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    Carbon Electronics Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) Quantum Optics 2D Transport 1D Transport Quantum Dot Refrigeration Fundamentals of low-dimensional semiconductor systems PhD projects Projects for undergraduates and summer students Press Cuttings Summer projects

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About Us overview Our Partners How to find us

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Research overview Quantum Dot Refrigeration Projects for undergraduates and summer students Press Cuttings Summer projects

Carbon Electronics

Carbon Electronics overview Electrically Contacting Molecules Using Graphene for Energy Harvesting Graphene quantum dots Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) of Graphene

Surface acoustic waves (SAWs)

Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) overview SAW-driven quantised charge transport The use of SAWs to manipulate quantum bits (qubits) Playing ping-pong with single electrons A single-photon production line driven by a sound wave

Quantum Optics

Quantum Optics overview Self-assembled quantum dots Solid-state photonic interfaces based on single quantum dots and quantum dot molecules

2D Transport

2D Transport overview Coupled Two-Dimensional Electron or Hole Gases Electron hole bilayers

1D Transport

1D Transport overview Electrons take the fast and slow lanes at the same time Spin-charge separation in quantum wires Testing theories that go beyond the regime of applicability of Luttinger-liquid theory Incipient formation of an electron lattice in quantum wires

Fundamentals of low-dimensional semiconductor systems

Fundamentals of low-dimensional semiconductor systems overview Introduction to low-dimensional systems Electrons in few dimensions Low-dimensional electron systems in a perpendicular magnetic field Antidots Surface Acoustic Waves (SAWs) Low-temperature scanning probes

PhD projects

PhD projects overview Measuring spin-charge separation and high-energy effects in an interacting 1D Luttinger Liquid Electrically Contacting Molecules Using Graphene for Energy Harvesting Project Posters

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Useful links overview The Cavendish Laboratory SP risk assessments
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    Research

    • Research overview
    • Carbon Electronics
    • Surface acoustic waves (SAWs)
      • SAW-driven quantised charge transport
      • The use of SAWs to manipulate quantum bits (qubits)
      • Playing ping-pong with single electrons
      • A single-photon production line driven by a sound wave
    • Quantum Optics
    • 2D Transport
    • 1D Transport
    • Quantum Dot Refrigeration
    • Fundamentals of low-dimensional semiconductor systems
    • PhD projects
    • Projects for undergraduates and summer students
    • Press Cuttings
    • Summer projects

    Surface acoustic waves (SAWs)

    Past research in the Semiconductor Physics SAW group.

    SAWcurrent
    Single-photon production line
    Potential energy landscape of quantum dots and depleted channel

    Here is a talk by Chris Ford explaining our work on surface acoustic waves at an undergraduate level.

    The SAWtrain website used to give an introduction to a range of work on SAWs, including our own and a 3-minute animation of how SAWs can be used in the various projects supported by the EU SAWtrain project.

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