Prof. Andrei Sidorov   Professorial Fellow

Qualifications:

• PhD, Institute of Spectroscopy, Troitsk, Moscow Region, USSR (1991)
• Diploma in Physics (with Honours), Moscow State University, USSR (1982)

Research Projects:

• Coherence of BEC on a Chip
• Magnetic Lattice
• Atomic Coherence

Research Interests:

• Laser Cooling and Trapping of Atoms
• Atom Optics and Interferometry
• Bose–Einstein Condensates
• Quantum Optics

Teaching Subjects:

• HET182 (Electronic Systems)
• HET507(Atomic Spectroscopy and Nonlinear Optics)

Professional Memberships:

• Australian Institute of Physics

Government Associations:

• National Committee for Spectroscopy, Australian Academy of Science

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

Name	Degree	Research Centre	Start year	Role
Mikhail Egorov	PhD	CAOUS	2008	Primary Supervisor
Valentin Ivannikov	PhD	CAOUS	2009	Primary Supervisor
Bogdan Opanchuk	PhD	CAOUS	2009	Co-Supervisor
Iurii Mordovin	PhD	CAOUS	2011	Primary Supervisor

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Matter Wave Interferometry on an Atom Chip
The research project is aimed at the production of degenerate quantum gases on a microwire chip, the development of double-well atom interferometer and studies of coherence of matter waves. The project is a part of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum-Atom Optics and is well equipped with top-performance diode lasers, a versatile computer control and a sophisticated imaging CCD system.

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. A.I. Sidorov and P. Hannaford, “From Magnetic Mirrors to Atom Chips”, in Atom Chips, Eds J. Reichel and V. Vuletic, (Wiley–VCH Verlag Gmbh, Weinheim) pp. 3–31 (2011)
2. A. Trenkwalder, C. Kohstall, M. Zaccanti, D. Naik, A.I. Sidorov, F. Schreck, and R. Grimm, “Hydrodynamic expansion of a strongly interacting Fermi–Fermi mixture”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 115304 (2011)
3. M. Egorov, R.P. Anderson, V. Ivannikov, B. Opanchuk, P. Drummond, B.V. Hall, and A.I. Sidorov, “Long–lived periodic revivals of coherence in an interacting Bose–Einstein condensate”, Phys. Rev. A 84, 021605(R) (2011)
4. R.P. Anderson, C. Ticknor, A.I. Sidorov, and B.V. Hall, “Spatially inhomogeneous phase evolution of a two–component Bose–Einstein condensate”, Phys. Rev. A 80, 023603 (2009)
5. B.V. Hall, S. Whitlock, R. Anderson, P. Hannaford, A.I. Sidorov, “Condensate splitting in an asymmetric double well for atom chip based gravity sensor applications”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 030402 (2007)
6. S. Whitlock, B.V. Hall, T. Roach, R. Anderson, M. Volk, P. Hannaford, and A.I. Sidorov, “Effect of magnetization inhomogeneity on magnetic microtraps for atoms”, Phys. Rev. A 75, 043602 (2007)
7. A.M. Akulshin, A. Cimmino, A.I. Sidorov, P. Hannaford and G.I. Opat, “Light propagation in an atomic medium with steep and sign–reversible dispersion”, Phys. Rev. A 67, 011801(R) (2003)
8. D.C. Lau, A.I. Sidorov, G.I. Opat, R.J. McLean, W.J. Rowlands, and P. Hannaford, “Reflection of cold atoms from an array of current–carrying wires”, European Phys. Journal D 5, 193 (1999)
9. R. Grimm, Yu.B. Ovchinnikov, A.I. Sidorov, and V.S. Letokhov, “Observation of a Strong Rectified Dipole Force in a Bichromatic Standing Light Wave”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 1415 (1990)
10. V.I. Balykin, V.S. Letokhov, Yu.B. Ovchinnikov, and A.I. Sidorov, “Quantum–State–Selective Mirror Reflection of Atoms by Laser Light”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 60, 2137 (1988)