Dr. Paul Eastham
Naughton Associate Professor in Physics, Physics
Biography
Following my PhD in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics at the University of Cambridge, in which I developed a theory of Bose-Einstein condensation of polaritons, I held research appointments in Imperial College London and Cambridge, as well as a Junior Research Fellowship at Sidney Sussex College Cambridge. I worked in several areas, including quantum collective behaviour, semiconductor optics, the quantum Hall effect, and complex systems. In 2009 I was awarded a Starting Investigator Research Grant by Science Foundation Ireland to establish a new theory group, complementary to the experimental photonics and condensed-matter research groups, in the School of Physics at Trinity College Dublin. I have been the Naughton Assistant Professor of Physics there since 2012, and am the Principal Investigator of the Quantum Light and Matter Group.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Eoin P. Butler, Gerald Fux, Carlos Ortega-Taberner, Brendon W. Lovett, Jonathan Keeling, Paul R. Eastham, Optimizing performance of quantum operations with non-Markovian decoherence: the tortoise or the hare?, Physical Review Letters, 132, 2024, p060401
John P. Moroney, Paul R. Eastham, Synchronization and spacetime vortices in one-dimensional driven-dissipative condensates and coupled oscillator models, Physical Review B, 108, 2023, p195302
Conor N. Murphy, Luísa Toledo Tude, Paul R. Eastham, Laser cooling beyond rate equations: approaches from quantum thermodynamics, Applied Sciences, 12, 2022, p1620
Gerald E. Fux, Eoin P. Butler, Paul R. Eastham, Brendon W. Lovett, Jonathan Keeling, Efficient exploration of Hamiltonian parameter space for optimal control of non-Markovian open quantum systems, Physical Review Letters, 126, 2021, p200401
John P. Moroney and P. R. Eastham, Synchronization in disordered oscillator lattices: Nonequilibrium phase transition for driven-dissipative bosons, Physical Review Research, 3, 2021, p043092
Maria Popovic, Mark T. Mitchison, Aidan Strathearn, Brendon W. Lovett, John Goold, Paul R. Eastham, Quantum heat statistics with time-evolving matrix product operators, PRX Quantum, 2, 2021, p020338
Paul R. Eastham and Conor Murphy, Quantum control of solid-state qubits for thermodynamic applications, Proc. SPIE , Photonic Heat Engines: Science and Applications III, Online, 11702, 2021, pp117020I
R. L. Mc Guinness and P. R. Eastham, Weyl points and exceptional rings with polaritons in bulk semiconductors, Physical Review Research, 2, 2020, p043268
C. N. Murphy and P. R. Eastham, Quantum control of excitons for reversible heat transfer, Communications Physics, 2, 2019, p120
R. L. Mc Guinness and P. R. Eastham, Chern numbers for the index surfaces of photonic crystals: conical refraction as a basis for topological materials, Physical Review A, 98, 2018, p023826
H. Ohadi, Y. del Valle-Inclan Redondo, A. J. Ramsay, Z. Hatzopoulos, T. C. H. Liew, P. R. Eastham, P. G. Savvidis, J. J. Baumberg, Synchronization crossover of polariton condensates in weakly disordered lattices, Physical Review B, 97, 2018, p195109
H. M. Cammack, P. Kirton, T. M. Stace, P. R. Eastham, J. Keeling and B. W. Lovett, Coherence protection in coupled quantum systems, Physical Review A, 97, 2018, p022103
F. Bello and P. R. Eastham, Localization and self-trapping in driven-dissipative polariton condensates, Physical Review B, 95, 2017, p245312-
Disorder, synchronization and phase-locking in non-equilibrium Bose-Einstein condensates in, editor(s)N. P. Proukakis, D. W. Snoke, P. B. Littlewood , Universal themes of Bose-Einstein condensation, Cambridge University Press, 2017, pp462 - 476, [P. R. Eastham and B. Rosenow]
R. McGuinness and P. Eastham, Optical Chern insulators from conical refraction, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2017, 2017, pp1-
Vasilios D. Karanikolas, Cristian A. Marocico, Paul R. Eastham, A. Louise Bradley, Near-field relaxation of a quantum emitter to 2D semiconductors: surface dissipation and exciton polaritons, Physical Review B, 94, 2016, p195418-
P. R. Eastham, P. Kirton, H. M. Cammack, B. W. Lovett, J. Keeling, Bath induced coherence and the secular approximation, Physical Review A, 94, 2016, p012110
Kyle E. Ballantine, John F. Donegan, Paul R. Eastham, There are many ways to spin a photon: Half-quantization of a total optical angular momentum, Science Advances, 2, (4), 2016, pe1501748
C. P. Dietrich, R. Johne, T. Michalsky, C. Sturm, P. Eastham, H. Franke, M. Lange, M. Grundmann, and R. Schmidt-Grund, Parametric relaxation in whispering gallery mode exciton-polariton condensates, Physical Review B, 91, 2015, p041202(R)-
David McCloskey, Kyle E. Ballantine, Paul R. Eastham, and John F. Donegan, Photonic nanojets in Fresnel zone scattering from non-spherical dielectric particles, Optics Express, 20, 2015, p26326-
Ballantine, KE, Donegan, JF, Eastham, PR, Conical diffraction and the dispersion surface of hyperbolic metamaterials, Physical Review A, 90, (1), 2014, p013803-
David Racine and P. R. Eastham, Quantum theory of multimode polariton condensation, Physical Review B, 90, 2014, p085308-
Y. Zhang, J. J. Wang, K. E. Ballantine, P. R. Eastham and W. J. Blau, Hybrid plasmonic nanostructures with unconventional nonlinear optical properties, Advanced Optical Materials, 2, 2014, p331-
R. T. Darcy, D. McCloskey, K. E. Ballantine, J. G. Lunney, P. R. Eastham and J. F. Donegan, Conical diffraction intensity profiles generated using a top-hat input beam, Optics Express, 22, (9), 2014, p11290-
A. Janot, T. Hyart, P. R. Eastham and B. Rosenow, Superfluid stiffness of a driven dissipative condensate with disorder, Physical Review Letters, 110, 2013, p230403-
R. T. Darcy, D. McCloskey, K. E. Ballantine, B. D. Jennings, J. G. Lunney, P. R. Eastham and J. F. Donegan, White light conical diffraction, Optics Express, 21, 2013, p20394-
P. R. Eastham, A. O. Spracklen and J. Keeling, Lindblad theory of dynamical decoherence of quantum-dot excitons, Physical Review B, 87, 2013, p195306-
R. Spano, J. Cuadra, C. Lingg, D. Sanvitto, M. D. Martin, P. R. Eastham, M. van der Poel, J. M. Hvam and L. Vina, Build up of off-diagonal long-range order in microcavity exciton-polaritons across the parametric threshold, Optics Express, 21, 2013, p10792-
P. R. Eastham, N. R. Cooper and D. K. K. Lee, Diamagnetism and flux creep in bilayer exciton superfluids, Physical Review B, 85, 2012, p165320-
Phelan, CF, Ballantine, KE, Eastham, PR, Donegan, JF, Lunney, JG, Conical diffraction of a Gaussian beam with a two crystal cascade, Optics Express, 20, (12), 2012, p13201-13207
R. Spano, J. Cuadra, G. Tosi, C. Antón, C. A. Lingg, D. Sanvitto, M. D. Martin, L. Viña, P. R. Eastham, M. van der Poel and J. M. Hvam, Coherence properties of exciton polariton OPO condensates in one and two dimensions, New Journal of Physics, 14, 2012, p075018-
R. T. Brierley, C. Creatore, P. B. Littlewood and P. R. Eastham, Adiabatic state preparation of interacting two-level systems, Physical Review Letters, 109, 2012, p043002-
C. Creatore, R. T. Brierley, R. T. Phillips, P. B. Littlewood and P. R. Eastham, Creation of entangled states in coupled quantum dots via adiabatic rapid passage, Physical Review B, 86, 2012, p155442-
D. O'Dwyer, C. F. Phelan, Y. Rakovich, P. R. Easthan, J. G. Lunney and J. F. Donegan, The creation and annihilation of optical vortices using cascade conical diffraction, Optics Express, 19, (3), 2011, p2580 - 2588
R. T. Brierley, P. B. Littlewood and P. R. Eastham, Amplitude-mode dynamics of polariton condensates, Physical Review Letters, 107, (4), 2011, p040401
Y. Wu, I. M. Piper, M. Ediger, P. Brereton, E. R. Schmigdall, P. R. Eastham, M. Hugues, M. Hopkinson and R. T. Phillips, Population inversion in a single InGaAs quantum dot using the method of adiabatic rapid passage, Physical Review Letters, 106, 2011, p067401
Peter Brereton, Yanwen Wu, Isobel Piper, Matthias Ediger, Emma Schmidgall, Richard Phillips, Paul Eastham, Maxime Hugues, and Mark Hopkinson, Robust Optical Inversion of the Excitonic Population of InGaAs Quantum Dots via Adiabatic Rapid Passage, OSA Technical Digest (CD) , Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), Baltimore, Maryland, 1 May 2011, (QMK2), Optical Society of America, 2011
D. K. K. Lee, P. R. Eastham and N. R. Cooper, Breakdown of counterflow superfluidity in a disordered quantum Hall bilayer, Advances in Condensed Matter Physics, 2011, 2011, p792125
E. R. Schmidgall, P. R. Eastham, and R. T. Phillips, Population inversion in quantum dot ensembles via adiabatic rapid passage, Physical Review B, 81, (19), 2010, p195306
Brierley, RT, Eastham, PR, Finite-momentum condensation in a pumped microcavity, Physical Review B, 82, (3), 2010, p035317
P. R. Eastham, N. R. Cooper, and D. K. K. Lee, Critical supercurrents and self organization in quantum Hall bilayers, Physical Review Letters, 105, 2010, p23680-
I. M. Piper, P. R. Eastham, M. Ediger, A. M. Wilson, Y. Wu, M. Hugues, M. Hopkinson and R. T. Phillips, Microcavity quantum-dot systems for non-equilibrium Bose-Einstein condensation, Journal of Physics: Conference Series , 245, (1), 2010, pp012059-
D. O'Dwyer, C. Phelan, Y. Rakovich, P. R. Eastham, J. G. Lunney and J. F. Donegan, Generation of continuously tuneable fractional optical orbital angular momentum using internal conical diffraction, Optics Express, 18, (16), 2010, p16480 - 16485
P. B. Littlewood, J. M. J. Keeling, B. D. Simons, P. R. Eastham, F. M. Marchetti and M. H. Szymanska, Novel quantum condensates in excitonic matter, AIP Conference Proceedings, XIII: Thirteenth Training Course in the Physics of Strongly Correlated Systems, Melville, N.Y., edited by A. Avella, F. Mancini , 1162, AIP, 2009, pp5-54
Eastham, PR, Cooper, NR, Lee, DKK, Vortex states of a disordered quantum Hall bilayer, Physical Review B, 80, 2009, p045302-
Whittaker, DM, Eastham, PR, Coherence properties of the microcavity polariton condensate, EPL, 87, 2009, p27002-
Eastham, PR, Phillips, RT, Quantum condensation from a tailored exciton population in a microcavity, Physical Review B, 79, 2009, p165303-
Eastham, PR, Mode locking and mode competition in a nonequilibrium solid-state condensate, Physical Review B, 78, (3), 2008, p035319
Love, APD, Krizhanovskii, DN, Whittaker, DM, Bouchekioua, R, Sanvitto, D, Al Rizeiqi, S, Bradley, R, Skolnick, MS, Eastham, PR, Andre, R, Dang, LS, Intrinsic decoherence mechanisms in the microcavity polariton condensate, Physical Review Letters, 101, 2008, p067404 -
Quantum corrections to the Ising interactions in LiYxHo1-xF4 in, editor(s)B. Barbara, Y. Imry, G. Sawatzky P. C. E. Stamp , Quantum Magnetism, Dordrecht, Springer, 2008, pp57 - 66, [A. Chin and P. R. Eastham]
Eastham, PR, The new physics of non-equilibrium condensates: insights from classical dynamics, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 19, (29), 2007, p295210
Eastham, PR, Littlewood, PB, Finite-size fluctuations and photon statistics near the polariton condensation transition in a single-mode microcavity, Physical Review B, 73, 2006, p085306
Eastham, PR, Blythe, RA, Bray, AJ, Moore, MA, Mechanism for the failure of the Edwards hypothesis in the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick spin glass, Physical Review B, 74, 2006, p020406
Keeling, J, Eastham, PR, Szymanska, MH, Littlewood, PB, BCS-BEC crossover in a system of microcavity polaritons, Physical Review B, 72, (11), 2005, p115320
F. M. Marchetti, M. H. Szymanska, P. R. Eastham, B. D. Simons and P. B. Littlewood, Condensation and lasing of microcavity polaritons: comparison between two models, Solid State Communications, Spontaneous Coherence in Excitonic Systems , Pennsylvania, USA, 134, Elsevier, 2005, pp111 - 115
P. B. Littlewood, P. R. Eastham, J. M. J. Keeling, F. M. Marchetti, B. D. Simons and M. H. Szymanska, Models of coherent exciton condensation, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 16, (35), 2004, pS3597-S3620
Keeling, J, Eastham, PR, Szymanska, MH, Littlewood, PB, Polariton condensation with localized excitons and propagating photons, Physical Review Letters, 93, 2004, p226403
P. R. Eastham, M. H. Szymanska and P. B. Littlewood, Phase-locking in quantum and classical oscillators: polariton condensates, lasers, and arrays of Josephson junctions, Solid State Communications, 127, (2), 2003, p117 - 122
Eastham, PR, Whittaker, DM, Steady states of a chi(3) parametric oscillator with coupled polarizations, Physical Review B, 68, (7), 2003, p075324-
Lagoudakis, PG, Savvidis, PG, Baumberg, JJ, Whittaker, DM, Eastham, PR, Skolnick, MS, Roberts, JS, Stimulated spin dynamics of polaritons in semiconductor microcavities, Physical Review B, 65, (16), 2002, p161310-
Littlewood, PB, Brown, GJ, Eastham, PR, Szymanska, MH, Some remarks on the ground state of the exciton and exciton-polariton system, physica status solidi (b),, 234, 2002, p36-49
Eastham, PR, Littlewood, PB, Bose condensation of cavity polaritons beyond the linear regime: The thermal equilibrium of a model microcavity, Physical Review B, 64, (23), 2001, p235101-
Eastham, PR, Littlewood, PB, Bose condensation in a model microcavity, Solid State Communications, 116, (7), 2000, p357-361
Exciton condensation in, editor(s)Sadowski, Potemski, Grynberg , Optical properties of semiconductor nanostructures, Kluwer, 2000, pp133 - 142, [P. B. Littlewood and P. R. Eastham]
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Luisa Toledo Tude and Paul Eastham, Polariton condensates and the second law of thermodynamics, OECS18, Lecce, Italy, 2023
P. R. Eastham, Polariton superflows: are they dissipationless?, OECS18, Lecce, Italy, 12th-16th June 2023, 2023
Luisa Toledo Tude and Paul Eastham, A model for thermodynamic analysis of polariton condensation, PLMCN 2023, Medellin, Colombia, 2023
P. R. Eastham, Optimal control and inverse design with process tensors, International Quantum Tensor Network Meeting "Non-Markovian Dynamics", New York, 15-17 September 2023, 2023
Paul Eastham and John Moroney, Coherence and synchronization for driven-dissipative condensates in a random potential, ICSCE 11, Burlington, Vermont., 7-11/08/2022, 2022
Luísa Toledo Tude and Paul Eastham, A model for thermodynamics analysis of polariton condensation, ICSCE 11, Burlington, Vermont, 7-11/08/2022, 2022
Paul Eastham and John Moroney, Synchronization of coupled oscillators on finite-dimensional lattices, APS March Meeting 2022, Chicago and Online, 14-18 March 2022, 2022
Conor Murphy and Paul Eastham, Quantum thermodynamics and laser cooling with silicon vacancies in diamond, APS March Meeting 2022, Chicago and Online, 14-18 March, 2022
Maria Popovic, Mark T. Mitchison, Aidan Strathearn, Brendon W. Lovett, John Goold, Paul R. Eastham, Non-equilibrium quantum thermodynamics with time- evolving matrix product operators (TEMPO), Second Workshop on Stochastic Thermodynamics, Online, 17th - 21st May 2021, 2021
Eoin Butler, Gerald Fux, Paul Eastham, Brendon Lovett and Jonathan Keeling, Optimal control of non-Markovian systems using numerically exact methods, Harnessing Quantum Matter Data Revolution Summer School, Online, 7-11 June 2021, 2021
John P. Moroney and P. R. Eastham, A non-equilibrium phase transition in disordered lattices of polariton condensates, Photonics Ireland 2021, Online, 14-16 June 2021, 2021
P. R. Eastham, E. O. Butler, G. Fux, J. Keeling, B. Lovett, Optimal control beyond the weak-coupling and Markovian regimes, CoCoNUT2021, Online, 24-27 August 2021, 2021
C. N. Murphy and P. R. Eastham, Laser Cooling of SiV Centres in Diamond to 1 K, Photonics Ireland 2021, Online, 14-16 June 2021, 2021
Eoin Butler, Gerald Fux, Paul Eastham, Jonathan Keeling, Brendon Lovett, Optimal control of non-Markovian systems using numerically exact methods, Photonics Ireland 2021, Online, 14-16 June 2021, 2021
P. R. Eastham and R. Mc Guinness, Topological photonics from strong light-matter coupling in bulk semiconductors, Photonics Online Meetup, Online, 13/01/2021, 2021
Paul R. Eastham and Conor Murphy, Quantum control of solid-state qubits for thermodynamic applications, SPIE Photonics West, Photonic Heat Engines: Science and Applications III, Online, 5/03/2021, 2021, SPIE
John P. Moroney and Paul R. Eastham, A non-equilibrium phase transition in disordered lattices of polariton condensates, Collective Effects and Non-Equilibrium Quantum Dynamics, Online, 28-30 June, 2021
John Moroney and P. R. Eastham, A non-equilibrium phase transition in a disordered chain of polariton condensates, PLMCN (Physics of Light Matter Coupling in Nanostructures), Online, 27/10/2020, 2020
Maria Popovic, John Goold, Paul Eastham and Brendon Lovett, Quantum thermodynamics and implementation of non- Markovian settings using the TEMPO algorithm, Quantum Thermodynamics for Young Scientists, Bad Honnef, Germany, 2/2/2020, 2020
C. N. Murphy and P. R. Eastham, Quantum control of excitons for reversible heat transfer, Polaron Day 2019, Vienna, 23/05/2019, 2019
R. McGuinness and P. Eastham, Optical Chern insulators from conical refraction, Irish Quantum Foundations, Dublin, 28/05/2018, 2018
C. Murphy and P. R. Eastham, Quantum thermal machines with a laser controlled quantum dot, Collective Behaviour in Quantum Matter, Trieste, Italy, 2018
John Moroney and P. R. Eastham, Synchronization in asymmetrically-pumped polariton josephson junctions, Quantum Fluids of Light and Matter, Les Houches, France, 2018
C. Murphy and P. R. Eastham, Theory of a Laser Controlled Single Quantum Dot Heat Pump, Polaron Day 2018, Nottingham, U.K., 17/05/2018, 2018
R. McGuinness and P. Eastham, Optical Chern insulators from conical refraction, Topical Research Meeting on Topological States in Strongly Interacting Light-Matter Systems, Milton Keynes, U.K., 19/3/2018, 2018
P. R. Eastham, Platforms for quantum thermodynamics, QuantERA proposer's day, Valletta, Malta, 16/02/2017, 2017
P. R. Eastham. K. E. Ballantine and J. F. Donegan, Half quantization of optical angular momentum, Fourth International Conference on Optical Angular Momentum, Anacapri, Capri, Italy, 18/09/2017, 2017
P. R. Eastham, F. Bello, The Josephson junction redux: non-equilibrium self-trapping in polariton condensates, Hybrid Photonics and Materials International Conference, Mykonos, Greece, 25/09/2017, 2017
P. R. Eastham, Quantum control and thermodynamics in semiconductor nanostructures, Quantum Control of Light and Matter (Gordon Research Conference), Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley MA, USA, 06/08/2017, 2017
K. E. Ballantine, J. F. Donegan and P. R. Eastham, Half quantization of a total optical angular momentum, Photon 16, Leeds, U.K., 06/09/2016, 2016
P. R. Eastham, Spinning the 2D electromagnetic field: half-quantization of an optical angular momentum, Department Seminar, NUI Maynooth, 12/04/2016, 2016
P. R. Eastham, Photons with half a twist: angular momentum and structured light, Advanced Laser Technologies 16, Galway, 12/09/2016, 2016
P. R. Eastham, There's more than one way to spin a photon: fractional quantum numbers in optics, TCD Physics Society Seminar, TCD, 06/10/2016, 2016
P. R. Eastham, Photons with half a twist: angular momentum and structured light, Department Seminar, Dublin City University, 8/12/2016, 2016
P. R. Eastham, Spinning the 2D electromagnetic field, International workshop on 2D materials, Campofelice di Roccella, Italy, 2/06/2016, 2016
P. R. Eastham, Quantum coherence, Department Seminar, School of Physics, TCD, 20/03/2015, 2015
F. Bello and P. R. Eastham, Dissipative self-trapping in Bose-Einstein condensates, Photonics Ireland 2015, Cork, 2/09/2015, 2015
P. R. Eastham, P. Kirton, H. Cammack, B. W. Lovett, J. Keeling, Bath-induced coherence and the secular approximation, Photonics Ireland 2015, Cork, 2015
K. E. Ballantine, J. F. Donegan and P. R. Eastham, Dispersion surface of a biaxial hyperbolic metamaterial, Photonics Ireland 2015, Cork, 2/09/2015, 2015
P. R. Eastham, Quantum coherence, Department Seminar, University College Cork, 9/11/2015, 2015
P. R. Eastham, Bose condensed polaritons: superfluid, normal fluid, or Bose glass? , Department Seminar, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, 25/02/2014, 2014
P. R. Eastham, Macroscopic quantum coherence and superfluidity of exciton-polaritons, Irish Quantum Foundations Meeting, TCD, 30/05/2014, 2014
P. R. Eastham, There are many ways to spin a photon: fermionic quantization of optical angular momentum, Department Seminar, Imperial College London, 4/12/2013, 2013
P. R. Eastham, Alchemy isn't dead: discovering new particles in the freezer, TCD Physics Society Seminar, TCD, 21/11/2013, 2013
K. E. Ballantine and P. R. Eastham, Quantization and conservation of angular momentum in non-uniformly polarized beams, AMBER Launch, Dublin, 24/10/2013, 2013
P. R. Eastham, Bose-Einstein condensation in the quantum Hall bilayer, Universal Themes in Bose-Einstein Condensation, Lorentz Center, Leiden, 13/3/2013, 2013
P. R. Eastham, Disorder and superfluidity in Bose-Einstein condensates of polaritons, Department Seminar, University of St Andrews, 26/9/2013, 2013
A. Janot, T. Hyart, B. Rosenow and P. R. Eastham, Many body physics in open photonic systems: superfluidity and Bose-Einstein condensation of polaritons, Photonics Ireland 2013, Belfast, 4/9/2013, 2013
P. R. Eastham, A. Janot, T. Hyart and B. Rosenow, Many body physics in open photonic systems: superfluidity and Bose-Einstein condensation of polaritons, Thirteenth Conference on the Optics of Excitons in Confined Systems (OECS13), Rome, 12/9/2013, 2013
K. E. Ballantine and P. R. Eastham, Quantisation and conservation of angular momentum in non-uniformly polarised beams, Rosse medal research roundup, Dublin, 30/3/2012, 2012
D. Racine and P. R. Eastham, Quantum theory of a two-mode polariton condensate, POLATOM, Cambridge U.K., 9/9/2012, 2012
R. T. Brierley, C. Creatore, P. B. Littlewood and P. R. Eastham, Adiabatic state preparation of interacting two-level systems, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting, Boston, 27/2/2012, 2012
K. E. Ballantine and P. R. Eastham, Quantisation and conservation of photon angular momentum in non-uniformly polarised beams, POLATOM, Cambridge U.K., 9/9/2012, 2012
D. Racine and P. R. Eastham, Quantum theory of multiple exciton-polariton Bose condensates, Sixth International Conference on Spontaneous Coherence in Excitons (ICSCE6), Stanford, 27/8/2012, 2012
C. Creatore, R. T. Brierley, R. T. Phillips, P. B. Littlewood, P. R. Eastham, Creation of entangled exciton states in coupled quantum dots, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting, Boston, 29/2/2012, 2012
K. E. Ballantine and P. R. Eastham, Quantisation and conservation of photon angular momentum in non-uniformly polarised beams, Photon 12, Durham U.K., 6/9/2012, 2012
C. Creatore, R. T. Brierley, P. B. Littlewood and P. R. Eastham, Adiabatic state preparation of interacting two-level systems, POLATOM, Cambridge U.K., 9/9/2012, 2012
C. Creatore, R. T. Brierley, P. B. Littlewood and P. R. Eastham, Adiabatic state preparation of interacting two-level systems, Photon12, Durham U.K., 6/9/2012, 2012
P. R. Eastham, Bose-Einstein condensates of excitons in quantum Hall bilayers, Department Seminar, University College Cork, 21/11/2011, 2011
P. R. Eastham, N. R. Cooper and D. K. K. Lee, Diamagnetism, flux creep and critical currents for bilayer exciton superfluids, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (CMMP11), Manchester, U.K., 13/12/2011, 2011
P. R. Eastham, Adiabatic control of many-particle states in coupled quantum dots, Quantum Information and Condensed Matter Physics, Maynooth, 1/9/2011, 2011
R. T. Brierley, C. Creatore, P. B. Littlewood and P. R. Eastham, Amplitude-mode dynamics of polariton condensates, POLATOM, Crete, 1/9/2011, 2011
P. R. Eastham, Polariton lasing and condensation in semiconductor microcavities - coherence and dynamics, Department Seminar, University of Leipzig, 10/6/2011, 2011
P. R. Eastham, Superfluidity in quantum Hall bilayers, Fifth International Conference on Spontaneous Coherence in Excitons (ICSCE5), Lausanne, Switzerland, 1/2/2011, 2011
R. T. Brierley, C. Creatore, R. T. Phillips, P. B. Littlewood and P. R. Eastham, State preparation of an interacting quantum dot system by adiabatic rapid passage, POLATOM, Crete, 4/5/2011, 2011
R. T. Brierley, P. B. Littlewood and P. R. Eastham, Amplitude oscillations in a non-equilibrium polariton condensate, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting, Dallas, Texas, 25/03/2011, 2011
P. R. Eastham, Adiabatic control of many-particle states in coupled quantum dots, International school of Nanophotonics and Photovoltaics, Maratea, Italy, 19/9/2011, 2011
D. Racine and P. R. Eastham, Quantum theory of a two-mode polariton condensate, Quantum Information and Condensed Matter Physics, Maynooth, 1/9/2011, 2011
D. Racine and P. R. Eastham, Quantum theory of a two-mode polariton condensate, Physics by the Lake, Ambleside, U.K., 1/7/2010, 2010
P. R. Eastham, Superfluidity in quantum Hall bilayers, Department Seminar, University of Cambridge, U.K., 11/2/2010, 2010
D. K. K. Lee, P. R. Eastham and N. R. Cooper, Vortex states of a dirty quantum Hall bilayer, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting, Portland, Oregan, 17/3/2010, 2010
Research Expertise
Description
My research explores the quantum physics of light and matter, generally in the context of semiconductor nanostructures like quantum dots, wells, and microcavities. I have a particular interest in the interplay between many-particle physics and quantum coherence, and the exotic collective behaviours that can result, like Bose-Einstein condensation. More generally I am interested in the possibilities for generating new physics by controlling the motion of electrons and photons in nanostructured materials and devices, and the possibilities for exploiting this physics in areas such as energy harvesting, quantum computing, and photonics. Related areas of research include semiconductor optics, topological effects in optics and condensed-matter, decoherence and quantum control in solid-state qubits, and photonic materials. My work is primarily theoretical, but I work closely with experimentalists to ensure its relevance and increase its impact.Projects
- Title
- Strong interactions and collective effects in semiconductor optoelectronics
- Summary
- Development of theoretical tools to model collective behaviour in semiconductor optics.
- Funding Agency
- SFI
- Date From
- 2009
- Date To
- 2013
- Title
- Coherent matter in semiconductor microcavities: non-equilibrium polariton condensates
- Summary
- Aims to implement a new approach to creating polariton condensates in highly non-equilibrium semiconductors, and to develop new techniques for precisely controlling electrons in semiconductors.
- Funding Agency
- EPSRC UK
- Date From
- 2008
- Date To
- 2011
- Title
- Sidney Sussex College Junior Research Fellowship
- Date From
- 2001
- Date To
- 2004
Recognition
Memberships
Institute of Physics
American Association for the Advancement of Science