Dr. Adam Thorn
Semiconductor Physics Group, Cavendish Laboratory
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Dr. Adam Thorn
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alt36 @ cam.ac.uk |
| Office phone number: | +44 (0)1223 764179 |
| Fax: | +44 (0)1223 337271 |
| Office: | Room 332, Mott Building (Directions to my office) |
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SP Group
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Cavendish Laboratory
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J. J. Thomson Avenue
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Cambridge |
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CB3 0HE, UK
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Research interests:
Surface Acoustic Wave Quantum Computing
High frequency single-electron transport
I use theoretical and numerical methods to investigate electron dynamics in low-dimensional semiconductors, focussing mainly upon surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices. These devices use travelling electric waves in GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures to transport single electrons through gate-defined nanonstructures. The following is an (incomplete) list of my work:
- Simulations of Aharonov-Bohm rings using realistic geometries
- Theoretical descriptions of high-frequency single-electron pumps
- Modelling the time-evolution of coherent electron dynamics in SAW devices
- Realistic electrostatic modelling of nanostructures
A PDF of my PhD thesis entitled "Electron dynamics in surface acoustic wave devices" is available
here.
Publications:
List of publications
Supervisor:
Dr. Crispin Barnes
Teaching:
The webpage for Theoretical Physics 1 is here.
Material for IA and IB Maths courses may be available at my personal webpage
