Sara and Anindya had fun explaining the working principles of a Michelson interferometer with a live demo in our public outreach day on Saturday.

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It only takes half a second to make micron size parabolic mirrors for particle trapping: pubs.aip.org/aip/apl/articl… Great collaboration with Optical Manipulation Group, St Andrews Graham D Bruce and Andrea Di Falco’s group.

Save the date: the next Condensed Matter and Quantum Materials (CMQM) conference will take place 2-5 July 2024 in St Andrews. See iop.eventsair.com/cmqm2024/ for more information.

We're looking for a project manager to help our Alliance move forward! This is a really exciting position where you'd get the chance to interact with a really diverse range of researchers. Fully funded for 4 years, find out more here jobs.ac.uk/job/DEA571/pro… Ashley Lyons

Interested in joining the Centre for Designer Quantum Materials? We are currently recruiting for a position in theoretical physics. For more details see vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/28…. #EverToExcel Centre for Designer Quantum Materials @univstandrews

Our EPSRC CDT in Applied Photonics students are talented in poetry as well as physics!

🔔Announcing a call for doctoral candidates 💷Fully funded joint PhD with University of St Andrews🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿& Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn 🇩🇪in Physics & Astronomy 👩‍🎓Entry in 2024-2025 ⏳Deadline for applications 31 January 🔍Details: tinyurl.com/2sww4tmf @PhysAstroStAnd St Leonard's Postgraduate College St Andrews Scholarships and Funding #GlobalPhDs

Date for your diary: Condensed Matter and Quantum Materials (CMQM24) conference in St Andrews (2-5 July). With special attention to polaritons and 2d materials. iop.eventsair.com/cmqm2024

Finally out - how good are different surfaces at deactivating SARS-CoV-2 viruses? Copper beats them almost all - except cuprous oxide (Cu₂O). Question is - why? Read more at doi.org/10.1128/aem.01…. Great collaboration across CDQM (cdqm.uk) and School of Biology.

We're having a launch event to kick-off our Alliance! The event will be on Mon 19th Feb at the UofGARC in Glasgow. You can sign up at our Eventbrite page below, come join us! eventbrite.com/e/alliance-for…

Rydberg polaritons in Cu2O become nonlinear! nature.com/articles/s4137… excellent collaboration with Quantum Light Sheffield

Our new work on "Nonlinear Rydberg exciton-polaritons in Cu2O microcavities" has just appeared in Light Science and Applications. Great UK/Germany collaboration crucially supported by a Centre-to-Centre EPSRC grant between Sheffield and TU Dortmund. nature.com/articles/s4137…

A very clear and honest talk on quantum computers by Oliver Brown from Edinburgh at the start of Quantum ARC kickoff meeting ⁦Quantum Computing & Simulation Hub⁩ ⁦@QT_Alliance⁩

Seed funding (up to £10k) for quantum, ECRs eligible! quantum-tech-alliance.co.uk/seed-funding/

New research from the University of St Andrews @PhysAstroStAnd St Andrews School of Chemistry could lead to more efficient televisions, computer screens and lighting, according to new research published today in nature Read more 👇 ow.ly/rbS350R3t6M #EverToExcel

Our work on Rydberg excitons in micropillars out now: nature.com/articles/s4324…

Anindya presenting Rydberg excitons in micropillars in PLMCN24 in Tbilisi

CMQM conf in St And brought diverse experts together, from hard CM to polaritons. Hopefully this will result in collaborations between traditionally non-overlapping fields. Thanks to Peter Wahl for heavy lifting.⁦Peter Wahl⁩ ⁦University of St Andrews⁩ ⁦@PhysAstroStAnd⁩

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