Our Research
How do you detect gravity waves produced 1.3 billion light years away, or image the structure and dynamics of a molecule just a few nanometres in size? How do you investigate the physics of atoms cooled to a few billionths of a degree above absolute zero, or test quantum electrodynamics at the fifteenth decimal place? How can we detect the quantum signature of a nanodiamond inside a living human cancer cell, or construct a quantum computer?
Atomic, Molecular and Optical (AMO) Physics is crucial to answering these and many other fascinating problems. It is a rich and diverse area of modern physics, involving the complex quantum physics of interactions between light and matter, from lasers to synchrotrons, from nano to intergalactic scales. Researchers in the School of Physics are developing theoretical and computational approaches, and designing and constructing complex experiments in our own advanced laboratories and at international shared facilities. They are extending our fundamental knowledge and understanding of AMO physics and applying that knowledge to real-world applications in science and technology.
Our People
- Professor Chris Chantler
chantler@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 5437
Website - Professor Ken Crozier
kenneth.crozier@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 2249
Website - Professor Lloyd Hollenberg
lloydch@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 4210
Website - Professor David Jamieson
d.jamieson@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 3412
Website - Associate Professor Andy Martin
martinam@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 0550
Website - Associate Professor Jeff McCallum
jeffreym@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 8072
Website - Professor Steven Prawer
s.prawer@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 5460
Website - Professor Harry Quiney
quiney@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 5088
Website - Professor Ann Roberts
ann.roberts@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 5038
Website - Professor Robert Scholten
scholten@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 5457
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