Paul Eastham

Research lecturer in theoretical condensed matter physics at Trinity College Dublin.
Funded through the Starting Investigator Research Grant (SIRG) scheme by Science Foundation Ireland.
Email:
Photonics group; School of Physics; Trinity staff page

Research Interests

I develop theories of the collective behaviour of photons and electrons in semiconductor nanostructures. Such theories help synthesize and understand experimental results, predict new effects, and guide the development of future devices. Research topics include

Semiconductor microcavities, Bose-Einstein condensation of polaritons and excitons, unconventional lasing;
Quantum Hall bilayers;
Optical manipulation of many-particle states in semiconductor quantum wells;
Dynamics of complex and glassy systems.

For more information see my

Publications and preprints
PhD thesis, "Bose condensation in a model microcavity"

Teaching

Nanophotonics I: Quantum Theory of Microcavities (graduates, PY5017)

Course notes

Electron and Photon Physics: Quantum Theory of Light (Senior sophister, PY4T02 part 1)

PhD Opportunities

At present I have no funded places, but I'm always happy to hear from people who might want to work with me using their own funding. There are generally scholarships through IRCSET (deadlines annually in February), and internally. Some possible PhD topics are in the area of correlated electrons.

Last modified: Tue Aug 23 10:24:00 2011