Michael Sprague
DPhil Student and Clarendon Scholar
Michael [dot] Sprague [at] physics [dot] ox [dot] ac [dot] uk
My research centres on building a quantum memory for applications in secure communication, quantum computation and tests of fundamental physics. Specifically I work on realising a broadband, room-temperature memory using optical phonons in diamond and using a thermal vapour of cesium. My research is supported by the Clarendon Fund and St. Edmund Hall.
Latest News
Dec 2011: Diamond entanglement paper published in Science!
Work was featured in CNN, CBC, Fox News, New Scientist, Scientific American, Popular Science, etc.. Featured in Nature News & Views Article as well!
Dec 2011: Diamond correlation and lifetime paper published in Nature Photonics! Also featured in Nature Photonics News & Views!
I am originally from Toronto, Canada and I attended high school in Warsaw, Poland. I studied Engineering Physics at Queen's University, Canada as an undergraduate, and obtained my Master's from the University of Toronto, where I studied correlated, 'many-body' physics using ultracold atoms. I am currently pursuing my DPhil with Professor Ian Walmsley in atomic physics and quantum optics.