Research Areas - (2) RF Optical Atomic Magnetometer Induction Tomography

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Department(s)/lab(s): Physics & Astronomy โ€“ AMOPP | UCL Laser Cooling and Atomic Magnetometry Group (Renzoni Group) @ UCL
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Renzoni's group is internationally recognized as a pioneer in electromagnetic induction imaging (EMI) with optical atomic magnetometers. Research directions: (1) All-optical 87Rb atomic magnetometer MIT โ€” demonstrated first magnetic induction tomography (MIT) with atomic magnetometers (2013), first EMI of biological tissues below the 1 Smโปยน threshold (Applied Physics Letters 2020), enabling non-invasive cardiac conductivity imaging; (2) Unshielded RF atomic magnetometer operation with general regression neural network auto-optimization; (3) Non-destructive evaluation โ€” industrial corrosion/defect imaging via quantum-sensitive MIT; (4) Sub-Fourier signal processing with nonlinear systems for frequency resolution beyond classical limits. Collaborates with NPL on quantum sensing standards. Applications span medicine (atrial fibrillation), security, and materials inspection.

Department(s)/lab(s): Physics / QET Labs | GECKO Group (Weidner Lab) @ Bristol
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Carrie Weidner's GECKO group develops experimental quantum sensing and simulation with cold atoms and hot atomic vapours. Key directions: (1) robust atom interferometry for 6-axis inertial sensing using optical lattice potentials (EPSRC-funded, Infleqtion partnership); (2) magnetic field imaging with squeezed light in hot atom vapour cells (wide-field OPM-type sensing using Faraday rotation); (3) quantum optimal control theory for atom interferometric sensors. The group is establishing a full ultracold atom apparatus for quantum simulation and sensing. Active postdoc positions.