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Prof. Kevin Weatherill
Professor
MPhys, Ph.D.

Affiliation | Room number | Telephone |
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Professor in the Department of Physics | 118 | +44 (0) 191 33 43666 |
Member of Quantum Light and Matter |
Research interests
- cold Ion and Electron Beams from Laser-cooled Atoms
- Rydberg Non-linear optics
- Terahertz sensing and imaging using Rydberg atoms
Research groups
- Quantum Light and Matter
Related Links
Awarded Grants
- 2020: QuanTICo Quantum Terahertz Imager using Coherent control(£77359.00 from Innovate UK)
- 2019: Electromagnetic Sensing, Imaging and Metrology using Rydberg Atoms(£568448.00 from Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
- 2018: MACQSIMAL: Minature Atomic Vapour Cells Based Quantum Devices for Sensing and Metrology Applications(£428739.58 from Interreg (ERDF) Europe)
- 2017: Atom-Based Quantum Photonics(£1276337.00 from Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
- 2017: QUARTZ: Quantum teRaherTZ Sensor using rydberg atoms(£165199.00 from Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
- 2017: Quantum Technologies Hub - Partnership Resource(£172626.00 from Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
- 2016: Microwave and THz Sensing using Rydberg Atoms(£10000.00 from University of Birmingham)
- 2016: PhD Studentship on THz Sensing and Imaging(£36000.00 from M Squared Lasers Ltd)
- 2015: Compact ion-sources based on surface-patterned atom chips(£100136.00 from Epsrc)
- 2015: Quantum optics in thermal strontium vapour(£14944.00 from The Royal Society)
- 2015: Rydberg soft matter(£609091.00 from Epsrc)
- 2013: Cold ion production by photoionisation of ultracold atoms with stablised lasers(£6000.00 from The Royal Society)
- 2013: Paul Instrument Fund(£73694.00 from The Royal Society)
Media Contacts
Available for media contact about:
- Physics: Atom-light interactions.
- Atomic and Molecular Physics: Atom-light interactions.
- Physics: Quantum and atomic physics
- Atomic and Molecular Physics: Quantum and atomic physics
- Atomic particles: Basic matter:
Publications
Chapter in book
Conference Paper
Conference Proceeding
Doctoral Thesis
- K.J. Weatherill (2007). A CO2 laser lattice experiment for cold atoms. Physics department. Durham University. PhD.
Journal Article
- Downes, Lucy, Whiting, Daniel, Adams, Charles & Weatherill, Kevin (Submitted). Rapid readout of terahertz orbital angular momentum beams using atom-based imaging. Optics Letters
- Downes, Lucy A, Torralbo-Campo, Lara & Weatherill, Kevin J (2023). A practical guide to terahertz imaging using thermal atomic vapour. New Journal of Physics 25: 035002.
- Downes, Lucy A., Whiting, Daniel J., Adams, C. Stuart & Weatherill, Kevin J. (2022). Rapid readout of terahertz orbital angular momentum beams using atom-based imaging. Optics Letters 47(22): 6001-6004.
- Chen, Shuying, Reed, Dominic J., MacKellar, Andrew R., Downes, Lucy A., Almuhawish, Nourah F. A., Jamieson, Matthew J., Adams, Charles S. & Weatherill, Kevin J. (2022). Terahertz electrometry via infrared spectroscopy of atomic vapor. Optica 9(5): 485-491.
- Almuhawish, Nourah F. Chen, Shuying, Downes, Lucy A., Jamieson, Matthew J., MacKellar, Andrew R. & Weatherill, Kevin J. (2021). Polarization spectroscopy of an excited state transition in Rubidium. OSA Continuum 4(10): 2598-2605.
- Spong, Nicholas L. R. Jiao, Yuechun Hughes, Oliver D. W., Weatherill, Kevin J. Lesanovsky, Igor & Adams, Charles S. (2021). Collectively encoded Rydberg qubit. Physical Review Letters 127(6): 063604.
- Jiao, Yuechun, Spong, Nicholas L. R., Hughes, Oliver D. W., So, Chloe, Ilieva, Teodora, Weatherill, Kevin J. & Adams, Charles S. (2020). Single-photon stored-light Ramsey interferometry using Rydberg polaritons. Optics Letters 45(20): 5888-5891.
- Downes, Lucy A., MacKellar, Andrew R., Whiting, Daniel J., Bourgenot, Cyril, Adams, Charles S. & Weatherill, Kevin J. (2020). Full-Field Terahertz Imaging at Kilohertz Frame Rates Using Atomic Vapor. Physical Review X 10(1): 011027.
- Wade, Christopher G., Levi, Emanuele, Marcuzzi, Matteo, Kondo, Jorge M. Lesanovsky, Igor, Adams, Charles S. & Weatherill, Kevin J. (2018). A terahertz-driven non-equilibrium phase transition in a room temperature atomic vapour. Nature Communications 9: 3567.
- Šibalić, Nikola, Pritchard, Jonathan D., Adams, Charles S. & Weatherill, Kevin J. (2017). ARC: An open-source library for calculating properties of alkali Rydberg atoms. Computer Physics Communications 220: 319-331.
- Hanley, Ryan K., Bounds, Alistair D., Huillery, Paul, Keegan, Niamh C., Faoro, Riccardo, Bridge, Elizabeth M., Weatherill, Kevin J. & Jones, Matthew P. A. (2017). Probing interactions of thermal Sr Rydberg atoms using simultaneous optical and ion detection. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 50(11): 115002.
- Wade, C.G., Šibalić, N., De Melo, N.R., Kondo, J.M., Adams, C.S. & Weatherill, K.J. (2017). Real-Time Near-Field Terahertz Imaging with Atomic Optical Fluorescence. Nature Photonics 11(1): 40-43.
- Šibalić, N., Kondo, J.M., Adams, C.S. & Weatherill, K.J. (2016). Dressed-state electromagnetically induced transparency for light storage in uniform-phase spin waves. Physical Review A 94(3): 033840.
- Šibalić, N Wade, CG, Adams, CS Weatherill, KJ & Pohl T (2016). Driven-dissipative many-body systems with mixed power-law interactions: Bistabilities and temperature-driven nonequilibrium phase transitions. Physical Review A 94(1): 011401.
- de Melo, Natalia R., Wade, Christopher G., Šibalić, Nikola, Kondo, Jorge M., Adams, Charles S. & Weatherill, Kevin J. (2016). Intrinsic Optical Bistability in a Strongly-Driven Rydberg Ensemble. Physical Review A 93(6): 063863.
- Kondo, J.M., Šibalić, N., Guttridge, A., Wade, C.G., De Melo, N.R., Adams, C.S. & Weatherill, K.J. (2015). Observation of interference effects via four-photon excitation of highly excited Rydberg states in thermal cesium vapor. Optics Letters 40(23): 5570-5573.
- Wade, C.G., Sibalic, N., Keaveney, J., Adams, C.S. & Weatherill, K.J. (2014). Probing an Excited-State Atomic Transition Using Hyperfine Quantum Beat Spectroscopy. Physical Review A 90: 033424.
- Maxwell, D., Szwer, D. J., Paredes-Barato, D., Busche, H., Pritchard, J. D., Gauguet, A., Weatherill, K. J., Jones, M. P. A. & Adams, C. S. (2013). Storage and Control of Optical Photons Using Rydberg Polaritons. Physical Review Letters 110(10): 103001.
- Ates, C., Lesanovsky, I., Adams, C. S. & Weatherill, K. J. (2013). Fast and quasideterministic single ion source from a dipole-blockaded atomic ensemble. Physical review letters 110(21): 213003.
- Urvoy, A., Carr, C., Ritter, R., Adams, C.S., Weatherill, K. J. & Löw, R. (2013). Optical coherences and wavelength mismatch in ladder systems. Journal of Physics B Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 46(24): 245001.
- Carr, C., Ritter, R., Wade, C., Adams, C. S. & Weatherill K. J. (2013). Nonequilibrium phase transition in a dilute Rydberg Ensemble. Physical Review Letters 111(11): 113901.
- Carr, C Tanasittikosol, M Sargsyan, A, Sarkisyan, D, Adams, CS & Weatherill, KJ (2012). Three-photon electromagnetically induced transparency using Rydberg states. Optics Letters 37(18): 3858-3860.
- Tanasittikosol, M., Carr C. Adams C. S. & Weatherill K. J. (2012). Subnatural linewidths in two-photon excited-state spectroscopy. Physical Review A 85(3): 033830.
- West, AD, Weatherill, KJ, Hayward, TJ, Fry, PW, Schrefl, T, Gibbs, MRJ Adams, CS, Allwood, DA & Hughes, IG (2012). Realization of the Manipulation of Ultracold Atoms with a Reconfigurable Nanomagnetic System of Domain Walls. Nano Letters 12(8): 4065–4069.
- West, A.D. Hayward, T.J. Weatherill, K.J. Schrefl, T. Allwood, D.A. & Hughes, I.G. (2012). A simple model for calculating magnetic nanowire domain wall fringing fields. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 45(9): 095002.
- West, A. D., Wade, C. G., Weatherill, K. J. & Hughes, I. G. (2012). Piezoelectrically actuated time-averaged atomic microtraps. Applied Physics Letters 101(2): 023115.
- Carr, C, Adams, C. S. & Weatherill K. J. (2012). Polarization spectroscopy of an excited state transition. Optics Letters 37(1): 118-120.
- Hayward, T. J. West, A. D., Weatherill, K. J., Schrefl, T., Hughes, I. G. & Allwood, D. A. (2011). Nanomagnetic engineering of the properties of domain wall atom traps. Journal of Applied Physics 110(12): 123918.
- M Tanasittikosol, JD Pritchard, D Maxwell, A Gauguet, KJ Weatherill, RM Potvliege & CS Adams (2011). Microwave dressing of Rydberg dark states. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 44(18): 184020.
- Pritchard, J.D. Gauguet, A. Weatherill, K.J. & Adams, C.S. (2011). Optical non-linearity in a dynamical Rydberg gas. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 44(18): 184019.
- Sevincli, S., Ates, C., Pohl, T., Schempp, H., Hofmann, C.S., Guenter, G., Amthor, T., Weidemueller, M., Pritchard, J.D., Maxwell, D., Gauguet, A., Weatherill, K.J., Jones, M.P.A. & Adams, C.S. (2011). Quantum interference in interacting three-level Rydberg gases: coherent population trapping and electromagnetically induced transparency. J. Phys B. 44: 184018.
- T. J. Hayward, A. D. West, K. J. Weatherill, P. J. Curran, P. W. Fry, P. M. Fundi, M. R. J. Gibbs, T. Schrefl, C. S. Adams, I. G. Hughes, S. J. Bending & D. A. Allwood (2010). Design and characterization of a field-switchable nanomagnetic atom mirror. Journal of Applied Physics 108(4): 043906.
- Pritchard, J.D., Maxwell, D., Gauguet, A., Weatherill, K.J., Jones, M.P.A. & Adams, C.S. (2010). Cooperative Atom-Light Interaction in a Blockaded Rydberg Ensemble. Physical Review Letters 105(19): 193603.
- Abel, R. P., Mohapatra, A. K., Bason, M. G., Pritchard, J. D., Weatherill, K. J., Raitzsch, U. & Adams, C. S. (2009). Laser frequency stabilization to excited state transitions using electromagnetically induced transparency in a cascade system. Applied Physics Letters 94(7): 071107.
- Weatherill, K., Pritchard, J. D., Griffin, P. F., Dammalapati, U., Adams, C. S. & Riis, E. (2009). A versatile and reliably re-usable ultra-high vacuum viewport. Review of Scientific Instruments 80(2): 026105.
- Bason, M G, Mohapatra, A K, Weatherill, K J & Adams, C S (2009). Narrow absorptive resonances in a four-level atomic system. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 42(7): 075503.
- Weatherill, KJ, Pritchard, JD, Abel, RP, Bason, MG, Mohapatra, AK & Adams, CS (2008). Electromagnetically induced transparency of an interacting cold Rydberg ensemble. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 41(20): 201002.
- Bason, M.G., Mohapatra, A.K., Weatherill, K.J. & Adams, C.S (2008). Electro-optic control of atom-light interactions using Rydberg dark-state polaritons. Physical Review A 77(3): 032305.
- Mohapatra, A.K., Bason, M.G., Butscher, B., Weatherill, K.J. & Adams, C.S. (2008). A giant electro-optic effect using polarizable dark states. Nature Physics 4(11): 890-894.
- Griffin, P. F., Weatherill, K. J., MacLeod, S. G., Potvliege, R. M. & Adams, C. S. (2006). Spatially selective loading of an optical lattice by light-shift engineering using an auxiliary laser field. New Journal of Physics 8(11): 10.
- Griffin, P.F., Weatherill, K.J. & Adams, C.S. (2005). Fast switching of alkali atom dispensers using laser induced heating. Review of Scientific Instruments 76(9): 093102.
Newspaper/Magazine Article
- Weatherill, KJ & Vredenbregt, EDJ (2012). The Next Coolest Thing. Physics World (August ): 28-33.
- Weatherill, K.J., Pritchard, J.D., Abel, R.P., Bason, M.G., Mohapatra, A.K. & Adams, C.S. (2008). Electromagnetically induced transparency of a cold Rydberg ensemble. EuroPhysics News 39(6): 17.
Supervision students
Mr. Cameron Mcallister
PGR Student
Mr Gianluca Allinson
PGR Student
Mr. Imhotep Booth
Postgraduate Student
Mr. James Fleming
PGR Student
Mr. Jonathan Mortlock
PGR Student
Mr Laurentiu Nita
PGR Student
Mr. Matthew Jamieson
PGR Student
Mr. Max Festenstein
PGR Student