Edward Laird
Professor
Department of Materials
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr Edward Laird is working as a Professor in the Department of Materials at University of Oxford, he completed his PhD in Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA Advisor: Prof. Charles M. Marcus Thesis: ‘Electrical control of quantum dot spin qubits’ 2005 MA in Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA 2002 MPhys in Physics, St John’s College, Oxford, UK Result: First Class Honours (5th of 160 in my year).
Research Interest
Quantum mechanics, nanofabrication, quantum transport, and spin resonance
Publications
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G.A. Steele, F. Pei, E.A. Laird, J.M. Jol, H.B. Meerwaldt, and L.P. Kouwenhoven (2013) Large spin-orbit coupling in carbon nanotubes Nature Communications 4: 1573.
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N. Ares, F.J. Schupp, A. Mavalankar, G. Rogers, J. Griffiths, G.A.C. Jones, I. Farrer, D.A. Ritchie, C.G. Smith, A. Cottet, G.A.D. Briggs, E.A. Laird. Sensitive radio-frequency measurements of a quantum dot by tuning to perfect impedance matching. Physical Review Applied 5 034011 (2016)
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Aquila Mavalankar, Tian Pei, Erik M. Gauger, Jamie H. Warner, G. Andrew D. Briggs, Edward A. Laird (2016) Photon-assisted tunneling and charge dephasing in a carbon nanotube double quantum dot. Physical Review B 93 235428
