Amber Wassell
I gained a Master’s degree in Physics at Cardiff University in 2015. My particular area of interest is solid state physics and studying this course at the University of Warwick gave me the opportunity to practically apply the skills learned in industry. I am now undertaking my PhD at Cardiff University in 'Time resolved spectroscopy of colour centres in Diamond for Quantum Technologies'. My Initial plan is to research multiple colour centres into which not much previous work has been carried out, with the hope of finding some potentially interesting colour centres for use in quantum technologies. I am working in collaboration with De Beers technologies so it is hoped that research carried out will be beneficial to them as well as to my PhD. My PhD has not only allowed me to further my knowledge of diamond, but also to gain practical skills which I hope to be able to pass on to younger generations through teaching and marking opportunities available at the University.
PhD Title: Time Resolved Spectroscopy of Colour Centres in Diamond for Quantum Technologies
PhD Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Lynch
Institution: Cardiff University
Publications
Amber M. Wassell, Colin D. McGuinness, Chris Hodges, Peter M. P. Lanigan, David Fisher, Philip M. Martineau, Mark E. Newton, Stephen A. Lynch, 'Anomalous green luminescent properties in CVD synthetic diamond' Physica Status Solidi (a), 2018, https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201800292
Colin D. McGuinness, Amber M. Wassell, Peter M.P. Lanigan, and Stephen A. Lynch, 'Separation of Natural from Laboratory-Grown Diamond Using Time-Gated Luminescence Imaging', Gems & Gemology, Summer 2020, Vol. 56, No. 2, https://www.gia.edu/gems-gemology/summer-2020-separation-natural-from-laboratory-grown-diamond
Teaching
Marking duties for Practice maths for Physical scientists and Mechanics and matter
Conferences
De Beers 69th Diamond Conference, University of Warwick. Flash talk "Anomalous green luminescent properties in CVD synthetic diamonds". July 2018
De Beers 69th Diamond Conference, University of Warwick. Poster presentation "Anomalous green luminescent properties in CVD synthetic diamonds". July 2018
Hasselt Diamond Workshop 2018 - SBDD XXIII, Hasselt. Poster presentation “Photoluminescence studies of a line at 499 nm that can be excited in many CVD synthetic diamond samples”. March 2018
De Beers 68th Diamond Conference, University of Warwick. Flash talk "The 499 nm feature found in CVD diamond". July 2017
De Beers 68th Diamond Conference, University of Warwick. Poster presentation "Time resolved spectroscopy of the 499nm feature found in CVD synthetic diamond". July 2017
De Beers 67th Diamond Conference, University of Warwick. Poster presentation "Photoluminescence studies of the 499nm feature found in synthetic diamond". July 2016
Amber Wassell
Cardiff University
School of Physics and Astronomy
The Parade,
Cardiff, CF24 3AA
