Department of Physics - The Cavendish Laboratory

Wide range of research programmes linked to experimental and instrumental programmes at the cutting edge of astronomical technology

Research centred on the development of understanding of quantum aspects of condensed matter, from atomic Bose-Einstein condensates to semiconductor quantum dots

Research areas include biophysics, biomaterials, nanoscience and Physics of Medicine, using techniques and inspirations from classical polymer physics, soft matter physics and the study of condensed matter

A major facility for designing, manufacturing and testing a new generation of superconducting detectors for astrophysics and the applied sciences

Work based upon experiments at high energy particle accelerators, with group members making up part of international collaborations

Involved in a wide range of projects in the general area of machine learning and information theory

New materials are constructed in which atoms are arranged in sophisticated ways on the nanometre-scale; these meta-materials often display properties that are not observed in the constituents they are made from

Fundamental physics studies in different aspects of organic semiconductor materials, aiming to understand the physics at the detailed quantum mechanical level

Studies matter under extreme conditions, i.e. at very low temperatures, high magnetic fields and high pressure, using advanced experimental techniques