Dr Kyle S. Hardman
Research interests
-Precision sensing utilizing atom interferometry with cold and ultracol atomic ensembles
-Precision sensing utilizing hot an cold vapor cells for magnetomtry, accelerometry, and clocks
-Compact field depolable sensors
-Advanced pumping and vaccuum system design
-Sensor fusion
-Ultra-low frequecy mecghanical oscillators
Biography
Dr. Kyle Hardman is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Atomlaser and Quantum Sensing Group at the Australian National University. He received in BSc and MSc from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2008 and 2011 respectively. His research during this time focused on ECDL laser design, classical cryogenic fridge design, and gas phase collision and reaction dynamics of atomic and diatomic systems at cryogenic temperatures. In 2012 Kyle moved to The Australian National University where he completed his Phd in atomic physics in 2016. His Phd research focused on precision measurements of gravity, gravity gradients, and magnetic field gradients utilizing atom-interferometry with a Bose-Einstein condensate. Kyle’s postdoctoral work has focused around novel techniques for improving atom-interferometry based sensors for applications in field deployment. This includes compact-multi-axis sensing, unique state readout techniques, and interferometry with squeezed states.
Publications
- Wigley, P, Hardman, K, Freier, C et al 2019, 'Readout-delay-free Bragg atom interferometry using overlapped spatial fringes', Physical Review A, vol. 99, no. 2, pp. -.
- Hardman, K, Sooriyabandara, M, Wigley, P et al 2018, 'Quantum tunneling dynamics of an interacting Bose-Einstein condensate through a Gaussian barrier', Physical Review A, vol. 98, pp. 1-9pp.
- Hardman, K, Everitt, P, McDonald, G et al 2016, 'Simultaneous Precision Gravimetry and Magnetic Gradiometry with a Bose-Einstein Condensate: A High Precision, Quantum Sensor', Physical Review Letters, vol. 117, no. 13, pp. -.
- Wigley, P, Everitt, P, Hardman, K et al 2016, 'Non-destructive shadowgraph imaging of ultra-cold atoms', Optics Letters, vol. 41, no. 20, pp. 4795-4798pp.
- Wigley, P, Everitt, P, van den Hengel, A et al 2016, 'Fast machine-learning online optimization of ultra-cold-atom experiments', Scientific Reports, vol. 6, pp. 25890-25890.
- Hardman, K, Wigley, P, Everitt, P et al 2016, 'Time-of-flight detection of ultra-cold atoms using resonant frequency modulation imaging', Optics Letters, vol. 41, no. 11, pp. 2505-2508.
- Hardman, K, Noschang Kuhn, C, McDonald, G et al 2014, 'Role of source coherence in atom interferometery', Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, vol. 89, no. 2, p. 023626.
- McDonald, G, Noschang Kuhn, C, Bennetts, S et al 2014, 'A faster scaling in acceleration-sensitive atom interferometers', Europhysics Letters, vol. 105, no. 6, p. 63001.
- Bennetts, S, McDonald, G, Hardman, K et al 2014, 'External cavity diode lasers with 5kHz linewidth and 200nm tuning range at 1.55μm and methods for linewidth measurement', Optics Express, vol. 22, no. 9, pp. 10642-10654.
- Hardman, K, Bennetts, S, Debs, J et al 2014, 'Construction and characterization of external cavity diode lasers for atomic physics', Journal of Visualized Experiments, vol. 86, no. 86.
- Noschang Kuhn, C, McDonald, G, Hardman, K et al 2014, 'A Bose-condensed, simultaneous dual-species Mach-Zehnder atom interferometer', New Journal of Physics, vol. 16, no. 2014, pp. 073035/ 1-15.
- McDonald, G, Noschang Kuhn, C, Hardman, K et al 2014, 'Bright solitonic matter-wave interferometer', Physical Review Letters, vol. 113, no. 1, pp. 1-5.
- Debs, J, Hardman, K, Altin, P et al 2013, 'From apples to atoms: measuring gravity with ultra cold atomic test masses', Preview, vol. 164, pp. 30-33.
- McDonald, G, Keal, H, Altin, P et al 2013, 'Optically guided linear Mach-Zehnder atom interferometer', Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, vol. 87, no. 1, p. 5.
- McDonald, G, Noschang Kuhn, C, Bennetts, S et al 2013, '80hk momentum separation with Bloch oscillations in an optically guided atom interferometer', Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, vol. 88, no. 5, pp. 053620 (1-5).
- Singh, V, Hardman, K, Lu, M et al 2013, 'Inelastic collisions of CaH with He at cryogenic temperatures', Molecular Physics, vol. 111, no. 12-13, pp. 1711-1715.
- Hardman, K, Singh, V, Tariq, N et al 2012, 'Chemical reactions of atomic lithium and molecular calcium monohydride at 1 K', Physical Review Letters, vol. 108, no. 20, p. 203201.
