Name: Quantum Sensors for Fundamental Physics
Start: 2018-10-16T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2018-10-17T19:15:00+01:00
Location: St. Catherine's College, Oxford

Quantum Sensors for Fundamental Physics

from Tuesday, October 16, 2018 (9:00 AM) to Wednesday, October 17, 2018 (7:15 PM)

Monday, October 15, 2018
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
9:00 AM Welcome & Purpose of Meeting - Ian Shipsey (University of Oxford (GB))
Welcome & Purpose of Meeting
- Ian Shipsey (University of Oxford (GB))
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
9:15 AM Scientific Motivation Overview - Giovanni Villadoro (Abdus Salam Int. Cent. Theor. Phys. (IT))
Scientific Motivation Overview
- Giovanni Villadoro (Abdus Salam Int. Cent. Theor. Phys. (IT))
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
10:00 AM Quantum Features Exploitable in Table Top Fundamental Physics (incl.Superposition, Entanglement, Squeezing Back Action Evasion & more) - Sougato Bose (UCL)
Quantum Features Exploitable in Table Top Fundamental Physics (incl.Superposition, Entanglement, Squeezing Back Action Evasion & more)
- Sougato Bose (UCL)
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
10:45 AM Coffee
Coffee
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM Photon-Number-Resolving Imagers and Detectors Based on Superconducting Nanowire - Karl berggren (MIT)
Photon-Number-Resolving Imagers and Detectors Based on Superconducting Nanowire
- Karl berggren (MIT)
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
12:00 PM UK National Quantum Technology Hub in Sensors and Metrology - Kai Bongs (U. Birmingham & NQHSM)
UK National Quantum Technology Hub in Sensors and Metrology
- Kai Bongs (U. Birmingham & NQHSM)
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
12:45 PM Extra Discussion
Extra Discussion
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room

1:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
2:00 PM Low Energy Tests of the Standard Model - Gerald Gabrielse (Harvard University) Gerald Gabrielse (Harvard University (US))
Low Energy Tests of the Standard Model
- Gerald Gabrielse (Harvard University)
- Gerald Gabrielse (Harvard University (US))
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
2:45 PM Atom Interferometry - Jason Hogan (Stanford)
Atom Interferometry
- Jason Hogan (Stanford)
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
3:30 PM Coffee
Coffee
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM Trapped Ions, Atomic clocks, fundamental constants. - David Hume (NIST)
Trapped Ions, Atomic clocks, fundamental constants.
- David Hume (NIST)
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
4:45 PM Magnetic Resonance and Atomic Clocks - Yevgeny Stadnik (Mainz)
Magnetic Resonance and Atomic Clocks
- Yevgeny Stadnik (Mainz)
4:45 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
5:30 PM Harnessing quantum technologies in the search for dark matter - Konrad Lehnert (JILA)
Harnessing quantum technologies in the search for dark matter
- Konrad Lehnert (JILA)
5:30 PM - 6:15 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
6:15 PM The FNAL Quantum Program - Panagiotis Spentzouris (Fermilab)
The FNAL Quantum Program
- Panagiotis Spentzouris (Fermilab)
6:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
7:00 PM Dinner (self-organized)
Dinner (self-organized)
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
9:00 AM Precision experiments with phonons, photons and spins to test Lorentz Invariance and to Detect Dark Matter and High Frequency Gravitational Waves - Michael Tobar (U Western Australia)
Precision experiments with phonons, photons and spins to test Lorentz Invariance and to Detect Dark Matter and High Frequency Gravitational Waves
- Michael Tobar (U Western Australia)
9:00 AM - 9:35 AM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
9:35 AM National Physical Laboratory Program in Quantum Sensors for Fundamental Physics - Patrick Gill (NPL)
National Physical Laboratory Program in Quantum Sensors for Fundamental Physics
- Patrick Gill (NPL)
9:35 AM - 10:10 AM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
10:10 AM The Quantum Programme (Liam Blackwell EPSRC) The SPF EoI themes (Jason Green STFC)
The Quantum Programme (Liam Blackwell EPSRC) The SPF EoI themes (Jason Green STFC)
10:10 AM - 10:50 AM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room

10:50 AM Coffee
Coffee
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
11:10 AM Ion Traps 1 - David Lucas (Oxford)
Ion Traps 1
- David Lucas (Oxford)
11:10 AM - 11:35 AM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
11:35 AM beyond-Standard-Model physics with ion trap type methods - Andrew Steane (Oxford)
beyond-Standard-Model physics with ion trap type methods
- Andrew Steane (Oxford)
11:35 AM - 11:55 AM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
11:55 AM alpha-dot measurement with an ion Trap - Rachel Godun (NPL)
alpha-dot measurement with an ion Trap
- Rachel Godun (NPL)
11:55 AM - 12:15 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
12:15 PM Quantum Senors Programme at Cambridge - Stafford Withington (Cambridge)
Quantum Senors Programme at Cambridge
- Stafford Withington (Cambridge)
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
12:35 PM Quantum Techniques in Advanced Laser Interferometric Gravity Wave Detectors - Haixing Miao (U. Birmigham)
Quantum Techniques in Advanced Laser Interferometric Gravity Wave Detectors
- Haixing Miao (U. Birmigham)
12:35 PM - 12:55 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
12:55 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:55 PM - 1:45 PM
1:45 PM Atom Interferometry in the UK & MAGIS-100 - Jon Coleman (University of Liverpool)
Atom Interferometry in the UK & MAGIS-100
- Jon Coleman (University of Liverpool)
1:45 PM - 2:10 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
2:10 PM The Atom Interferometer Obsrevatory Network - Oliver Buchmuller (Imperial College (GB))
The Atom Interferometer Obsrevatory Network
- Oliver Buchmuller (Imperial College (GB))
2:10 PM - 2:25 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
2:25 PM Levitated quantum optomechanics for fundamental physics - Peter Barker (UCL)
Levitated quantum optomechanics for fundamental physics
- Peter Barker (UCL)
2:25 PM - 2:45 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
2:45 PM tabletop quantum sensing experiments with NV centres in diamond including with levitated nanodiamond - Gavin Morley (Warwick)
tabletop quantum sensing experiments with NV centres in diamond including with levitated nanodiamond
- Gavin Morley (Warwick)
2:45 PM - 3:10 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
3:10 PM Quantum Behavior of Mechanical Structures and the application to fundamental physics - Michael Vanner (Imperial)
Quantum Behavior of Mechanical Structures and the application to fundamental physics
- Michael Vanner (Imperial)
3:10 PM - 3:35 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
3:35 PM Coffee - Stig Topp-Jorgenson
Coffee
- Stig Topp-Jorgenson
3:35 PM - 3:55 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
3:55 PM Resonant searches for Axions and other ultralight dark matter - Edward Daw (The University of Sheffield)
Resonant searches for Axions and other ultralight dark matter
- Edward Daw (The University of Sheffield)
3:55 PM - 4:25 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
4:25 PM Super Conducting Qubits - Peter Leek
Super Conducting Qubits
- Peter Leek
4:25 PM - 4:55 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
4:55 PM Exploring ultra light to sub-MeV dark matter with atomic clocks and co-magnetometers - Diego Blas Temino (CERN)
Exploring ultra light to sub-MeV dark matter with atomic clocks and co-magnetometers
- Diego Blas Temino (CERN)
4:55 PM - 5:10 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
5:10 PM quantum simulators of fundamental physics - Silke Weinfurtner (Nottingham)
quantum simulators of fundamental physics
- Silke Weinfurtner (Nottingham)
5:10 PM - 5:25 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room
5:25 PM Town Hall
Town Hall
5:25 PM - 6:25 PM
Room: Bernard Sunley Room

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