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Liam Gallagher

@lapgallagher.bsky.social

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Experimental quantum physicist interested in semiconductors, atoms, photonics and microwaves. Based at Durham University, UK. Also a fan of running and cycling. (He/him)

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Liam Gallagher @lapgallagher.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Excited to set up my first laser for my new lab!

A blue and black box on a metallic table with a coiled optical fibre.

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Liam Gallagher @lapgallagher.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Ultracold this Christmas! We got our new cryostat up and running this week, and managed to reach 300 mK for the first time in our lab!

Photo of a thermometer monitor reading 0.3K on one input and 0.9K on a second.

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Liam Gallagher @lapgallagher.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

💡 Check out our new paper on microwave-optical spectroscopy of Rydberg excitons in the ultrastrong driving regime! Due to the dipole moment associated with Rydberg states the coupling strength can be larger than the driving frequency! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Plot showing the Rydberg states involved as the microwave field strength is increased. As the field strength grows, more and more states are coupled together. Higher energy states reach the ultrastrong driving regime (green line) at lower microwave field strengths due to microwave coupling being larger for higher energy states.

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Liam Gallagher @lapgallagher.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Got a new cryostat installed in the lab this week. As well as being shiny and looking nice it should be able to reach 300 mK!

Picture of the internals of a cryostat showing copper supports, gold plated stages and wiring.

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