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

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
Cold-atom clock based on a diffractive optic: Elvin R, Hoth G W, Wright M, Lewis B, McGilligan J P, Arnold A S, Griffin P F, Riis E; Optics Express Vol 27, pp. 38359-38366 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.378632
Fast piezoelectric scanning MEMS mirror for 1D ion adressing: Janin Paul, Bauer Ralf, Griffin Paul, Riis Erling, Uttamchandani Deepak; IEEE International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN2019) (2019); https://doi.org/10.1109/OMN.2019.8925168
Towards a compact atomic clock based on coherent population trapping and the grating magneto-optical trap: Hoth Gregory W, Elvin Rachel, Wright Michael, Lewis Ben, Arnold Aidan S, Griffin Paul F, Riis Erling; SPIE Photonics West OPTO, pp. 109342E (2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2516612
Radio-frequency microplasmas with energies suited to in situ selective cleaning of surface adsorbates in ion microtraps: Akhtar Mariam, Wilpers Guido, Choonee Kaushal, Riis Erling, Sinclair Alastair G; Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Vol 52, pp. 1-17 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/aaf704
Spiral bandwidth of four-wave mixing in Rb vapour: Offer R F, Stulga D, Riis E, Franke-Arnold S, Arnold A S; Communications Physics Vol 1 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-018-0077-5

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Professional activities

Quantum Technology Showcase 2019: Participant; 15/11/2019
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
Compact cold atom systems prospects for space applications: Speaker; 14/7/2018

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Projects

Scalable Qubit Arrays for Quantum Computation and Optimisation (M Squared Prosperity Partnership): Pritchard, Jonathan (Principal Investigator) Daley, Andrew (Co-investigator) Riis, Erling (Co-investigator); 05-Jan-2020 - 04-Jan-2025
Industrial CASE Account - University of Strathclyde 2018 | Limbu, Binod: Riis, Erling (Principal Investigator) Griffin, Paul (Co-investigator) Limbu, Binod (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 01-Jan-2024
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
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
Translational Quantum Technology Phd Studentship - Birmingham Doctoral Training Programme | Keliehor, Brendan: Riis, Erling (Principal Investigator) Griffin, Paul (Co-investigator) Keliehor, Brendan (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2019 - 01-Jan-2022
Translational Quantum Technology Phd Studentship - Birmingham Doctoral Training Programme | Mrozowski, Marcin: Griffin, Paul (Principal Investigator) Riis, Erling (Co-investigator) Mrozowski, Marcin (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2019 - 01-Jan-2023

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John Anderson Building

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