
Dr Silvia Bergamini
Senior Lecturer
Biography
Professional biography
I obtained my undergraduate degree from Florence University, with a focus on the field of cold atoms for my dissertation thesis. Later, I completed my PhD at University College London, specializing in optical lattices for atoms. I held a postdoctoral research position at the Institute d'Optique in France, where I worked on single atom trapping using optical tweezers. Following a brief return to UCL to advance my research on lattices, I moved to a permanent position at the Open University in 2006.
Here, I established a research lab dedicated to exploring the potential of cold Rydberg atoms for specific quantum computing protocols. Cold atoms for Quantum Technology | School of Physical Sciences (open.ac.uk)
My research interests extend into my teaching as well. I am the chair of the third-level quantum physics module (SM380 Quantum Physics: Fundamentals and Applications), where students have the opportunity to delve into the intricacies of quantum physics and engage in hands-on with some quantum technologies, with a particular focus on quantum computing
Publications
Book Chapter
Remote-Coupled Oxygen Plasma Harmonic Measurements for Process Monitoring (2003)
Journal Article
Blueprint for fault-tolerant quantum computation with Rydberg atoms (2017)
Quantum-enhanced protocols with mixed states using cold atoms in dipole traps (2017)
Supraclassical measurement using single-atom control of an atomic ensemble (2016)
Jaynes-Cummings dynamics in mesoscopic ensembles of Rydberg-blockaded atoms (2014)
Coherent control of mesoscopic atomic ensembles for quantum information (2014)
Quantum gates in mesoscopic atomic ensembles based on adiabatic passage and Rydberg blockade (2013)
Deterministic single-atom excitation via adiabatic passage and Rydberg blockade (2011)
Tunable Tsallis distributions in dissipative optical lattices (2006)
A frequency-doubled laser system producing ns pulses for rubidium manipulation (2006)
Dissipation-Induced Symmetry Breaking in a Driven Optical Lattice (2005)
Controlled single-photon emission from a single trapped two-level atom (2005)
Resonant activation in a nonadiabatically driven optical lattice (2005)
Single atoms in optical traps (2004)
A moving-mirror frequency modulator for cold atom spectroscopy (2002)
Presentation / Conference
Controlled photon emission and Raman transition experiments with a single trapped atom (2005)
Holographic generation of microtrap arrays for single atoms (2004)
Plasma Harmonics Lissajous Measurements (2003)
Manipulating individual atoms in microscopic dipole traps (2003)