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EPSRC Reference:	GR/T02324/01
Title:	The Micromaser: A Proving Ground for Quantum Physics
Principal Investigator:	Varcoe, Professor B
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Department:	Physics and Astronomy
Organisation:	University of Sussex
Scheme:	Advanced Fellowship (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	31 March 2005	Ends:	31 July 2006	Value (£):	287,476
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Cold Atomic Species Quantum Optics & Information
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
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Panel History:	Panel Date Panel Name Outcome 21 Apr 2004 Physics Fellowships Interviews 2004 Deferred 15 Mar 2004 Physics Fellowships Sifting Panel 2004 Deferred
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The micromaser is an archetype experiment that has, in part, defined the field of modem quantum optics. The micromaser is one of the first projects seen by nearly every graduate student in theoretical quantum optics and there is a vast amount of theoretical work published on the micromaser with literally thousands of publications. Yet there are only two experiments in the world one in Germany in the group of H. Walther at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics and the other in France in the group of S. Haroche at the Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS). The experiment at the University of Sussex will combine features of these two experiments to open an as yet unexplored parameter space. The large equipment for constructing the maser (the cryostat and vacuum apparatus) is due to arrive in the middle of 2004. The construction will then take place in earnest with the first experiments planned in mid 2005. This fellowship is timed to coincide with the arrival of this apparatus and the start of the complex construction of the micromaser. It is important that this opportunity is taken now in order to see the rapid development of this apparatus. The development of the micromaser will add at least two identifiable values to UK research, firstly it is a focus of world wide theoretical research and secondly it provides training for the next generation of experimentalists in cavity QED.
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