
Professor Stefan Kuhr
Head Of Department
Physics
Prize And Awards
- ERC Starting Grant
- Recipient
- 2011
- Fellow of the Institute of Physics
- Recipient
- 2011
Publications
- Rapid stochastic spatial light modulator calibration and pixel crosstalk optimization
- Schroff P, Haller E, Kuhr S, La Rooij A
- Optics Express Vol 32, pp. 48957-48971 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.539548
- Phonon excitations of Floquet-driven superfluids in a tilted optical lattice
- Cruickshank Robbie, Carli Andrea Di, Mitchell Matthew, Rooij Arthur La, Kuhr Stefan, Creffield Charles E, Haller Elmar
- Physical Review Research Vol 6 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.023323
- Commensurate and incommensurate 1D interacting quantum systems
- Di Carli Andrea, Parsonage Christopher, La Rooij Arthur, Koehn Lennart, Ulm Clemens, Duncan Callum, Daley Andrew, Haller Elmar, Kuhr Stefan
- Nature Communications Vol 15 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44610-3
- A comparative study of deconvolution techniques for quantum-gas microscope images
- La Rooij A, Ulm C, Haller E, Kuhr S
- New Journal of Physics Vol 25 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aced65
- Accurate holographic light potentials for cold-atom experiments
- Schroff Paul, La Rooij Arthur, Haller Elmar, Kuhr Stefan
- Digital Holography and Three-Dimensional Imaging 2023 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1364/DH.2023.HM1D.5
- Instabilities of interacting matter waves in optical lattices with Floquet driving
- Di Carli Andrea, Cruickshank Robbie, Mitchell Matt, La Rooij Arthur, Kuhr Stefan, Creffield Charles, Haller Elmar
- Physical Review Research Vol 5 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.033024
Research Interests
My research focuses on the single-site resolved detection and manipulation of atoms in optical lattices. A significant highlight from 2024 was the publication of our paper in Nature Communications titled "Commensurate and Incommensurate 1D Interacting Quantum Systems" [Nat. Comm. 15, 474 (2024)]. This work presents a well-controlled quantum system with three to six atoms in a one-dimensional optical lattice with dynamically programmable light potentials. We demonstrated the ability to dynamically alter the number of available lattice sites, transitioning the system from commensurate to incommensurate filling. Currently, we are investigating other intriguing many-body phases in disordered optical lattices and restricted geometries. Additionally, we have conducted studies on enhancing arbitrary light potentials [Sci. Rep. 13, 3252 (2023)] and optimizing single-atom image analysis [New J. Phys. 25, 083086 (2023)]. My research subjects also include solitons and instabilities in optical lattices [Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 234603 (2021); ibid. 125, 183602 (2020); ibid. 123, 123602 (2019)]. Earlier, my team achieved the first realization of a quantum-gas microscope with fermionic atoms [Nature Physics 11, 738 (2015)], which was recognized as one of the 'Highlights of the Year' by the American Physical Society in 2015.
Professional Activities
- QCS-Hub Forum, Oxford
- Speaker
- 20/6/2024
- Conference of the European Group of Atomic Systems (EGAS-55), Granada, Spain
- Invited speaker
- 16/6/2024
- HKUST-Strathclyde Workshop on Quantum Technologies
- Invited speaker
- 29/11/2023
- International Quantum Tensor Network Meeting
- Invited speaker
- 24/1/2023
- Kolloquium Optik und kondensierte Materie, Universtät Bonn, Germany
- Invited speaker
- 7/7/2020
- Workshop: Towards Dipolar Physics with Ultracold Molecules
- Invited speaker
- 20/11/2019
Projects
- Hub for Quantum Computing via Integrated and Interconnected Implementations (QC13)
- Kendon, Vivien (Principal Investigator) Kuhr, Stefan (Co-investigator) Pritchard, Jonathan (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2029
- Quantum Advantage in Quantitative Quantum Simulation (Programme Grant)
- Daley, Andrew (Principal Investigator) Kuhr, Stefan (Principal Investigator) Haller, Elmar (Co-investigator) Kuhr, Stefan (Co-investigator) Pritchard, Jonathan (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2030
- Quantum Advantage in Quantitative Quantum Simulation (Programme Grant)
- Daley, Andrew (Principal Investigator) Kuhr, Stefan (Principal Investigator) Haller, Elmar (Co-investigator) Kuhr, Stefan (Co-investigator) Pritchard, Jonathan (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2030
- Studentship from EPSRC Quantum Technology Hub for Quantum Computing and Simulation (Oxford) (Paul Catterson)
- Kuhr, Stefan (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2027
- STFC Strathclyde Physics 2023 DTP
- Kuhr, Stefan (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2028
- DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Carfora, Lorenzo
- Kuhr, Stefan (Principal Investigator) Kirton, Peter (Co-investigator) Carfora, Lorenzo (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2027
Contact
Professor
Stefan
Kuhr
Head Of Department
Physics
Email: stefan.kuhr@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3364