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EPSRC Support by Research Area (Quantum Optics and Information) in Theme (Physical Sciences)

Research areas are used to describe EPSRC's portfolio of excellent long term research and high quality postgraduate training.

Grants are classified using one or more research areas. The number and value of grants listed below reflects how the theme portfolio is described by this research area.

Please note: some research areas will appear under multiple themes. There is no unique, absolute, relationship between a research area and a theme.

Grant TitlePrincipal
Investigator		OrganisationDepartmentTotal Grant
Value (£)
(e,gamma,2e) Threshold Spectroscopy - A new method to study collisional excitation of atoms using combined laser and electron beamsMurray, Professor AJUniversity of Manchester, ThePhysics and Astronomy 505,261
Acoustic control of quantum cascade heterostructures: the THz "S-LASER"Cunningham, Professor JUniversity of LeedsElectronic and Electrical Engineering 998,934
Acoustic control of quantum cascade heterostructures: the THz "S-LASER"Kent, Professor AUniversity of NottinghamSch of Physics & Astronomy 509,155
Amplification of electromagnetic waves by a rotating bodyUlbricht, Professor HUniversity of SouthamptonSch of Physics and Astronomy 866,919
Deterministic quantum gate between photons in a next-generation light-matter interfaceGangloff, Professor DUniversity of CambridgePhysics 251,112
Electric and optical manipulation of 2D excitons for room temperature polariton blockade and valley qubitsRusso, Professor SUniversity of ExeterPhysics 943,298
EPSRC-SFI: Non-Equilibrium Steady-States of Quantum many-body systems: uncovering universality and thermodynamics (QuamNESS)Clark, Dr SRJUniversity of BristolPhysics 634,206
EPSRC-SFI: Non-Equilibrium Steady-States of Quantum many-body systems: uncovering universality and thermodynamics (QuamNESS)Paternostro, Professor MQueen's University of BelfastSch of Mathematics and Physics 452,495
Far From Equilibrium Quantum SimulatorsSzymanska, Professor MHUCLPhysics and Astronomy 850,350
Fast Switching Zincblende GaN LEDsOliver, Professor RAUniversity of CambridgeMaterials Science & Metallurgy 586,130
Fast Switching Zincblende GaN LEDsBinks, Professor DJUniversity of Manchester, ThePhysics and Astronomy 473,432
Fast Switching zincblende-GaN LEDsWallis, Professor DJCardiff UniversitySch of Engineering 483,562
From Nanoscale Structure to Nanoscale Function (NS2NF)Briggs, Professor GADUniversity of OxfordMaterials 1,530,594
Harnessing quantum optical phenomena in cold atomic ensemblesRuostekoski, Professor JLancaster UniversityPhysics 975,175
Hybrid Quantum System of Excitons and SuperconductorsLynch, Professor SACardiff UniversitySchool of Physics and Astronomy 637,700
Hybrid Quantum System of Excitons and SuperconductorsJones, Professor MPADurham, University ofPhysics 841,041
Interacting Topological Matter in Synthetic DimensionsPrice, Dr HUniversity of BirminghamSchool of Physics and Astronomy 249,987
Molecular Photonic BreadboardsLeggett, Professor GUniversity of SheffieldChemistry 7,255,283
MOSQUITO: MObile Spin-based QUantum Information sTOrageBonato, Professor CHeriot-Watt UniversitySch of Engineering and Physical Science 1,196,211
Nanoscale Advanced Materials EngineeringCurry, Professor RJUniversity of Manchester, TheElectrical and Electronic Engineering 7,671,801
Noise-avoidance and Simulation in Quantum Information TechnologiesJennings, Dr DUniversity of LeedsPhysics and Astronomy 401,471
Nonclassicality of the Harmonic-Oscillator Coherent State Persisting up to the Macroscopic DomainBose, Professor SUCLPhysics and Astronomy 451,887
Nonclassicality of the Harmonic-Oscillator Coherent State Persisting up to the Macroscopic Domain (NoHarmMacro)Ulbricht, Professor HUniversity of SouthamptonSch of Physics and Astronomy 680,014
Non-Ergodic Quantum ManipulationPepper, Professor Sir MUCLLondon Centre for Nanotechnology 7,032,540
Parahydrogen-Induced Hyperpolarisation For Microfluidic Perfusion CultureUtz, Professor MUniversity of SouthamptonSch of Chemistry 1,213,199
PEPR - A centre for Pulse Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy at Imperial CollegeRoessler, Dr MMImperial College LondonChemistry 2,288,049
Quantum and Many Body Physics Enabled by Advanced Semiconductor NanotechnologyKrizhanovskii, Professor DUniversity of SheffieldPhysics and Astronomy 6,146,505
Quantum dynamics of electrons in emerging van der Waals devicesGreenaway, Dr MTLoughborough UniversityPhysics 278,181
QUantum Emergent Hydrodynamics of integrable many-body Systems : from Theory to applications and experimental validation (QuEHST)Ruggiero, Dr PKings College LondonMathematics 333,136
Quantum entanglement in attosecond ionisationMintert, Dr FImperial College LondonPhysics 515,109
Quantum nonlinear optics with 2D materialsKyriienko, Dr OUniversity of ExeterPhysics and Astronomy 344,176
Quantum optics using Rydberg polaritonsAdams, Professor CSDurham, University ofPhysics 667,023
Segregation of alloy and dopant atoms at defects in nitride materialsOliver, Professor RAUniversity of CambridgeMaterials Science & Metallurgy 474,220
Short-wave Infrared Single Photon Detection With Linear Mode Avalanche PhotodiodeYi, Dr XHeriot-Watt UniversitySch of Engineering and Physical Science 360,057
Silencing the noise in quantum circuits by a Quantum fluid Bath - SQuBaSaunders, Professor JRoyal Holloway, Univ of LondonPhysics 1,349,489
Silencing the noise in quantum circuits by a Quantum fluid Bath - SQuBade Graaf, Dr SENational Physical Laboratory NPLTime Quantum & Electromagnetic Division 220,294
Simulating ultracold quantum chemistry at conical intersectionsLi, Dr WUniversity of NottinghamSch of Physics & Astronomy 400,856
Stoichiometric rare-earth crystals for novel integrated quantum memoriesMazzera, Dr MHeriot-Watt UniversitySch of Engineering and Physical Science 379,192

Total Number of Grants: 38
Total Value of Grants: £51,448,042

The grant value may include the cost of access to facilities (these funds are not awarded to the grant holding organisation).