Prof. Russell McLean   Professorial Fellow

Projects

• Magnetic atom optics
• Integrated atom optics
• Atomic coherence spectroscopy

Supervision of higher degree by research (HDR) (Current students)

Name	Degree	Research Centre	Start year	Role	Institution
Smitha Jose	PhD	CAOUS	2008	Associate Supervisor	Swinburne
Valentin Ivannikov	PhD	CAOUS	2009	Associate Supervisor	Swinburne
Prince Kurumthodathu Surendran	PhD	CAOUS	2010	Associate Supervisor	Swinburne
Iurii Mordovin	PhD	CAOUS	2011	Associate Supervisor	Swinburne

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Deterministic source of single photons
The project aims to develop a deterministic source of single photons using ultracold trapped atoms and Raman scattering of photons.

The scope of the project includes the production of the trapped atoms, the realisation of a "write–read" process, the detection of the single photons and studies of coherence properties of the photons.

Magnetic Lattices for Ultracold Atoms
This project aims to use a novel approach based on magnetic lattices created by patterned magnetic films on an atom chip to study quantum phenomena associated with the tunnelling of ultracold atoms and BECs between lattice sites

Selected publications:

1. Electromagnetically induced absorption and transparency due to long lived Zeeman coherence
   Alexander Akulshin, Russell McLean, Andrei Sidorov and Peter Hannaford
   in New Trends in Quantum Coherence and Nonlinear Optics (Horizons in World Physics, Volume 263) ed. R. Drampyan (Nova, New York) pp. 1-43 (2009)
2. Dynamics of reflection of ultracold atoms from a periodic one-dimensional magnetic lattice potential.
   Mandip Singh, Russell McLean, Andrei Sidorov and Peter Hannaford
   Phys. Rev. A 79, 053407 (2009)
3. Coherent and collimated blue light generated by four-wave mixing in Rb vapour
   Alexander Akulshin, Russell McLean, Andrei Sidorov and Peter Hannaford
   Optics Express 17, 22861-70 (2009) arxiv:0910.2292
4. Anomalous dispersion and negative group velocity in a coherence-free cold atomic medium
   William G. A. Brown, Russell McLean, Andrei Sidorov, Peter Hannaford, and Alexander Akulshin
   J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 25 C82-C86 (2008)
5. Broadband optical delay with large dynamic range using atomic dispersion
   M.R. Vanner, R.J. McLean, P. Hannaford and A.M. Akulshin
   J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 41, 051004 (2008). previously arXiv 0711.4172
6. One dimensional lattice of permanent magnetic microtraps for ultracold atoms on an atom chip
   M. Singh, M. Volk, A. Akulshin, A. Sidorov, R. McLean and P. Hannaford
   J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 41, 065301 (2008) previously arXiv 0801.0642
7. Storage of light in an atomic medium using electromagnetically induced absorption
   A.M. Akulshin, A. Lezama, A.I. Sidorov, R.J. McLean and P. Hannaford
   J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 38, L365-L374 (2005)
8. Enhanced atomic Kerr nonlinearity in bright coherent states
   A.M. Akulshin, A.I. Sidorov, R.J. McLean and P. Hannaford
   J. Opt. B: Quantum Semiclass. Opt. 6, 491-494 (2004).
9. Permanent magnet microstructures for atom optics
   A.I. Sidorov, R.J. McLean, F. Scharnberg, D.S. Gough, T.J. Davis, B.A. Sexton, G.I. Opat and P. Hannaford
   Acta Physica Polonica B 33, 2137-2155 (2002)
10. Reflection of cold atoms from an array of current-carrying conductors
    D.C. Lau, A.I. Sidorov, G.I. Opat, R.J. McLean, W.J. Rowlands and P. Hannaford
    Eur. Phys. J. D 5, 193-9 (1999)
11. Magnetic mirrors with micron-scale periodicities for slowly moving neutral atoms
    D.C. Lau, R.J. McLean, A.I. Sidorov, D.S. Gough, J. Koperski, W.J. Rowlands, B.A. Sexton, G.I. Opat and P. Hannaford
    J. Optics B: Quantum Semiclass. Opt. 1, 371-7 (1999).
12. Specular reflection of cold caesium atoms from a magnetostatic mirror
    A.I. Sidorov, R.J. McLean, G.I. Opat, W.J. Rowlands, D.C. Lau, J.E. Murphy, M. Walkiewicz and P. Hannaford
    Quantum Semiclass. Opt. 8, 713-25 (1996).