Dr Stuart Ingleby
Chancellor’S Fellow - Senior Lecturer
Physics
Personal statement
I am interested in using innovative optical magnetometry techniques to further develop practical real-world technology with a range of important applications. During the last decade, laboratory magnetometers have made magnetic measurements with sensitivities below 0.5 femtotestla (one hundred billionth of the Earth's magnetic field). My work is focussed on bringing that sensitivity out of the lab and into applications such as medical imaging, geological surveying, archaeology and security, by developing the hardware and techniques to make reliable, portable optical magnetometers. This work is funded by the UK's National Quantum Technology Hub in Sensors and Metrology (http://quantumsensors.org/)
Prize And Awards
- University of Strathclyde Chancellor's Fellowship
- Recipient
- 1/9/2021
Publications
- Accurate and precise quantum sensing for space weather monitoring
- Hunter Dominic, Mrozowski Marcin, Cannon Rachel, Beggan Ciarán, Turbitt Christopher, Lyon Robert, Martyn Thomas, Griffin Paul, Riis Erling, Ingleby Stuart
- Emerging Technologies and Materials for Security and Defence 2025 Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol 13678 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3069575
- Flying optically pumped magnetometers for navigation and sensing
- Scholes Stirling, Hunter Dominic, Dyer Courtney, Mrozowski Marcin, Griffin Paul, Ingleby Stuart
- Proceedings of SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol 13674 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3069292
- Optimizing longitudinal spin relaxation in miniaturized optically pumped magnetometers
- McWilliam A P, Dyer S, Hunter D, Mrozowski M, Ingleby S J, Sharp O, Burt D P, Griffin P F, McGilligan J P, Riis E
- Physical Review Applied Vol 22 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.22.064024
- Sensitive and accurate quantum magnetometry for GNSS-denied positioning, critical national infrastructure, and magnetic anomaly detection
- Ingleby Stuart, Hunter Dominic, Mrozowski Marcin, Griffin Paul, Riis Erling
- Proceedings of SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol 13202 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3030911
- Distributed network of optically pumped magnetometers for space weather monitoring
- Mrozowski Marcin S, Bell Angus S, Griffin Paul F, Hunter Dominic, Burt David, McGilligan James P, Riis Erling, Beggan Ciarán D, Ingleby Stuart J
- Scientific Reports Vol 14 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-79841-x
- Three-axis magnetic field detection with a compact, high-bandwidth, single beam zero-field atomic magnetometer
- Dawson Rach, O'Dwyer Carolyn, Mrozowski Marcin, Ingleby Stuart, Griffin Paul, Riis Erling
- Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol 12912 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3002678
Research Interests
Magnetic sensors
Magnetic field measurements have thousands of important applications- from monitoring foetal heartbeats to locating unexploded ordinance. Laboratory measurements over the last decade have pushed the boundaries of sensitivity with optical magnetometers, and, with field resolution below 1 femtotestla, this technology can now be applied in place of expensive cryogenic SQUID sensors.
Compact optical & atomic systems
Our work to develop portable magnetometers requires the design and testing of ever-smaller and more scalable laser and atomic vapour systems. Characterisation of atomic vapour cells is carried out in the laboratory at Strathclyde.
Data aquisition and processing
Practical sensors require real-time data readout and optimisation. Development of the hardware, software and firmware for control and measurement of our atomic system is a key part of my work.
Precision electronics
Low-noise analogue electronics forms the interface between the sensor control system and its atomic sample. Development and testing of these electronics allows us to rapidly increase the sensitivity and scalability of magnetic sensors.
Professional Activities
- European Physical Journal Quantum Technology (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 1/1/2021
- Optics Express (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 1/1/2021
- AIP Advances (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 1/1/2021
- Advanced Optical Technologies (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 1/1/2021
- Quantum Technology Showcase 2019
- Participant
- 15/11/2019
- International Graduate Summer School
- Participant
- 12/7/2018
Projects
- 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
- 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
- UK NACE OPM Apr 2024 - INC VAT
- Ingleby, Stuart (Principal Investigator) Hunter, Dominic (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2024
- Feasibility study for optically pumped magnetometers on satellites
- Ingleby, Stuart (Principal Investigator) Dawson, Rachel (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
- UK Space Agency and STFC Enabling Technologies Programme – Call Two - Quantum magnetometry for Space Weather
- Ingleby, Stuart (Principal Investigator)
- 26-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2025
Contact
Dr
Stuart
Ingleby
Chancellor’S Fellow - Senior Lecturer
Physics
Email: stuart.ingleby@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2325