Staff profile
Dr Matthew Jones, MSci (Bristol), D. Phil (Sussex)
Lecturer in the Department of Physics
Contact Dr Matthew Jones (email at m.p.a.jones@durham.ac.uk)
Research Groups
- Atomic and Molecular Physics
Selected Publications
Journal papers: academic
- Vaillant, C.L., Jones, M.P.A. & Potvliege R.M. (2012). Long-range Rydberg–Rydberg interactions in calcium, strontium and ytterbium. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 45(13): 135004.
- Mukherjee, R., Millen, J., Nath, R., Jones, M.P.A. & Pohl, T. (2011). Many-body physics with alkaline-earth Rydberg lattices. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 44(18): 184010.
- Sevincli, S., Ates, C., Pohl, T., Schempp, H., Hofmann, C.S., Guenter, G., Amthor, T., Weidemueller, M., Pritchard, J.D., Maxwell, D., Gauguet, A., Weatherill, K.J., Jones, M.P.A. & Adams, C.S. (2011). Quantum interference in interacting three-level Rydberg gases: coherent population trapping and electromagnetically induced transparency. J. Phys B. 44: 184018.
- Millen, J., Lochead, G., Corbett, G.R., Potvliege, R.M. & Jones, M.P.A. (2011). Spectroscopy of a cold strontium Rydberg gas. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 44(18): 184001.
- Pritchard, J.D., Maxwell, D., Gauguet, A., Weatherill, K.J., Jones, M.P.A. & Adams, C.S. (2010). Cooperative Atom-Light Interaction in a Blockaded Rydberg Ensemble. Physical Review Letters 105(19): 193603.
- Javaux, C., Hughes, I.G., Lochead, G., Millen, J. & Jones, M.P.A. (2010). Modulation-free pump-probe spectroscopy of strontium atoms. European Physical Journal D 57(2): 151-154.
- Halkyard, P.L., Jones, M.P.A. & Gardiner, S.A. (2010). Rotational response of two-component Bose-Einstein condensates in ring traps. PHYSICAL REVIEW A 81(6): 061602(R).
- Millen, J., Lochead, G. & Jones, M.P.A. (2010). Two-Electron Excitation of an Interacting Cold Rydberg Gas. Physical Review Letters 105(21): 213004.
- Bridge, E.M., Millen, J., Adams, C.S. & Jones, M.P.A. (2009). A vapor cell based on dispensers for laser spectroscopy. Review of Scientific Instruments 80(1): 013101.
- Jones, M. P. A., Beugnon, J., Gaetan, A., Zhang, J., Messin, G., Browaeys, A. & Grangier, P. (2007). Fast quantum state control of a single trapped neutral atom. Physical Review A 75: 040301(R).
- Mauger, Sarah, Millen, James & Jones, M. P. A. (2007). Spectroscopy of strontium Rydberg states using electromagnetically induced transparency. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 40(22): F319-F325.
- Beugnon, J., Tuchendler, C. Marion, H. Gaëtan, A. Miroshnychenko, Y. Sortais, Y. R. P. Lance, A. M. Jones, M. P. A. , Messin, G. Browaeys, A. & Grangier P. (2007). Two-dimensional transport and transfer of a single atomic qubit in optical tweezers. Nature Physics 3(10): 696.
- J. Dingjan, B. Darquie, J. Beugnon, M.P.A. Jones, S. Bergamini, G. Messin, A. Browaeys & P. Grangier (2006). A frequency-doubled laser system producing ns pulses for rubidium manipulation. Applied Physics B 82: 47-51.
- Beugnon, J., Jones, M. P. A., Dingjan, J., Darquie, B., Messin, G., Browaeys, A. & Grangier, P. (2006). Quantum interference between two single photons emitted by independently trapped atoms. Nature 440(7085): 779-782.
- Darquie, B. Jones, M. P. A. , Dingjan, J., Beugnon, J., Bergamini, S., Sortais, Y., Messin, G., Browaeys, A. & Grangier, P. (2005). Controlled single photon emission from a single trapped two-level atom. Science 309(5733): 454-456.
- M.P.A. Jones, C.J. Vale, D. Sahagun, B.V. Hall, C.C. Eberlein, B.E. Sauer, K. Furusawa, D. Richardson & E.A. Hinds (2004). Cold atoms probe the magnetic field near a wire. Journal of Physics B-ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS 37: L15.
- Z. Moktadir, E. Koukharenko, M. Kraft, D.M. Bagnall, M.P.A. Jones, H. Powell & E.A. Hinds (2004). Etching techniques for realizing optical micro-cavity atom traps on silicon. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 14: S82.
- Bergamini, S., Darquié, B., M. Jones, M. P. A., Jacubowiez, L., Browaeys, A. & Grangier, P. (2004). Holographic generation of microtrap arrays for single atoms by use of a programmable phase modulator. Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics 21(11): 1889-1894.
- E. Koukharenko, Z. Moktadir, M. Kraft, M.E. Abdelsalam, D.M. Bagnall, C. Vale, M.P.A. Jones & E.A. Hinds (2004). Microfabrication of gold wires for atom guides. Sensors and Actuators A 115: 600.
- Jones, M. P. A. , Vale, C. J., Sahagun, D., Hall, B. V. & Hinds, E. A. (2003). Spin coupling between cold atoms and the thermal fluctuations of a metal surface. Physical Review Letters 91(8): 080401.
Journal papers: popular
- C.J. Vale, B.V. Hall, D.C. Lau, M.P.A. Jones, J.A. Retter & E.A. Hinds (2002). Atom chips. Europhysics News