Research
Quantum Technologies
Diamond
Most of the properties are controlled by defects and impurities and our group focuses on identifying these and exploiting them in the engineering of material for applications as diverse as water quality sensors, single spin magnetometers and power electronic components.
Sensors
We use single nitrogen vacancy centres (NVC) in diamond for magnetometry in bulk diamond and in nanodiamonds. We also use large ensembles of NVC for magnetometry. Some of this work is a part of the Quantum Biomedical Sensing Research Hub (Q-BIOMED).
Quantum Computing and Communication
We are developing a diamond quantum computer as part of the Integrated Quantum Networks Hub (IQN).
Levitated microdiamonds
We levitated micron-sized diamonds in vacuum towards tests of fundamental physics. We aim to put one of these diamonds into a superposition of being in two places at once. This could allow a test of the quantum nature of gravity. This is part of the project "Macroscopic superpositions towards witnessing the quantum nature of gravity" (MAST-QG).