Ben Sparkes

Research Interests

Atom Optics Photonics, Optoelectronics and Optical Communications Quantum Information, Computation and Communication Quantum Optics Quantum Physics

Ben Sparkes

School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences

College of Science

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

I am a quantum technology researcher working within the Precision Measurement Group in the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (School of Physics Sciences). I obtained my PhD in Physics from the Australian National University in 2013, where I developed techniques to store and manipulate optical quantum information. In 2013 I moved to the University of Melbourne to work on the development of a cold atom electron/ion source, our goal being to create ultra-short ultra-bright bunches of electrons for single-shot diffraction imaging of biological samples, as well as incredibly focused ion beams for sub-nanometer resolution fabrication. I was awarded a McKenzie Fellowship from the University of Melbourne from 2014-2016, which allowed me to investigate novel methods to improve the source performance. In 2017 I joined the University of Adelaide as an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Fellow, working towards realising a fibre-based optical quantum information network for absolutely secure communications and next-generation computing.

For more information on the research being carried out by the Precision Measurement Group, please see its website. In July 2019 I presented the University of Adelaide Research Tuesday seminar on the important role quantum mechanics is playing in our lives today, and its promise for the world of tomorrow, which can be viewed here. I am also involved in outreach through The Amazing University of Adelaide Laser Radio program. For this work I was awarded the 2018 SA Tall Poppy of the Year award at the SA Science Excellence Awards.

Video courtesy of the Department for Industry and Skills, Government of South Australia.

Date Position Institution name
2020 - ongoing Quantum Technology Researcher Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing
2017 - 2020 ARC DECRA Fellow The University of Adelaide
2014 - 2016 McKenzie Fellow The University of Melbourne
2013 - 2013 Research Fellow The University of Melbourne

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2019 Scholarship Fulbright Future Scholarship Australian-American Fulbright Commission Australia -
2018 Award SA Tall Poppy of the Year Australian Institute of Policy & Science Australia -

Date Institution name Country Title
2010 - 2011 The Australian National University Australia Graduate Certificate in Higher Education
2009 - 2013 The Australian National University Australia PhD
2005 - 2008 The Australian National University Australia Bachelor of Philosophy in Science (PhB - Hons)

Year Citation
2025 Rowland, J. A., Perrella, C., Offer, R. F., Luiten, A. N., Sparkes, B. M., & Weinhold, T. J. (2025). Characterization of near-infrared to telecom frequency conversion in a rubidium-filled hollow-core photonic-crystal fiber. Optics Express, 33(8), 18076-18088.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2
2025 Hilton, A. P., Offer, R. F., Klantsataya, E., Scholten, S. K., Bourbeau Hébert, N., Billington, C. J., . . . Luiten, A. N. (2025). Demonstration of a mobile optical clock ensemble at sea. Nature Communications, 16(1), 11 pages.
DOI Scopus1 WoS2
2024 Rowland, J., Perrella, C., Luiten, A. N., Gartman, R., Kaczmarek, K. T., Nunn, J., & Sparkes, B. M. (2024). High-bandwidth warm-atom quantum memory using hollow-core photonic crystal fibers. Physical Review Applied, 21(1), 9 pages.
DOI Scopus5 WoS5
2023 Strathearn, A., Offer, R. F., Hilton, A. P., Klantsataya, E., Luiten, A. N., Anderson, R. P., . . . Stace, T. M. (2023). Wave-front curvature in optical atomic beam clocks. Physical Review A, 108(1), 013105-1-013105-12.
DOI Scopus4 WoS4
2022 Joshi, C., Sparkes, B. M., Farsi, A., Gerrits, T., Verma, V., Ramelow, S., . . . Gaeta, A. L. (2022). Picosecond-resolution single-photon time lens for temporal mode quantum processing. Optica, 9(4), 364-373.
DOI Scopus31 WoS32
2021 Rowland, J., Perrella, C., Light, P., Sparkes, B. M., & Luiten, A. N. (2021). Using an injection-locked VCSEL to produce Fourier-transform-limited optical pulses. Optics Letters, 46(2), 412-415.
DOI Scopus4 WoS4
2021 Sun, X., Rickard, W. D. A., Sparkes, B. M., White, B. R., Offer, R. F., Luiten, A. N., & Ironside, C. N. (2021). Rapid prototyping of grating magneto-optical traps using a focused ion beam. Optics Express, 29(23), 37733-1-37733-14.
DOI Scopus4 WoS2
2020 Hedger, J. P., Elsmann, T., Becker, M., Tiess, T., Luiten, A. N., & Sparkes, B. M. (2020). High performance fiber-Fabry-Perot resonator targeting quantum optics applications. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 32(14), 879-882.
DOI Scopus9 WoS9
2019 Mik, J. L., Sparkes, B., Perrella, C., Light, P., Ng, S., Luiten, A., & Ottaway, D. (2019). High-transmission fiber ring resonator for spectral filtering of master oscillator power amplifiers. OSA Continuum, 2(8), 2487-2495.
DOI Scopus4 WoS4
2018 Hilton, A., Perrella, C., Benabid, F., Sparkes, B., Luiten, A., & Light, P. (2018). High-efficiency cold-atom transport into a waveguide trap. Physical Review Applied, 10(4), 044034-1-044034-9.
DOI Scopus19 WoS19
2018 McCulloch, A., Speirs, R., Wissenberg, S., Tielen, R., Sparkes, B., & Scholten, R. (2018). Heralded ions via ionization coincidence. Physical Review A, 97(4), 043423-1-043423-7.
DOI Scopus5 WoS5
2017 Speirs, R., McCulloch, A., Sparkes, B., & Scholten, R. (2017). Identification of competing ionization processes in the generation of ultrafast electron bunches from cold-atom electron sources. Physical Review A, 95(5), 053408-1-053408-6.
DOI Scopus4 WoS4
2017 McCulloch, A., Speirs, R., Grimmel, J., Sparkes, B., Comparat, D., & Scholten, R. (2017). Field ionization of Rydberg atoms for high-brightness electron and ion beams. Physical Review A, 95(6), 063845-1-063845-8.
DOI Scopus13 WoS12
2016 Torrance, J., Sparkes, B., Turner, L., & Scholten, R. (2016). Sub-kilohertz laser linewidth narrowing using polarization spectroscopy. Optics Express, 24(11), 11396-11406.
DOI Scopus26 WoS24 Europe PMC4
2016 McCulloch, A., Sparkes, B., & Scholten, R. (2016). Cold electron sources using laser-cooled atoms. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 49(16), 164004-1-164004-17.
DOI Scopus13 WoS12
2016 Sparkes, B., Murphy, D., Taylor, R., Speirs, R., McCulloch, A., & Scholten, R. (2016). Stimulated Raman adiabatic passage for improved performance of a cold-atom electron and ion source. Physical Review A, 94(2), 023404-1-023404-8.
DOI Scopus11 WoS11
2016 Murphy, D., & Sparkes, B. (2016). Disorder-induced heating of ultracold neutral plasmas created from atoms in partially filled optical lattices. Physical Review E, 94(2), 021201-1-021201-5.
DOI Scopus9 WoS9
2016 Thompson, D., Murphy, D., Speirs, R., van Bijnen, R., McCulloch, A., Scholten, R., & Sparkes, B. (2016). Suppression of emittance growth using a shaped cold atom electron and Ion source. Physical Review Letters, 117(19), 193202-1-193202-5.
DOI Scopus13 WoS12 Europe PMC4
2015 Murphy, D., Scholten, R., & Sparkes, B. (2015). Increasing the brightness of cold ion beams by suppressing disorder-induced heating with Rydberg blockade. Physical Review Letters, 115(21), 214802-1-214802-6.
DOI Scopus16 WoS17 Europe PMC3
2015 Speirs, R., Putkunz, C., McCulloch, A., Nugent, K., Sparkes, B., & Scholten, R. (2015). Single-shot electron diffraction using a cold atom electron source. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 48(21), 214002-1-214002-6.
DOI Scopus19 WoS18
2015 Sparkes, B., Weber, K., Hawthorn, C., Walkiewicz, M., Vredenbregt, E., & Scholten, R. (2015). Fluorescence polarization imaging of Sisyphus cooling in an atomic beam. Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 92(2), 023411-1-023411-11.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2015 Higginbottom, D., Geng, J., Campbell, G., Hosseini, M., Cao, M., Sparkes, B., . . . Buchler, B. (2015). Dual-rail optical gradient echo memory. Optics Express, 23(19), 24937-24944.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2014 Geng, J., Campbell, G., Bernu, J., Higginbottom, D., Sparkes, B., Assad, S., . . . Buchler, B. (2014). Electromagnetically induced transparency and fourwave mixing in a cold atomic ensemble with large optical depth. New Journal of Physics, 16(11), 113053-1-113053-11.
DOI Scopus35 WoS37
2014 McCulloch, A., Sheludko, D., Putkunz, C., Saliba, S., Thompson, D., Speirs, R., . . . Scholten, R. (2014). High-coherence electron and ion bunches from laser-cooled atoms. Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Photonic, Electronic and Atomic Collisions (ICPEAC XXVIII), as published in Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 488(1), 012045-1-012045-7.
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2014 Murphy, D., Speirs, R., Sheludko, D., Putkunz, C., McCulloch, A., Sparkes, B., & Scholten, R. (2014). Detailed observation of space-charge dynamics using ultracold ion bunches. Nature Communications, 5(1), 4489-1-4489-6.
DOI Scopus32 WoS30 Europe PMC6
2014 Sparkes, B., Thompson, D., McCulloch, A., Murphy, D., Speirs, R., Torrance, J., & Scholten, R. (2014). High-coherence electron and ion bunches from laser-cooled atoms. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 20(4), 1008-1014.
DOI Scopus4 WoS3 Europe PMC1
2013 Pinel, O., Hosseini, M., Sparkes, B., Everett, J., Higginbottom, D., Campbell, G., . . . Buchler, B. (2013). Gradient echo quantum memory in warm atomic vapor. Jove-Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2013(81), e50552-1-e50552-10.
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2013 Giner, L., Veissier, L., Sparkes, B., Sheremet, A., Nicolas, A., Mishina, O., . . . Laurat, J. (2013). Experimental investigation of the transition between Autler-Townes splitting and electromagnetically-induced-transparency models. Physical Review A, 87(1), 013823-1-013823-5.
DOI Scopus83 WoS81
2013 Sparkes, B., Bernu, J., Hosseini, M., Geng, J., Glorieux, Q., Altin, P., . . . Buchler, B. (2013). Gradient echo memory in an ultra-high optical depth cold atomic ensemble. New Journal of Physics, 15(8), 085027-1-085027-15.
DOI Scopus53 WoS54
2013 Sparkes, B., Bernu, J., Hosseini, M., Geng, J., Glorieux, Q., Altin, P., . . . Buchler, B. (2013). An ultra-high optical depth cold atomic ensemble for quantum memories. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 467(1), 012009-1-012009-5.
DOI Scopus8 WoS7
2012 Campbell, G., Hosseini, M., Sparkes, B., Lam, P., & Buchler, B. (2012). Time- and frequency-domain polariton interference. New Journal of Physics, 14(3), 033022-1-033022-10.
DOI Scopus30 WoS28
2012 Hosseini, M., Sparkes, B., Campbell, G., Lam, P., & Buchler, B. (2012). Storage and manipulation of light using a Raman gradient-echo process. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 45(12), 1-13.
DOI Scopus31 WoS32
2012 Sparkes, B., Hosseini, M., Cairns, C., Higginbottom, D., Campbell, G., Lam, P., & Buchler, B. (2012). Precision spectral manipulation: a demonstration using a coherent optical memory. Physical Review X, 2(2), 021011-1-021011-10.
DOI Scopus25 WoS22
2012 Hosseini, M., Rebić, S., Sparkes, B., Twamley, J., Buchler, B., & Lam, P. (2012). Memory-enhanced noiseless cross-phase modulation. Light: Science and Applications, 1(DECEMBER), e40-1-e40-5.
DOI Scopus36 WoS29
2012 Higginbottom, D., Sparkes, B., Rancic, M., Pinel, O., Hosseini, M., Lam, P., & Buchler, B. (2012). Spatial-mode storage in a gradient-echo memory. Physical Review A, 86(2), 023801-1-023801-10.
DOI Scopus52 WoS53
2011 Hosseini, M., Campbell, G., Sparkes, B., Lam, P., & Buchler, B. (2011). Unconditional room-temperature quantum memory. Nature Physics, 7(10), 794-798.
DOI Scopus157 WoS154
2011 Chrzanowski, H., Bernu, J., Sparkes, B., Hage, B., Lund, A., Ralph, T., . . . Symul, T. (2011). Photon-number discrimination without a photon counter and its application to reconstructing non-Gaussian states. Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 84(5), 050302-1-050302-4.
DOI Scopus5 WoS5
2011 Hosseini, M., Sparkes, B., Campbell, G., Lam, P., & Buchler, B. (2011). High efficiency coherent optical memory with warm rubidium vapour. Nature Communications, 2(1), 1-5.
DOI Scopus287 WoS277 Europe PMC51
2011 Sparkes, B., Chrzanowski, H., Parrain, D., Buchler, B., Lam, P., & Symul, T. (2011). A scalable, self-analyzing digital locking system for use on quantum optics experiments. Review of Scientific Instruments, 82(7), 075113-1-075113-7.
DOI Scopus24 WoS25 Europe PMC15
2010 Sparkes, B. M., Hosseini, M., Hétet, G., Lam, P. K., & Buchler, B. C. (2010). Ac Stark gradient echo memory in cold atoms. Physical Review A Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, 82(4), 10 pages.
DOI Scopus36 WoS27
2010 Buchler, B. C., Hosseini, M., Hétet, G., Sparkes, B. M., & Lam, P. K. (2010). Precision spectral manipulation of optical pulses using a coherent photon echo memory. Optics Letters, 35(7), 1091-1093.
DOI Scopus27 WoS25 Europe PMC5
2009 Hosseini, M., Sparkes, B. M., Hétet, G., Longdell, J. J., Lam, P. K., & Buchler, B. C. (2009). Coherent optical pulse sequencer for quantum applications. Nature, 461(7261), 241-245.
DOI Scopus173 WoS150 Europe PMC36
2008 Hétet, G., Hosseini, M., Sparkes, B. M., Oblak, D., Lam, P. K., & Buchler, B. C. (2008). Photon echoes generated by reversing magnetic field gradients in a rubidium vapor. Optics Letters, 33(20), 2323-2325.
DOI Scopus99 WoS92 Europe PMC18
- Sparkes, B. (n.d.). High-Transmission Fibre Ring Resonator for Spectral Filtering of Master Oscillator Power Amplifiers.
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- Sparkes, B. (n.d.). Changing Colours in Optical Fibres: The Key to Long-Distance Quantum-Secured Communications.
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Year Citation
2020 Koumi, Z., Sparkes, B., Swierkowski, L., Drake, S., & Ottaway, D. (2020). Determining the advantage of quantum radar. In Proceedings of the 14th Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO PR 2020) (pp. 1-2). online: OSA/IEEE.
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2019 Rowland, J., Light, P. S., Luiten, A. N., Perrella, C., & Sparkes, B. M. (2019). Injection locking of a pulsed VCSEL. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 11200 (pp. 1-3). online: SPIE.
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2019 Hedger, J. P., Luiten, A. N., & Sparkes, B. M. (2019). Compact stable fibre-based optical frequency filter. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 11200 (pp. 1-3). online: SPIE.
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2014 Speirs, R. W., Thompson, D. J., Murphy, D., Sparkes, B. M., & Scholten, R. E. (2014). Electron diffraction from a cold atom electron source. In Frontiers in Optics Fio 2014 (pp. FTh1A.3). OSA.
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2014 Speirs, R., Thompson, D., Murphy, D., Sparkes, B., & Scholten, R. (2014). Electron diffraction from a cold atom electron source. In Frontiers in Optics, FiO 2014.
2014 Sparkes, B., Cairns, C., Hosseini, M., Higginbottom, D., Campbell, G., Lam, P., & Buchler, B. (2014). Precision spectral manipulation: a demonstration using a coherent optical memory. In H. Schmiedmayer, & P. Walther (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing (QCMC 2012), as published in AIP Conference Proceedings Vol. 1633 (pp. 270-272). Vienna, AUSTRIA: American Institute of Physics.
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2013 Lam, P., Hosseini, M., Campbell, G., Pinel, O., Sparkes, B., Twamley, J., . . . Buchler, B. (2013). Building a quantum repeater with quantum memories and noiseless amplifiers. In Proceedings of the 10th Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR 2013) (pp. 1-2). Kyoto, Japan: IEEE.
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2013 Giner, L., Veissier, L., Sparkes, B., Sheremet, A., Nicolas, A., Mishina, O., . . . Laurat, J. (2013). Discriminating between the Autler-Townes splitting and the electromagnetically-induced transparency models: a tool for probing the medium properties. In Proceedings of the CLEO 2013, OSA Technical Digest (pp. 1-2). San Jose, CA: OSA Publishing.
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2013 Giner, L., Veissier, L., Sparkes, B., Sheremet, A., Nicolas, A., Mishina, O., . . . Laurat, J. (2013). Experimental investigation of the transition between Autler-Townes splitting and electromagnetically-induced transparency models. In Proceedings of the 2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and International Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/EUROPE/IQEC) (pp. 1). Munich, Germany: IEEE.
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2013 Hosseini, M., Rebic, S., Sparkes, B., Twamley, J., Buchler, B., & Lam, P. (2013). Quantum nonlinear optics using optical memory. In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers.
2013 Buchler, B., Hosseini, M., Sparkes, B., Geng, J., Bernu, J., Campbell, G., . . . Lam, P. (2013). Programmable quantum memory in atomic ensembles. In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers.
2013 Buchler, B., Hosseini, M., Sparkes, B., Geng, J., Bernu, J., Campbell, G., . . . Lam, P. K. (2013). Programmable quantum memory in atomic ensembles. In Optics Infobase Conference Papers (pp. FM3D.2). OSA.
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2013 Hosseini, M., Rebic, S., Sparkes, B. M., Twamley, J., Buchler, B. C., & Lam, P. K. (2013). Quantum nonlinear optics using optical memory. In Optics Infobase Conference Papers (pp. NW1A.2). OSA.
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2011 Hosseini, M., Sparkes, B. M., Campbell, G., Buchler, B. C., & Lam, P. K. (2011). A room temperature quantum optical memory. In Optics Infobase Conference Papers (pp. QTuG1). OSA.
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2011 Hosseini, M., Campbell, G., Sparkes, B., Lam, P., & Buchler, B. (2011). A room temperature quantum memory. In Proceedings of the International Quantum Electronics Conference and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim 2011 (pp. 510-512). Sydney, Australia: IEEE.
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2011 Chrzanowski, H., Bernu, J., Sparkes, B., Hage, B., Lund, A., Ralph, T., . . . Symul, T. (2011). Photon number discrimination without a photon counter and reconstructing non-Gaussian states of light. In Optics Infobase Conference Papers (pp. 1754-1755).
2011 Hosseini, M., Sparkes, B., Campbell, G., Buchler, B., & Lam, P. (2011). A room temperature quantum optical memory. In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers. International Conference on Quantum Information, ICQI 2011 (pp. 1-3). Online: OSA Publishing.
2011 Sparkes, B., Hosseini, M., Hétet, G., Lam, P., & Buchler, B. (2011). Spectral manipulation of optical pulses using the gradient echo memory scheme. In Proceedings of the International Quantum Electronics Conference and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim 2011 (pp. 513-514). Sydney, Australia: IEEE.
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2011 Buchler, B., Hosseini, M., Hétet, G., Sparkes, B., Longdell, J., Sellars, M., & Lam, P. (2011). High efficiency gradient echo memory with 3-level atoms. In AIP Conference Proceedings. 10th International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing, QCMC 2010 Vol. 1363 (pp. 383-388). Online: AIP Publishing LLC.
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Year Citation
- White, B., Sparkes, B., Offer, R., Hilton, A., Luiten, A., Ironside, C., . . . Sun, X. (n.d.). Towards a Compact Ytterbium Magneto Optical Trap for use in Precision Timekeeping Applications. Poster session presented at the meeting of Unknown Conference.
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Year Citation
- Perrella, C., Sparkes, B., Janvier, E., & Lincoln, P. (n.d.). Laser Radio.
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Currently Held Grants and Fellowships:

  • DST-EQUS Grant (2019-2020)
    • Title: Frequency Conversion via Four-Wave Mixing for Long-Distance Quantum Communications
    • Chief Investigators: T. J. Weinhold, B. M. Sparkes
    • Funding: $100,000
    • Summary: Our aim is to demonstrate the feasibility of performing frequency conversion of light pulses from 795nm to 1530nm - a critical step for achieving long-distance quantum communications using efficient Rubidium-based quantum memories. We will achieve this by using four-wave mixing with warm Rubidium atoms stored in a hollow-core photonic crystal fibre.
  • Australia-Germany Joint Research Co-Operation Scheme (2019-2020)
    • Title: Quantum Simulations with Stationary Light in Hollow Fibres
    • Chief Investigators: B. M. Sparkes, A. N. Luiten, C. Perrella, P. S. Light, J. P. Hedger, P. Windpassinger
    • Funding: $22,500
    • Summary: By engineering “crystals of light” through enhanced atom-light interactions within the hollow core of special optical fibres, this Project will realise a new, improved form of quantum simulator that will be flexible, scalable and easy to read. This is important as a quantum simulator will allow us to study crucial quantum systems that cannot be studied via conventional physics.
  • Next Generation Technology Fund (2019-2020)
    • Title: Quantum Radar for Stealth Detection
    • Chief Investigators: D. Ottaway, B. M. Sparkes, L. Swierkowski, B. Smith, G. Nash
    • Funding: $243,000
    • Summary: Quantum radar is a complex topic that encompasses many areas of physics and engineering. Research into quantum radar is evolving rapidly. This Project will combine expertise on classical radar and lidar systems, atmospheric physics, quantum optical information transmission and storage, as well as the engineering of novel light sources and detectors to provide an up-to-date expert assessment of feasibility and predicted benefit of quantum radar.

Previously Held Grants and Fellowships:

  • ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award DE170100752 (2017-2019)
    • Title: Fully-Integrated Fibre-Based Platform for a Quantum Information Network
    • Chief Investigator: B. M. Sparkes 
    • Funding: $360,000
    • Summary: This Project will implement novel quantum information storage protocols in the hollow-core fibre systems available at the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing.
  • Fulbright Future Scholarship (2019-2020)
    • Title: Changing Colours in Optical Fibres: The Key to Long-Distance Quantum-Secured Communications
    • Chief Investigators: B. M. Sparkes
    • Funding: $13,000
    • Summary: Information encoded onto single particles of light is the key to future global cybersecurity. This Fulbright Fellowship will combine unique Australian expertise in atom-light interactions with world-leading experience in mixing multi-coloured light fields at Columbia University to enable the development of next-generation secure communications by dramatically increasing the distance of quantum-secured fibre information networks. More information available here.
  • ARC Linkage Project LP150101188 (2015-2018)
    • Title: Optical Technology for Quantum Science
    • Chief Investigators: R. E. Scholten, R. Starr, N. P. Robins, M. Biercuk, E. Huntington, B. M. Sparkes
    • Funding: $350,000
    • Summary: The Project is developing precision instrumentation both to enhance scientific research and to strengthen ties with industry through commercialisation.
  • University of Melbourne McKenzie Fellowship (2014-2017)
    • Title: High Resolution, Ultra-fast Imaging of Biological Crystals with a Cold Atom Electron/Ion Source
    • Chief Investigator: B. M. Sparkes
    • Funding: $320,000
    • Summary: This fellowship scheme is to attract outstanding recent doctoral graduates to the University of Melbourne, and provided me with salary and $25k for the purchase of equipment over three years.
  • Defence Science and Technology Group CERA Grant (2017-2018)
    • Title: High-Performance Optical Clock for Satellite and UAV Applications
    • Chief Investigator: C. Perrella; Associate Investigators: P. Light, F. Baynes, B. M. Sparkes, A. Luiten
    • Funding: $97,711
    • Summary: This Project, in the inaugural DST CERA round, is aiming to develop a high-performance and compact optical clock for GPS applications.

My teaching at the University of Adelaide includes:

  • Photonics IV (Lecturer, 2017-2020)
  • Optics and Photonics III (Lecturer, 2017-2018)
  • Principles & Practice of Research II (Mentor, 2018)
  • Principles & Practice of Research III (Mentor, 2018)

 

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2021 - 2025 Principal Supervisor Quantum Clock Synchronisation Using Entangled Photons Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Sabrina Slimani
2018 - 2024 Principal Supervisor Applying Fibre Bragg Grating Fabry-Perot Resonators for Filtering and Sensing Applications Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Jonathan Peter Hedger
2018 - 2025 Principal Supervisor Nonlinear Light-Atom Interactions in Hollow-Core Fibre for Quantum Information Processing Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Jed Anthony Rowland

Date Role Committee Institution Country
2019 - ongoing Secretary Quantum Information Concepts and Coherence Topical Group Australian Institute of Physics Australia
2018 - ongoing Member IPAS Scientific Leadership Committee Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing Australia
2018 - ongoing Co-Chair IPAS Science Network University of Adelaide Australia
2017 - 2017 Member IPAS Science Network University of Adelaide Australia

Date Role Membership Country
2014 - ongoing Member Australian Institute of Physics Australia
2014 - ongoing Member American Physical Society United States
2009 - ongoing Member Optical Society of America United States
2009 - ongoing Member Australian Optical Society Australia

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