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Quantum and Condensed Matter Physics

Quantum and Condensed Matter Theory

Quantum mechanics is one of pillars of modern physics and the School of Physics at UCD hosts an active theory group of researchers working at the forefront of quantum science. We lead UCD's Centre for Quantum Engineering, Science, and Technology. Our interests range from the foundations of quantum mechanics to the modelling and realisation of novel quantum materials.

For more information contact the group leads: (opens in a new window)Ciarán Hickey, (opens in a new window)Nuala Caffrey, (opens in a new window)Steve Campbell, and (opens in a new window)Andrew Mitchell

Faculty  Postdoctoral Researchers PhD Students Alumni
Andrew Mitchell Anthony Kiely Emmanuel Bogacz Patrick Wong Eoin O'Connor
Nuala Caffrey Philip C. Burke George Mihailescu Emma Mineralli Eoin Carolan
Ciarán Hickey   Ronan McElvogue Jonas Rigo  
Steve Campbell   Amal Raj Veluthedath Nair Sudeshna Sen  
    Dara Murphy Hossein Khani  
    José Maria Cruz    
         

2025

  • Speeding up Quantum Annealing with Engineered Dephasing
    Mykolas Sveistrys, Josias Langbehn, Raphaël Menu, Steve Campbell, Giovanna Morigi, and Christiane P Koch
    Quantum (2025)
  • Exploring Quantum Control Landscape and Solution Space Complexity through Dimensionality Reduction & Optimization Algorithms
    Haftu W Fentaw, Steve Campbell, and Simon Caton
    Sci. Rep. (2025)
  • Revealing Quadrupolar Excitations with Nonlinear Spectroscopy
    Yoshito Watanabe, Simon Trebst, and Ciarán Hickey
    (opens in a new window)Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 106703 (2025)
  • Stability of emergent time periodicity in a few-body interacting system
    Steve Campbell, Jens Eisert and Giacomo Guarnieri
    (opens in a new window)New J. Phys. 27, 023001 (2025)
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UCD School of Physics

University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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