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Toshiba Research Europe, Cambridge Research
Laboratory (2003-present)
· Senior Research Scientist (2008-present)
and Research Scientist (2003-2008) in the Quantum Information Group lead by
Andrew Shields.
· Experimental work on quantum optics with
single quantum dots, including photon interference, entanglement, single-photon
emitting diodes and cavity QED (see publication list).
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Post-doc (2002-2003) - MBE growth of InSb for
magnetic sensors (Prof. L. Cohen) and resonant cavity LEDs
(Prof C.Phillips)
· PhD (1999-2002) – Opto-electronics with
quantum wells and dots for 1300nm emission (Prof. R. Murray and Prof. G.
Parry). CASE sponsored by Agilent Technologies.
· 1st class
degree: MSci in Natural Sciences (Physics) + MA (hons).
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Experience
I have reviewed papers for
Nature Photonics, Nature Physics. Physical Review Letters and
Applied Physics Letters, among others.
I have also made approximately
twenty presentations at international conferences and authored approximately 40
peer-reviewed publications. Some recent ones are listed below:
Electric field induced coherent coupling of the exciton states in a single semiconductor quantum dot
A. J. Bennett, M. Pooley, R. M. Stevenson, M. B. Ward, R.B. Patel, A. Boyer
de la Giroday, N. Skold, I.
Farrer, C.A. Nicoll, D.A. Ritchie and A.J. Shields
Nature Physics 6 (2010) 947. (doi:10.1038/nphys1780)
All-electrical coherent control of the exciton states in a single quantum dot
A. Boyer de la Giroday, A. J. Bennett, M. A. Pooley,
R. M. Stevenson, N. Sköld, R. B. Patel, I. Farrer, D.
A. Ritchie, and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. B [Rapid Communication] 82, 241301 (2010)
Two-photon interference with photons from
electrically tunable remote quantum dots
R.B. Patel, A.J.
Bennett, I.
Nature Photonics 4, 632 (2010). DOI: 10.1038/NPHOTON.2010.161 (2010).
arXiv.org
> quant-ph > arXiv:0911.3997
Slow-light enhanced quantum dot emission in
a unidirectional photonic crystal waveguide
S.J. Dewhurst,
D. Granados, D. J. P. Ellis, A. J. Bennett, R. B. Patel, I. Farrer, D.
Anderson, G. A. C. Jones, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 031109 (2010).
Interference of dissimilar photon sources
A. J. Bennett,
R. B. Patel, C. A. Nicoll, D. A. Ritchie, and A. J. Shields
Nature Physics 5, 715 - 717 (2009).
arXiv.org > quant-ph > arXiv:1006.0820
Evolution of Entanglement Between Distinguishable Light States
R. M.
Stevenson, A. J. Hudson, A. J. Bennett, R. J. Young, C. A. Nicoll, P. Atkinson,
K. Cooper, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. Lett. 101 (2008) 170501.
arXiv.org
> quant-ph > arXiv:0803.3947
Post-selective Two-Photon Interference
from a Continuous Non-classical Stream of Photons Emitted by a Quantum Dot
R. B. Patel, A.
J. Bennett, A. J. Shields, P. Atkinson, C. Nicoll, K. Cooper and D. A. Ritchie
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100 (2008) 207405.
arXiv.org > quant-ph > arXiv:0804.1897
Cavity-enhanced radiative
emission rate in a single-photon-emitting diode operating at 0.5 GHz
D. J. P. Ellis,
A. J. Bennett, A. J. Shields, P. Atkinson, C. A. Nicoll, D. A. Ritchie
New Journal of Physics 10
(2008) 043035.
arXiv.org > cond-mat > arXiv:0804.0663
Coherence of an exciton-photon
entangled state
A. J. Hudson,
R. M. Stevenson, A. J. Bennett, R. J. Young, C. A. Nicoll, P. Atkinson, K.
Cooper, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 (2007) 266802.
arXiv.org > quant-ph > arXiv:0707.3556
Electrically addressing a single
self-assembled quantum dot
D. J. P. Ellis, A. J. Bennett, A. J.
Shields, P. Atkinson and D. A. Ritchie
Appl.
Phys. Lett. 88 (2006) 133509
arXiv.org > quant-ph > arXiv:quant-ph/0612046
Microcavity single-photon-emitting diode
A. J. Bennett, D. C. Unitt, P. See, A. J.
Shields, P. Atkinson, K. Cooper and D. A. Ritchie
Appl.
Phys. Lett., 86 (2005) 181102.
Polarisation Control of Quantum Dot
Single Photon Sources via a Dipole Dependent Purcell Effect
D. C. Unitt, A. J. Bennett, P. Atkinson,
D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. B 72 (2005) 033318.