QSUM Research Group

October 2024

Group Sept 2023

September 2023

February 2023

Current Members

  • Brynle Barrett

    Brynle Barrett

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (Physics)
    Group Leader

  • Philippe Trottier

    Philippe Trottier

    RF SPECIALIST (Physics)
    Electronics guru

  • Tim Hunt

    Tim Hunt

    PhD CANDIDATE (Physics)
    Development of a quantum gravimeter using cold-atom interferometry

  • Kamal Shalaby

    Kamal Shalaby

    MSc CANDIDATE (Physics)
    High-speed opto-electronics for laser frequency control

  • Cristian Ramirez

    Cristian Ramirez

    MSc CANDIDATE (Physics)
    Painted optical potentials for rapid evaporative cooling

  • Brennan LeBlanc

    Brennan LeBlanc

    BScWE CANDIDATE (Software Engineering)
    A Python-based graphical user interface for image capture and analysis of cold atoms

Former Members

  • Sam Moir

    Sam Moir

    BSc (Physics), summer student 2022, 2023, honour’s student 2022-23
    Project: Design of quadrupole coils and optical delivery system for a 2D+ magneto-optical trap
    Presently: MSc candidate (Physics), Carleton University

  • Hailey Holland

    Hailey Holland

    BScE CANDIDATE (Electrical Engineering), summer student 2023
    Project: Compact modular temperature servo and display using an STM32 microcontroller

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    Dante Battilana

    BSc CANDIDATE (Physics), summer student 2022
    Project: A temperature control and display module for diode lasers and frequency-doubling crystals

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    Doyeon Kim

    BSc (Physics), summer student 2021
    Project: Development of power distribution electronics and mechanical hardware for cold-atom experiments
    Presently: MSc Candidate (Mathematics), UNB