Dr Stephen Hogan
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Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
About the Project
The group of Dr. Stephen Hogan in the Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Positron Physics (AMOPP) section of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at University College London (UCL) has a fully-funded Phd position available, beginning in September 2017, to work on experiments with cold, trapped molecules in high Rydberg states [1].
This PhD project lies within a research program directed toward carrying out laboratory studies of decay processes and low-energy collisions involving highly-excited atoms and molecules which are present in the Earth’s upper atmosphere. The planned experiments will exploit a set of chip-based electric guides, decelerators and traps, for the preparation and manipulation of cold Rydberg atoms and molecules, which we have recently developed in our laboratory [2-4].
For further information please contact Dr. Stephen Hogan ([Email Address Removed]), or go to www.ucl.ac.uk/phys/amopp/people/stephen_hogan/
Funding Notes
Applications are welcomed from students that have completed, or are about to complete, a Masters degree in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Physical Chemistry or a related subject.
Applications can be submitted through the central UCL Postgraduate Admissions website (www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate/research/application/) by selecting the research degree program in Physics and Astronomy (AMOPP group), and should indicate Dr. Stephen Hogan as the proposed supervisor.
For full consideration applications must be submitted by 31st January 2017.
References
[1] S. D. Hogan, 'Rydberg-Stark deceleration of atoms and molecules', EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation, 3, 1 (2016).
[2] P. Lancuba and S. D. Hogan, 'Guiding Rydberg atoms above surface-based transmission lines', Phys. Rev. A, 88, 043427 (2013).
[3] P. Lancuba and S. D. Hogan, 'Transmission-line decelerators for atoms in high Rydberg states', Phys. Rev. A, 90, 053420 (2014).
[4] P. Lancuba and S. D. Hogan, 'Electrostatic trapping and in situ detection of Rydberg atoms above chip-based transmission lines', J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., 49, 074006 (2016).