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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).
Imperial
College, London (1999-2003).
·
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.
Cambridge University (1995-1999)
· 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:
Two-photon interference with photons from
electrically tunable remote quantum dots
R.B. Patel,
A.J. Bennett, I. Farrer, C.A. Nicoll, D.A. Ritchie and A.J. Shields
Nature Photonics (AOP), July 2010, DOI:10.1038
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.