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Mr Benjamin Sparkes

Position	Student
Department	Department of Quantum Science
Office phone	(02) 612 53523
Email
Office	Physics 1 15

Publications

Publications

Journal article

Higginbottom D, Geng J, Campbell G, Hosseini M, Cao M, Sparkes B, Bernu J, Robins N, Lam P, Buchler B
Dual-rail optical gradient echo memory
Optics Express 23, 19(2015) 24937-24944

Geng J, Campbell G, Bernu J, Higginbottom D, Sparkes B, Assad S, Zhang W, Robins N, Lam P, Buchler B
Electromagnetically induced transparency and four-wave mixing in a cold atomic ensemble with large optical depth
New Journal of Physics 16(2014) 113053/1-11

Sparkes B, Bernu J, Hosseini M, Geng J, Glorieux Q, Altin P, Lam P, Robins N, Buchler B
Gradient echo memory in an ultra-high optical depth cold atomic ensemble
New Journal of Physics 15(2013) 1-15

Sparkes B, Bernu J, Hosseini M, Geng J, Glorieux Q, Altin P, Lam P, Robins N, Buchler B
An ultra-high optical depth cold atomic ensemble for quantum memories
Journal of Physics: Conference Series(online) 467(2013) 1-5

Pinel O, Hosseini M, Sparkes B, Everett J, Higginbottom D, Campbell G, Lam P, Buchler B
Gradient echo quantum memory in warm atomic vapor
Journal of Visualized Experiments , 81(2013) 1-10

Giner L, Sparkes B, Veissier L, Sheremet A, Nicolas A, Mishina O, Scherman M, Burks S, Shomroni I, Kupriyanov D, Lam P, Giacobino E, Laurat J
Experimental investigation of the transition between Autler-Townes splitting and electromagnetically-induced-transparency models
Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 87, 1(2013) 1-5

Hosseini M, Sparkes B, Campbell G, Lam P, Buchler B
Storage and manipulation of light using a Raman gradient-echo process
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 45, 12(2012) 13

Sparkes B, Hosseini M, Higginbottom D, Campbell G, Lam P, Buchler B, Cairns C
Precision spectral manipulation: a demonstration using a coherent optical memory
Physical Review X 2, 2(2012) 021011

Hosseini M, Rebic S, Sparkes B, Twamley J, Buchler B, Lam P
Memory-enhanced noiseless cross-phase modulation
Light: Science & Applications 1, 2012(2012) 5

Higginbottom D, Sparkes B, Rancic M, Pinel O, Hosseini M, Lam P, Buchler B
Spatial-mode storage in a gradient-echo memory
Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 86, 2(2012) 023801/1-10

Campbell G, Hosseini M, Sparkes B, Lam P, Buchler B
Time- and frequency-domain polariton interference
New Journal of Physics 14(2012) 1-10

Sparkes B, Chrzanowski H, Parrain D, Buchler B, Lam P, Symul T
A scalable, self-analyzing digital locking system for use on quantum optics experiments
Review of Scientific Instruments 82, 7(2011) 75113-75113

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Hosseini M, Sparkes B, Campbell G, Lam P, Buchler B
High efficiency coherent optical memory with warm rubidium vapour
Nature Communications 2(2011) ncomms1175-5

Hosseini M, Campbell G, Sparkes B, Lam P, Buchler B
Unconditional room-temperature quantum memory
Nature Physics 7, 10(2011) 794-798

Chrzanowski H, Bernu J, Sparkes B, Hage B, Lund A, Ralph T, Lam P, Symul T
Photon-number discrimination without a photon counter and its application to reconstructing non-Gaussian states
Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 84, 5(2011) 4

Sparkes B, Hosseini M, Hetet G, Lam P, Buchler B
Ac Stark gradient echo memory in cold atoms
Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 82, 4(2010) 043847,1-10

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Buchler B, Hosseini M, Hetet G, Sparkes B, Lam P
Precision spectral manipulation of optical pulses using a coherent photon echo memory
Optics Letters 35, 7(2010) 1091-1093

Hosseini M, Sparkes B, Hetet G, Longdell J, Lam P, Buchler B
Coherent optical pulse sequencer for quantum applications
Nature 461(2009) 241-245

Hetet G, Hosseini M, Sparkes B, Oblak D, Lam P, Buchler B
Photon echoes generated by reversing magnetic field gradients in a rubidium vapor
Optics Letters 33, 20(2008) 2323-2325

(20 publications)

Conference paper

Sparkes B, Cairns C, Hosseini M, Higginbottom D, Campbell G, Lam P, Buchler B
Precision spectral manipulation: A demonstration using a coherent optical memory
11th International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computation, QCMC 2012 ?, ?(2014) 270-272

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Lam P, Hosseini M, Campbell G, Pinel O, Sparkes B, Twamley J, Rebic S, Chrzanowski H, Assad S, Bernu J, Ralph T, Walk N, Symul T, Buchler B
Building a quantum repeater with quantum memories and noiseless amplifiers
10th Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, CLEO-PR 2013 ?, ?(2013)

Giner L, Veissier L, Sparkes B, Sheremet A, Nicolas A, Mishina O, Scherman M, Burks S, Shomroni I, Kupriyanov D, Lam P, Giacobino E, Laurat J
Discriminating between the Autler-Townes splitting and the electromagnetically-induced transparency models: A tool for probing the medium properties [DUPLICATE]
2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2013 ?, ?(2013)

Hosseini M, Rebic S, Sparkes B, Twamley J, Buchler B, Lam P, Rebic S
Quantum nonlinear optics using optical memory
Nonlinear Optics, NLO 2013 ?, ?(2013)

Giner L, Veissier L, Sparkes B, Sheremet A, Nicolas A, Mishina O, Scherman M, Burks S, Shomroni I, Kupriyanov D, Lam P, Giacobino E, Laurat J
Discriminating between the autler-townes splitting and the electromagnetically-induced transparency models: A tool for probing the medium properties
CLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science, CLEO:QELS FS 2013 ?, ?(2013) 1-2

Buchler B, Hosseini M, Sparkes B, Geng J, Bernu J, Campbell G, Glorieux Q, Pinel O, Robins N, Lam P
Programmable quantum memory in atomic ensembles
Frontiers in Optics 2013/Laser Science XXIX ?, ?(2013)

Sparkes B, Hosseini M, Hetet G, Lam P, Buchler B
Spectral manipulation of optical pulses using the gradient echo memory scheme
2011 International Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 2011 and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 ?, ?(2011) 513-514

Sparkes B, Campbell G, Buchler B, Lam P
A room temperature quantum optical memory
International Conference on Quantum Information, ICQI 2011 ?, ?(2011)

Buchler B, Hosseini M, Hetet G, Sparkes B, Longdell J, Sellars M, Lam P
High efficiency gradient echo memory with 3-level atoms
International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement And Computing 2010 1363(2011) 383-388

Chrzanowski H, Bernu J, Sparkes B, Hage B, Lund A, Ralph T, Lam P, Symul T
Photon number discrimination without a photon counter and reconstructing non-Gaussian states of light
2011 International Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 2011 and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 ?, ?(2011) 1754-1755

(10 publications)

Conference written presentation

Hosseini M, Campbell G, Sparkes B, Lam P, Buchler B
A room temperature quantum memory
2011 International Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 2011 and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 ?, ?(2011) 510-512

(1 publications)

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