Quantum Simulators for Fundamental Physics
Lead Research Organisation:
University of St Andrews
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
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People |
ORCID iD |
| Friedrich Koenig (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Baak S
(2024)
Quantum backreaction effect in optical soliton
in arXiv
Baak S
(2025)
Quantum backreaction effect in optical solitons
in New Journal of Physics
Burgess C
(2024)
Quasinormal Modes of Optical Solitons.
in Physical review letters
Burgess C
(2023)
Quasinormal Modes of Optical Solitons
Jacquet MJ
(2020)
The next generation of analogue gravity experiments.
in Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
Petty J
(2020)
Optical analogue gravity physics: resonant radiation.
in Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
| Description | Quantum Simulation of Analogue Gravity Backreaction in Optical Soliton |
| Amount | â‚©42,858,000 (KRW) |
| Organisation | National Research Foundation of Korea |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Korea, Republic of |
| Start | 08/2023 |
| End | 08/2024 |
| Description | Quantum Simulators for Fundamental Physics |
| Amount | £140,175 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/Y004361/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2024 |
| End | 03/2025 |
| Title | Hyperboloidal method for quasinormal modes of non-relativistic operators (dataset) |
| Description | 10.17630/61aeab90-f629-41b8-bb36-e4df8ac40150 |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | none so far |
| URL | https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/publications/hyperboloidal-method-for-quasinormal-modes-... |
| Title | Quasinormal Modes of Optical Solitons (dataset) |
| Description | The MATLAB code (plot_soliton_ringdown.m) used to implement a split-step Fourier method simulation of the Schrodinger equation and produce a graph of the simulated field evolution. The accompanying data set (data_ringdown.mat) is also included. The simulation demonstrates the quasinormal mode ringdown of an optical soliton. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This dataset was produced within the QSIMFP collaboration and was important to understand and demonstrate quasinormal modes of solitons. It is the basis of the recent publication in PRL. |
| URL | https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/datasets/quasinormal-modes-of-optical-solitons-dataset(6... |
| Description | Hyperboloidal Network |
| Organisation | University of Maryland |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We have become member of the hyperboloidal research network focussed on hyperboloidal methods in field theory. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of network. |
| Impact | Presentation of our research to expert audience. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | St Andrews and King's college collaboration |
| Organisation | King's College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We have calculated quasinormal modes of solitons in optical fibers. We are currently examining the backreaction problem for optical solitons and QNMs. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners have made a numerical simulation of the modes and their excitation. The partners have made detailed calculations about the backreaction problem. |
| Impact | The publication "Quasinormal modes of optical solitons" (Physical Review Letters 132 (2024)). A number of conference talks and presentations. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Title | Detectors for quantum fluctuations |
| Description | These detectors are for the detection of quantum fluctuations in the intensity of light in the range 10-100 MHz. The detectors are suitable for pulsed light sources with ~100 MHz repetition rate. Their sensitivity is high enough, their dark noise is low enough and their efficiency is high enough for the detection of nonclassical quantum states of light. |
| Type Of Technology | Detection Devices |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | These detectors were presented at the national quantum technology showcase in London 2022 and 2023. |
| Description | Benasque Summer School "Analogue Gravity in 2023" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This event was an international scientific summer school followed by a conference. I had been invited and presented 5 one-hour lectures. The purpose is to educate undergraduate and postgraduate students working or being interested in analogue gravity, but also some senior researchers (incl. full professors) attended. This has further disseminated our research and we had intense discussions on the science. The event has provided me with visibility in and beyond my subject area. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.benasque.org/2023ag/ |
| Description | Conference Poster QFT in Curved Spacetime at IST Portugal |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Poster presented at conference on QFT in Curved Spacetime at IST, Portugal We presented a poster on Quasinormal Modes of Optical Solitons. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | ECT* conference in Trento, Italy. Conference on condensed matter and related effects. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A focus conference on analogue gravity. I presented a talk. This conference led to important discussions and novel ideas. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Higgs Workshop Edniburgh on analogue gravity |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Higgs Workshop Edniburgh on analogue gravity discussed latest developments in the field on 01/07/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | One-day Measuring Temperatures and Harvesting with Unruh Detectors in the Lab workshop in Nottingham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A one-day Measuring Temperatures and Harvesting with Unruh Detectors in the Lab workshop in Nottingham took place on the 14/07/2022. Measurement strategies developed in context of the QSimFP project were discussed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Poster presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Poster presented at WE Heraeus Seminar on Fluctuations across Scales at PBH, Germany We presented a poster on Hyperboloidal Methods for Quasinormal Modes of Non-Relativistic Operators. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Presentation at the UK national quantum technology showcase 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The 2022 National Quantum Technologies Programme (NQTP) Showcase features some of the UK's most exciting projects from across the Quantum landscape. Within the QSFP project we have demonstrated a novel quantum detector at this one-day event (Session 7 strand1). The event was open to anyone from industry, academia, government and VC's or investors looking to explore the huge opportunities quantum can offer. Over 60 exhibitor stands were available. The showcasel also demonstrated the success and progress of the NQTP (National Quantum Technologies Programme) which by 2024 will have invested £1 billion of private and public funding into quantum research and innovation. With several hundred businesses from supply chain to end users and technology developers, the programme is speeding up the move of quantum technologies into the market. Through strong collaboration between academia and industry, the programme is accelerating the development, industrialisation and adoption of quantum science and technologies in application areas such as sensing and metrology, computing and simulation, communication and imaging. There are huge breakthroughs happening across automotive, healthcare, infrastructure, telecommunications, cybersecurity and defence. Boosting UK businesses and having a real impact on our everyday lives. Watch the recordings above to find out more. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/events/uk-national-quantum-technologies-showcase-2022/ |
| Description | Presentation at the UK national quantum technology showcase 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The 2023 National Quantum Technologies Programme (NQTP) Showcase features some of the UK's most exciting projects from across the Quantum landscape. Within the QSFP project we have demonstrated a novel quantum detector at this one-day event. The event was open to anyone from industry, academia, government and VC's or investors looking to explore the huge opportunities quantum can offer. Over 60 exhibitor stands were available. The showcase also demonstrated the success and progress of the NQTP (National Quantum Technologies Programme) which by 2024 will have invested £1 billion of private and public funding into quantum research and innovation. With several hundred businesses from supply chain to end users and technology developers, the programme is speeding up the move of quantum technologies into the market. Through strong collaboration between academia and industry, the programme is accelerating the development, industrialisation and adoption of quantum science and technologies in application areas such as sensing and metrology, computing and simulation, communication and imaging. There are huge breakthroughs happening across automotive, healthcare, infrastructure, telecommunications, cybersecurity and defence. Boosting UK businesses and having a real impact on our everyday lives. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/events/uk-national-quantum-technologies-showcase-2023/ |
| Description | QSimFP Annual Meeting London 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The QSimFP consortium is meeting annually. This meeting took place in September 2022 and consisted of presentations and demonstrations. We presented a talk and the optical quantum noise detectors developed within QSimFP. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | QSimFP Annual Meeting Waterloo 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The QSimFP consortium is meeting annually. This meeting took place in July 2023 and consisted of presentations and demonstrations. We presented a talk. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | QTFP Meeting Glasgow |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of a poster |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Research talk at University of Nottingham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Research talk at University of Nottingham |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Research talk at the "Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime Workshop III", Lisbon 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented our work at the Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime Workshop III in Lisbon to an international audience. This lead to research discussions and invitations for further involvement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Research talk at the Wolfgang and Ilse Heraeus workshop in Bad Honnef, Germany |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of a talk on quasinormal modes of solitons |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Talk at the Hyperboloidal Research Network |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk about numerical relativistic methods. Resulted in stimulating discussions. Talk was given online. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Talk at the SUPA annual gathering 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This was a presentation of the project at the occasion of the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA) in Glasgow 2024. A good opportunity to inform a large part of the Scottish research landscape about the project. We had interesting questions and discussions as a result. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |