Professor Erling Riis

Physics

Personal statement

Erling Riis joined the Physics Department in 1991 after having worked as a post-doc with Nobel Laureate Steven Chu at Stanford for two years. Initially research at Strathclyde concentrated on high-resolution atomic spectroscopy and the development of the highly specialised laser sources required for these experiments. This work also formed the foundation of the establishment of activities at Strathclyde in laser cooling of atoms.

Presently this work ranges from fundamental studies of atom interferometry to the development of a platform for miniaturising cold atom based quantum technology.

Prizes and awards

Fellow of the Institute of Physics: Recipient; 1/2008
Fellow of the Optical Society of America: Recipient; 1/4/2007

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Publications

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
A high-frequency tunable piezoelectric MEMS scanner for fast addressing applications: Janin Paul, Bauer Ralf, Griffin Paul, Riis Erling, Uttamchandani Deepak; 2021 IEEE 34th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) 2021 IEEE 34th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) IEEE International Conference on Micro Electrical Mechanical Systems (MEMS), pp. 294-297 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1109/MEMS51782.2021.9375302
Recording the heart beat of cattle using a gradiometer system of optically pumped magnetometers: Sutter Jens U, Lewis Oliver, Robinson Clive, McMahon Anthony, Boyce Robert, Bragg Rachel, Macrae Alastair, Orton Jeffrey, Shah Vishal, Ingleby Stuart J, Griffin Paul F, Riis Erling; Computers and Electronics in Agriculture Vol 177 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2020.105651
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
A feed-forward measurement scheme for periodic noise suppression in atomic magnetometry: O'Dwyer Carolyn, Ingleby Stuart J, Chalmers Iain C, Griffin Paul F, Riis Erling; Review of Scientific Instruments Vol 91 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0002964

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Professional activities

Quantum Technology Showcase 2019: Participant; 15/11/2019
Scottish Centre for Innovation in quantum computing and simulation (External organisation): Member; 7/5/2019
Israel Science Foundation (External organisation): Advisor; 5/2019
Towards a compact atomic clock based on coherent population trapping and the grating magneto-optical trap: Speaker; 6/2/2019
CLEO 2019 (Event): Peer reviewer; 1/1/2019
International Conference on laser Spectroscopy (Event): Peer reviewer; 1/9/2018

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Projects

Scott Thomas PhD studentship - NPL | Dyer, Sean: Riis, Erling (Principal Investigator) Griffin, Paul (Co-investigator) Dyer, Sean (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 01-Jan-2024
Quantum sensors for end-of-line battery testing: Riis, Erling (Principal Investigator) Griffin, Paul (Co-investigator) Ingleby, Stuart (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2023
DISCOVERY: Developing UK Industrial Supply for Commercial Quantum Computing (IUK Technology project): Riis, Erling (Principal Investigator) Griffin, Paul (Co-investigator) Pritchard, Jonathan (Co-investigator) Ward, Jeremy Stuart (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2023
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
NPL iCASE studentship (Binod Limbu): Coherence of Ions in a microfabricated trap: Riis, Erling (Principal Investigator); 02-Jan-2020 - 29-Jan-2024
Scalable Qubit Arrays for Quantum Computation and Optimisation (M Squared Prosperity Partnership): Pritchard, Jonathan (Principal Investigator) Daley, Andrew (Co-investigator) Riis, Erling (Co-investigator); Scalable Qubit Arrays (SQuAre); 05-Jan-2020 - 04-Jan-2025

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