Dr Lars Skovgaard Madsen
Professor
Department of Physics
The University of Queensland
Australia
Biography
Lars obtained his Cand. Scient. at the University of Copenhagen 2009 with a thesis on the quantum interface between light and room temperature Cesium atoms. He continued with a PhD at the Technical University of Denmark 2009/05 with Prof. Ulrik L. Andersen. Here he performed projects exploring Quantum key distribution, characterization of quantum discord and describing the polarization of quantum light. After his PhD he received a one year Carlsberg travel stipend starting in 2013/04. The project is a collaboration between the two neighboring laboratories of associate Professor Warwick Bowen and Professor Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop. The ambitious project involves setting up an ultra high vacuum system to prepare an ultra cold cloud of atoms, trapping the cold atoms around a tapered fiber and coupling light going through the tapered fiber to a mechanical oscillator. The aim is to explore synergy effects of the hybrid quantum system such as sympathetic cooling of the mechanics.
Research Interest
CV quantum optics, CV Quantum information, Optomechanics, Cold Atoms
