Professor Paul Griffin
Physics
Personal statement
Personal statement
I studied for a BSc Physics from the University of Limerick before receiving my PhD in 2005 from Durham University. I went on to become a postdoctoral fellow at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA, from 2005-2007, after which I came to the University of Strathclyde to work in what was then the Photonics Group. I held a five-year Royal Society of Edinburgh Personal Research Fellowship starting in 2009. From 2010-2011 I was a Guest Researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, MD, funded by an award from Marie Curie. In 2015 I was awarded a Chancellor's Fellowship at Strathclyde.
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Prize And Awards
- Chancellor's Fellowship
- Recipient
- 2015
- Royal Society of Edinburgh/Scottish Government Personal Research Fellowship
- Recipient
- 2009
- Marie Curie CO-FUND Fellowship
- Recipient
- 2009
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Publications
- Chip-scale atomic spectrometer with silicon nitride optical phased array
- Januszewicz J, McWilliam A P, Dyer S, McGilligan J P, Griffin P F, Riis E, Di Gaetano E, Sorel M, Paul D J, Gallacher K
- APL Photonics Vol 10 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0273108
- A quantum-classical cold atom system for inertial navigation
- Griffin Paul, Burrow Oliver, Cannon Rachel, Riis Erling
- Proceedings of SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol 13392 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3040697
- Terrestrial Very-Long-Baseline Atom Interferometry : summary of the second workshop
- Abdalla Adam, Abe Mahiro, Abend Sven, Abidi Mouine, Aidelsburger Monika, Alibabaei Ashkan, Allard Baptiste, Antoniadis John, Arduini Gianluigi, Augst Nadja, Balamatsias Philippos, Balaž Antun, Banks Hannah, Barcklay Rachel L, Barone Michele, Barsanti Michele, Bason Mark G, Bassi Angelo, Bayle Jean-Baptiste, Baynham Charles F A, Beaufils Quentin, Beldjoudi Sélyan, Belić Aleksandar, Bennetts Shayne, Bernabeu Jose, Bertoldi Andrea, Bigard Clara, Bigelow N P, Bingham Robert, Blas Diego, Bobrick Alexey, Boehringer Samuel, Bogojević Aleksandar, Bongs Kai, Bortoletto Daniela, Bouyer Philippe, Brand Christian, Buchmueller Oliver, Buica Gabriela, Calatroni Sergio, Calmels Léo, Canizares Priscilla, Canuel Benjamin, Caramete Ana, Caramete Laurentiu-Ioan, Carlesso Matteo, Carlton John, Carman Samuel P, Carroll Andrew, Casariego Mateo, Chairetis Minoas, Charmandaris Vassilis, Chauhan Upasna, Chen Jiajun, Chiofalo Maria Luisa, Ciampini Donatella, Cimbri Alessia, Cladé Pierre, Coleman Jonathon, Constantin Florin Lucian, Contaldi Carlo R, Corgier Robin, Dash Bineet, Davies G J, de Rham Claudia, De Roeck Albert, Derr Daniel, Dey Soumyodeep, Di Pumpo Fabio, Djordjevic Goran S, Döbrich Babette, Dornan Peter, Doser Michael, Drougakis Giannis, Dunningham Jacob, Duspayev Alisher, Easo Sajan, Eby Joshua, Efremov Maxim, Elertas Gedminas, Ellis John, Entin Nicholas, Fairhurst Stephen, Fanì Mattia, Fassi Farida, Fayet Pierre, Felea Daniel, Feng Jie, Flack Robert, Foot Chris, Freegarde Tim, Fuchs Elina, Gaaloul Naceur, Gao Dongfeng, Gardner Susan, Garraway Barry M, Garrido Alzar Carlos L, Gauguet Alexandre, Giese Enno, Gill Patrick, Giudice Gian F, Glasbrenner Eric P, Glick Jonah, Graham Peter W, Granados Eduardo, Griffin Paul F, Gué Jordan, Guellati-Khelifa Saïda, Gupta Subhadeep, Gupta Vishu, Hackermueller Lucia, Haehnelt Martin, Hakulinen Timo, Hammerer Klemens, Hanımeli Ekim T, Harte Tiffany, Hartmann Sabrina, Hawkins Leonie, Hees Aurelien, Herbst Alexander, Hird Thomas M, Hobson Richard, Hogan Jason, Holst Bodil, Holynski Michael, Hosten Onur, Hsu Chung Chuan, Huang Wayne Cheng-Wei, Hughes Kenneth M, Hussain Kamran, Hütsi Gert, Iovino Antonio, Isfan Maria-Catalina, Janson Gregor, Jeglič Peter, Jetzer Philippe, Jiang Yijun, Juzeliūnas Gediminas, Kaenders Wilhelm, Kalliokoski Matti, Kehagias Alex, Kilian Eva, Klempt Carsten, Knight Peter, Koley Soumen, Konrad Bernd, Kovachy Tim, Krutzik Markus, Kumar Mukesh, Kumar Pradeep, Labiad Hamza, Lan Shau-Yu, Landragin Arnaud, Landsberg Greg, Langlois Mehdi, Lanigan Bryony, Leone Bruno, Le Poncin-Lafitte Christophe, Lellouch Samuel, Lewicki Marek, Lien Yu-Hung, Lombriser Lucas, Asamar Elias Lopez, Lopez-Gonzalez J Luis, Lu Chen, Luciano Giuseppe Gaetano, Lundblad Nathan, de J. López Monjaraz Cristian, Lowe Adam, Mackoit-Sinkevičienė Mažena, Maggiore Michele, Majumdar Anirban, Makris Konstantinos, Maleknejad Azadeh, Marchant Anna L, Mariotti Agnese, Markou Christos, Matthews Barnaby, Mazumdar Anupam, McCabe Christopher, Meister Matthias, Mentasti Giorgio, Menu Jonathan, Messineo Giuseppe, Meyer-Hoppe Bernd, Micalizio Salvatore, Migliaccio Federica, Millington Peter, Milosevic Milan, Mishra Abhay, Mitchell Jeremiah, Morley Gavin W, Mouelle Noam, Müller Jürgen, Newbold David, Ni Wei-Tou, Niehof Christian, Noller Johannes, Odžak Senad, Oi Daniel K L, Oikonomou Andreas, Omar Yasser, Overstreet Chris, Puthiya Veettil Vishnupriya, Pahl Julia, Paling Sean, Pan Zhongyin, Pappas George, Pareek Vinay, Pasatembou Elizabeth, Paternostro Mauro, Pathak Vishal K, Pelucchi Emanuele, Pereira dos Santos Franck, Peters Achim, Pichery Annie, Pikovski Igor, Pilaftsis Apostolos, Pislan Florentina-Crenguta, Plunkett Robert, Poggiani Rosa, Prevedelli Marco, Rafelski Johann, Raidal Juhan, Raidal Martti, Rasel Ernst Maria, Renaux-Petel Sébastien, Richaud Andrea, Rivero-Antunez Pedro, Rodzinka Tangui, Roura Albert, Rudolph Jan, Sabulsky Dylan, Safronova Marianna S, Sakellariadou Mairi, Salvi Leonardo, Sameed Muhammed, Sarkar Sumit, Schach Patrik, Schäffer Stefan Alaric, Schelfhout Jesse, Schilling Manuel, Schkolnik Vladimir, Schleich Wolfgang P, Schlippert Dennis, Schneider Ulrich, Schreck Florian, Schwartzman Ariel, Schwersenz Nico, Sergijenko Olga, Sfar Haifa Rejeb, Shao Lijing, Shipsey Ian, Shu Jing, Singh Yeshpal, Sopuerta Carlos F, Sorba Marianna, Sorrentino Fiodor, Spallicci Alessandro D A M, Stefanescu Petruta, Stergioulas Nikolaos, Stoerk Daniel, Thaivalappil Sunilkumar Hrudya, Ströhle Jannik, Tam Zoie, Tandon Dhruv, Tang Yijun, Tell Dorothee, Tempere Jacques, Temples Dylan J, Thampy Rohit P, Tietje Ingmari C, Tino Guglielmo M, Tinsley Jonathan N, Tintareanu Mircea Ovidiu, Tkalčec Kimberly, Tolley Andrew J, Tornatore Vincenza, Torres-Orjuela Alejandro, Treutlein Philipp, Trombettoni Andrea, Ufrecht Christian, Urrutia Juan, Valenzuela Tristan, Valerio Linda R, van der Grinten Maurits, Vaskonen Ville, Vázquez-Aceves Verónica, Veermäe Hardi, Vetrano Flavio, Vitanov Nikolay V, von Klitzing Wolf, Wald Sebastian, Walker Thomas, Walser Reinhold, Wang Jin, Wang Yan, Weidner C A, Wenzlawski André, Werner Michael, Wörner Lisa, Yahia Mohamed E, Yazgan Efe, Zambrini Cruzeiro Emmanuel, Zarei M, Zhan Mingsheng, Zhang Shengnan, Zhou Lin, Zupanič Erik
- EPJ Quantum Technology Vol 12 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1140/epjqt/s40507-025-00344-3
- Control of electro-optic sideband spectrum using sequential modulators
- Dammalapati U, Elvin R, Griffin PF, Riis E
- Journal of Optics Vol 27 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/2040-8986/adb860
- A compact high-flux grating chip cold atom source
- Heine Hendrik, Arnold Aidan S, Le Gonidec Melanie S, Griffin Paul F, Riis Erling, Herr Waldemar, Rasel Ernst M
- New Journal of Physics Vol 27 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/adbc14
- Single-beam grating-chip 3D and 1D optical lattices
- Bregazzi Alan, McGilligan James P, Griffin Paul F, Riis Erling, Arnold Aidan S
- Physical Review Letters Vol 134 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.013001
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Teaching
I teach the course PH385: Communicating Physics. The motivation behind this course is to develop students’ ability to communicate complex information effectively and concisely. In recent years, working with the Institute of Physics, students on the course have worked in groups to produce short videos that look to explain everyday physical phenomena. These can be viewed on the at these links
Pop Physics 2023
Pop Physics 2024
I am always keen to have research project interns. If you are interested in working in my labs then please email me to start an informal discussion about how we can make it happen.
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Research Interests
My research is broadly in the areas of atomic physics and quantum technologies, using lasers and atoms as probes for precision measurement and for investigating atom-light interactions. A large area of work is focussed on developing next generation devices based on quantum technologies.
The main strands of my research looks at
- Atomic Clocks
- Atom interferometry
- Optically-pumped magnetometry
- Ultra-cold atoms
- Bose-Einstein condensates
- Quantum technologies
- Space applications of quantum tech
- Developing components and sub-systems for translating lab research to application-read devices.
I am part of the Experimental Quantum Optics & Photonics group. Further details can be found in our research group webpages -> https://eqop.phys.strath.ac.uk/
Professional Activities
- 2024 IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Joint Symposium
- Invited speaker
- 24/9/2024
- Quantum Technology School 2024
- Host
- 12/9/2024
- Compact Platforms for Cold-Atom Clocks
- Speaker
- 18/7/2024
- Optical Sensors and Sensing Congress
- Invited speaker
- 16/7/2024
- Quantum for science workshop
- Speaker
- 18/6/2024
- Science on the Streets: Science Walking Tours
- Presenter
- 7/6/2024
Projects
- HARLEQUIN-ST
- Griffin, Paul (Principal Investigator) Burrow, Oliver (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2027
- Optical magnetometer productisation M2 prototype devices
- Ingleby, Stuart (Principal Investigator) Anderson, Heather (Co-investigator) Dyer, Terry (Co-investigator) Griffin, Paul (Co-investigator) Riis, Erling (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
- ITT ESA BEC
- Arnold, Aidan (Principal Investigator) Griffin, Paul (Co-investigator)
- 13-Jan-2025 - 12-Jan-2027
- QEPNT A UK Hub for Quantum Enabled Position, Navigation and Timing - Full Stage
- Hastie, Jennifer (Principal Investigator) Arnold, Aidan (Co-investigator) Griffin, Paul (Co-investigator) Ingleby, Stuart (Co-investigator) McGilligan, James Patrick (Co-investigator) Riis, Erling (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2029
- UK Quantum Technology Hub in Sensing, Imaging and Timing (QuSIT)
- Griffin, Paul (Principal Investigator) Ingleby, Stuart (Co-investigator) Kallepalli, Akhil (Co-investigator) Riis, Erling (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2029
- DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Smith, Samuel Alexander
- Griffin, Paul (Principal Investigator) Arnold, Aidan (Co-investigator) Smith, Samuel Alexander (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2028