Renzoni's group is internationally recognized as a pioneer in electromagnetic induction imaging (EMI) with optical atomic magnetometers. Research directions: (1) All-optical 87Rb atomic magnetometer MIT โ demonstrated first magnetic induction tomography (MIT) with atomic magnetometers (2013), first EMI of biological tissues below the 1 Smโปยน threshold (Applied Physics Letters 2020), enabling non-invasive cardiac conductivity imaging; (2) Unshielded RF atomic magnetometer operation with general regression neural network auto-optimization; (3) Non-destructive evaluation โ industrial corrosion/defect imaging via quantum-sensitive MIT; (4) Sub-Fourier signal processing with nonlinear systems for frequency resolution beyond classical limits. Collaborates with NPL on quantum sensing standards. Applications span medicine (atrial fibrillation), security, and materials inspection.
Carrie Weidner's GECKO group develops experimental quantum sensing and simulation with cold atoms and hot atomic vapours. Key directions: (1) robust atom interferometry for 6-axis inertial sensing using optical lattice potentials (EPSRC-funded, Infleqtion partnership); (2) magnetic field imaging with squeezed light in hot atom vapour cells (wide-field OPM-type sensing using Faraday rotation); (3) quantum optimal control theory for atom interferometric sensors. The group is establishing a full ultracold atom apparatus for quantum simulation and sensing. Active postdoc positions.