Prof Erik M Gauger
Group leader, Professor of Theoretical Physics in the Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciendes at Heriot-Watt, and Member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh's Young Academy of Scotland.
We are the quantum theory team led by Prof Erik Gauger at Heriot-Watt University.
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We study harnessing quantum mechanical properties of nanostructures and light. We are motivated by wishing to better understand the physical world, as well as enabling novel types of technologies:
Unlocking the ultimate limits of energy efficiency requires a physical understanding at level of single quanta of energy.
Information processing in the quantum world offers fascinating non-classical advantages.
Quantum systems are fragile, and this can exploited for probing the environment.
Interactions with single quantum systems represents an exciting frontier and new access to visualing samples.
Group leader, Professor of Theoretical Physics in the Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciendes at Heriot-Watt, and Member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh's Young Academy of Scotland.
Adam is a Research Associate working in the theory of open quantum systems. His research involves developing innovative techniques to study the dynamics of quantum networks in biological systems, with a focus on light-harvesting complexes in the strong and intermediate coupling regimes.
Moritz is a senior Research Associate working on efficient and exact simulations of nanoscale quantum devices, as part of a joint project with collaborators at St Andrews.
Nick's main home is now the Quantum Photonics Labs but he also remains an active associate member of qtt, continuing his work on biological and bio-inspired quantum light-harvesting.
is interested in quantum-enhanced (optical) sensing, imaging and metrology.
explores protocols for quantum metrology, studying both optical setups and spin sensors.
works on designing and engineeing photonic samples. He is jointly supervised with Luca Sapienza and Rob Benett from Glasgow and his main home is the Integrated Quantum Photonics Group
currently works on dispersive, waveguide-assisted read out of double quantum dots. He is jointly supervised with Brendon Lovett and based at St Andrews.
Henry's main interest is the learning of non-Markovian open systems dynamics from experimental data.
researches experimentally measurable signatures of (collective) quantum effects in biological and bio-inspired nano-emitters.
explores approaches for understanding, controlling, and optimising solid-state quantum devices using machine learning. He is primarily based in Oxford in the Natalia Ares Group.
investigates quantum effects in the light matter interaction of strongly coupled systems with applicaitons for light-harvesting.
is working on understanding the properties of strongly coupled indistinguishable quantum emitters and absorbers.
uses Bayesian inference for Lindbladian learning from measured data. He is jointly supervised with Cristian Bonato from the Quantum Photonics Lab.
We are always looking for enthusiastic and talented people to join our group!
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Prof Erik M Gauger
Room DB 1.10
Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences
School of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh EH14 4AS, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)131 451 3345
e.gauger@hw.ac.uk