Jevon Longdell
Associate Professor
Physics
Otago University
New Zealand
Biography
After undertaking undergraduate studies at the University of Waikato and an MSc at the University of Auckland, I completed my PhD at the Australian National University. After postdoctoral positions at the CSIRO and ANU I started work as lecturer at Otago in 2007.
Research Interest
The main theme of my research has been studying how defects and impurities in solids interact with light. In particular I have investigated the benefits of rare earth ion dopants as alternatives to trapped atomic systems for quantum information processing applications. I am also investigating applications of these systems outside quantum information; in particular the optical detection of ultrasound for a new way of biomedical imaging.
Publications
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Hosseini, M., Sparkes, B. M., Hétet, G., Longdell, J. J., Lam, P. K., & Buchler, B. C. (2009). Coherent optical pulse sequencer for quantum applications. Nature, 461, 241-245. doi: 10.1038/nature08325
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Hedges, M. P., Longdell, J. J., Li, Y., & Sellars, M. J. (2010). Efficient quantum memory for light. Nature, 465(7301), 1052-1056. doi: 10.1038/nature09081
