Jonathan Matthews

Biography

He is a lecturer in the School of Physics, University of Bristol, and He lead the EPSRC funded research activity of experimental quantum metrology, within the Centre for Quantum Photonics and QETLabs entities. He hold a five year EPSRC early career research fellowship (awarded 2015) in quantum technologies, to develop photonic quantum enhanced sensors and he is an investigator on the quantum-enhanced imaging hub QUANTIC (part of the UK national quantum technologies programme, initiated in 2014). He was previously awarded a Leverhulme Trust early career fellowship in 2012 to study photonic implementations if quantum.

Research Interest

Quantum metrology. From photography to the ultra-precise iterferometers used to detect gravitational waves, light has proven to be a fansatstic way to quantify our surroundings. Quantum mechanics defines the limit in quality of optical measurements. For example, the precision that laser interferometers can measure subtle changes in distance is limited by shot noise. By careful engineering of quantum properties of light.