Dr Aidan Arnold

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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 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.

Publications

A simple, powerful diode laser system for atomic physics: Daffurn Andrew, Offer Rachel F, Arnold Aidan S; Applied Optics Vol 60, pp. 5832-5836 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.426844
Gouy phase-matched angular and radial mode conversion in four-wave mixing: Offer Rachel F, Daffurn Andrew, Riis Erling, Griffin Paul F, Arnold Aidan S, Franke-Arnold Sonja; Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Vol 103 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.103.L021502
Towards a compact, optically-interrogated, cold-atom microwave clock: Elvin Rachel, Wright Michael W, Lewis Ben, Keliehor Brendan L, Bregazzi Alan, McGilligan James P, Arnold Aidan S, Griffin Paul F, Riis Erling; Advanced Optical Technologies Vol 9, pp. 297-303 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1515/aot-2020-0022
Laser cooling in a chip-scale platform: McGilligan J P, Moore K R, Dellis A, Martinez G D, de Clercq E, Griffin P F, Arnold A S, Riis E, Boudot R, Kitching J; Applied Physics Letters Vol 117 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0014658
Optical characterisation of micro-fabricated Fresnel zone plates for atomic waveguides: Henderson V A, Johnson M Y H, Kale Y B, Griffin P F, Riis E, Arnold A S; Optics Express Vol 28, pp. 9072-9081 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.388897
Progress of a compact microwave clock based on atoms cooled with a diffractive optic: Elvin Rachel, Hoth Gregory W, Wright Michael, Lewis Ben, Bregazzi Alan, Keliehor Brendan, Arnold Aidan S, Griffin Paul F, Riis Erling; Proceedings Optical, Opto-Atomic, and Entanglement-Enhanced Precision Metrology II SPIE Photonics West 2020 Proceedings of SPIE Vol 11296, pp. 1129609 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2552587

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Professional activities

External PhD Examiner University of St. Andrews: External Examiner; 2012
Seminar at Imperial College: Invited speaker; 2011
External PhD Examiner University of Cambridge: External Examiner; 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

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Projects

Doctoral Training Partnership 2018-19 University of Strathclyde | Alexakis, Emmanouil: Arnold, Aidan (Principal Investigator) Cameron, Robert (Co-investigator) Alexakis, Emmanouil (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 01-Jan-2024
Compact optics for high performance portable atomic timing and quantum sensors: Riis, Erling (Principal Investigator) Arnold, Aidan (Co-investigator) Griffin, Paul (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2021
UK National Quantum Technology Hub in Sensors and Timing: Hastie, Jennifer (Principal Investigator) Riis, Erling (Principal Investigator) Arnold, Aidan (Co-investigator) Griffin, Paul (Co-investigator) Hastie, Jennifer (Co-investigator) Riis, Erling (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2019 - 30-Jan-2024
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); gMOT: Scalable manufacture and evaluation of miniature cold atom traps; 01-Jan-2017 - 31-Jan-2019
QT Hub partnership project with KNT: Riis, Erling (Principal Investigator) Arnold, Aidan (Co-investigator) Griffin, Paul (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2017 - 31-Jan-2019
QuDOS II: Quantum technologies using Diffractive Optical Structures (Phase II): Griffin, Paul (Principal Investigator) Arnold, Aidan (Co-investigator) Pritchard, Jonathan (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2017 - 28-Jan-2018

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