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