Dr Alistair Brash

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

EPSRC Quantum Technologies Research Fellow

PHY Alistair Brash
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a.brash@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 4546
F43, Hicks Building

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Dr Alistair Brash
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
F43
Hicks Building
Hounsfield Road
Sheffield
S3 7RH
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My research focuses on studying light-matter interactions in semiconductor nanostructures at the single particle level. A particular focus is using these interactions to generate quantum states of light, supporting the development of optical quantum technologies such as secure communications, enhanced imaging and sensing and photonic quantum computing.

Key to these goals is understanding and controlling the interactions between the microscopic quantum system and the macroscopic semiconductor environment. By understanding these interactions, we can access new quantum states with greater efficiencies and fidelities, whilst also significantly increasing the operating temperature of the devices.

Publications

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Journal articles

  • Phillips CL, Brash AJ, McCutcheon DPS, Iles-Smith J, Clarke E, Royall B, Skolnick MS, Fox AM & Nazir A (2020) . Physical Review Letters, 125.
  • Brash AJ, Iles-Smith J, Phillips CL, McCutcheon DPS, O'Hara J, Clarke E, Royall B, Wilson LR, Mørk J, Skolnick MS , Fox AM et al (2019) . Physical Review Letters, 123.
  • Liu F, Brash AJ, O'Hara J, Martins LMPP, Phillips CL, Coles RJ, Royall B, Clarke E, Bentham C, Prtljaga N , Itskevich IE et al (2018) . Nature Nanotechnology , 13(9), 835-840.
  • Quilter JH, Brash AJ, Liu F, Glaessl M, Barth AM, Axt VM, Ramsay AJ, Skolnick MS & Fox AM (2015) . Physical Review Letters, 114(13).

All publications

Journal articles

  • Sheldon SJ, Brash AJ, Skolnick MS, Fox AM & Iles-Smith J (2024) . Physical Review B, 110.
  • Phillips CL, Brash AJ, Godsland M, Martin NJ, Foster A, Tomlinson A, Dost R, Babazadeh N, Sala EM, Wilson L , Heffernan J et al (2024) . Scientific Reports, 14(1).
  • Brash A & Iles-Smith J (2023) . Materials for Quantum Technology, 3(4).
  • Javadi A, Tomm N, Antoniadis NO, Brash A, Schott R, valentin S, Wieck ADD, Ludwig A & Warburton RJ (2023) . New Journal of Physics, 25.
  • Siampour H, O’Rourke C, Brash AJ, Makhonin MN, Dost R, Hallett DJ, Clarke E, Patil PK, Skolnick MS & Fox AM (2023) . npj Quantum Information, 9(1).
  • Sortino L, Zotev PG, Phillips CL, Brash AJ, Cambiasso J, Marensi E, Fox AM, Maier SA, Sapienza R & Tartakovskii AI (2021) . Nature Communications, 12.
  • Phillips CL, Brash AJ, McCutcheon DPS, Iles-Smith J, Clarke E, Royall B, Skolnick MS, Fox AM & Nazir A (2020) . Physical Review Letters, 125.
  • Brash AJ, Iles-Smith J, Phillips CL, McCutcheon DPS, O'Hara J, Clarke E, Royall B, Wilson LR, Mørk J, Skolnick MS , Fox AM et al (2019) . Physical Review Letters, 123.
  • Liu F, Brash AJ, O'Hara J, Martins LMPP, Phillips CL, Coles RJ, Royall B, Clarke E, Bentham C, Prtljaga N , Itskevich IE et al (2018) . Nature Nanotechnology , 13(9), 835-840.
  • Brash AJ, Martins LMPP, Barth AM, Liu F, Quilter JH, Glassl M, Axt VM, Ramsay AJ, Skolnick MS & Fox AM (2016) . Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 33(7), C115-C112.
  • Liu F, Martins LMP, Brash AJ, Barth AM, Quilter JH, Axt VM, Skolnick MS & Fox AM (2016) . Physical Review B , 93.
  • Brash AJ, Martins LMPP, Liu F, Quilter JH, Ramsay AJ, Skolnick MS & Fox AM (2015) . Physical Review B , 92(12).
  • Quilter JH, Brash AJ, Liu F, Glaessl M, Barth AM, Axt VM, Ramsay AJ, Skolnick MS & Fox AM (2015) . Physical Review Letters, 114(13).
  • Brash AJ, Quilter JH, Liu F, Glaessl M, Barth AM, Axt VM, Ramsay AJ, Skolnick MS & Fox AM (2015) Phonon-Assisted Population Inversion of a Single Quantum Dot. 2015 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO).

Book chapters

  • Brash AJ, Liu F & Fox AM (2017) , Nano-Optics and Nanophotonics (pp. 325-357). Springer International Publishing

Conference proceedings

  • Martin NJ, Phillips C, Brash A, Godsland M, Foster A, Tomlinson A, Dost R, Babazadeh N, Sala E, Wilson LR , Heffernan J et al (2025) . Integrated Optics: Design, Devices, Systems, and Applications VIII (pp 35-35), 7 April 2025 - 11 April 2025.
  • Siampour H, O’Rourke C, Brash AJ, Makhonin MN, Dost R, Hallett DJ, Clarke E, Patil PK, Skolnick MS & Fox AM (2023) Chiral nanophotonic waveguides for spin-based quantum optical devices. International Conference on Metamaterials Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics (pp 1061)
  • Phillips CL, Brash AJ, McCutcheon DPS, Iles-Smith J, Skolnick MS, Mark Fox A & Nazir A (2021) Photon Statistics of Filtered Quantum Dot Resonance Fluorescence. 2021 Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics CLEO 2021 Proceedings
  • Phillips CL, Brash AJ, McCutcheon DPS, Iles-Smith J, Skolnick MS, Fox AM & Nazir A (2021) . Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (pp FTh4M.5-FTh4M.5), 2021.
  • Brash AJ, Iles-Smith J, Phillips CL, O’Hara J, Royall B, Wilson LR, Skolnick MS, Fox AM, McCutcheon DPS, Clarke E , Mørk J et al (2020) . Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (pp FW3C.5-FW3C.5), 2020.
  • Phillips CL, Brash AJ, McCutcheon DPS, Iles-Smith J, Skolnick MS, Fox AM & Nazir A (2020) . Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science (pp FW4C.4-FW4C.4), 2020.
  • Brash AJ, Iles-Smith J, Phillips CL, McCutcheon DPS, Mork J, Skolnick MS, Fox AM & Nazir A (2019) Light Scattering from Solid-State Quantum Emitters: Beyond the Atomic Picture. International Conference on Metamaterials Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics (pp 438-439)
  • Brash A, Liu F, O’Hara J, Martins LMPP, Coles RJ, Phillips CL, Royall B, Bentham C, Itskevich I, Wilson LR , Skolnick MS et al (2017) . Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (pp FTu4E.5-FTu4E.5), 2017.
  • Brash AJ, Quilter JH, Liu F, Glassl M, Barth AM, Axt VM, Ramsay AJ, Skolnick MS & Fox AM (2015) Phonon-assisted population inversion of a single quantum dot. Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics Europe Technical Digest, Vol. 2015-August
  • Brash AJ, Martins LMP, Liu F, Quilter JH, Skolnick MS & Fox AM (2015) Fast high-fidelity hole spin initialisation in a single quantum dot at zero magnetic field. Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics Europe Technical Digest, Vol. 2015-August
  • Brash A, Quilter JH, Liu F, Glässl M, Barth A, Axt VM, Ramsay A, Skolnick MS & Fox AM (2015) . CLEO: 2015 (pp FF1B.3-FF1B.3), 2015.
  • Brash A, Martins LM, Liu F, Quilter JH, Skolnick MS & Fox AM (2015) . CLEO: 2015 (pp FM2B.6-FM2B.6), 2015.

Datasets

  • Brash A .

Preprints

  • Phillips CL, Brash AJ, Godsland M, Martin NJ, Foster A, Tomlinson A, Dost R, Babazadeh N, Sala EM, Wilson L , Heffernan J et al (2023) , arXiv.
  • Brash AJ & Iles-Smith J (2023) , arXiv.
  • Javadi A, Tomm N, Antoniadis NO, Brash AJ, Schott R, Valentin SR, Wieck AD, Ludwig A & Warburton RJ (2023) , arXiv.
  • Siampour H, O'Rourke C, Brash AJ, Makhonin MN, Dost R, Hallett DJ, Clarke E, Patil PK, Skolnick MS & fox M (2022) , Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
  • Siampour H, O'Rourke C, Brash AJ, Makhonin MN, Dost R, Hallett DJ, Clarke E, Patil PK, Skolnick MS & Fox AM (2022) , arXiv.
  • Sortino L, Zotev PG, Phillips CL, Brash AJ, Cambiasso J, Marensi E, Fox AM, Maier SA, Sapienza R & Tartakovskii AI (2021) , arXiv.
  • Phillips CL, Brash AJ, McCutcheon DPS, Iles-Smith J, Clarke E, Royall B, Skolnick MS, Fox AM & Nazir A (2020) , arXiv.
  • Brash AJ, Iles-Smith J, Phillips CL, McCutcheon DPS, O'Hara J, Clarke E, Royall B, Mørk J, Skolnick MS, Fox AM & Nazir A (2019) , arXiv.
  • Liu F, Brash AJ, O'Hara J, Martins LMPP, Phillips CL, Coles RJ, Royall B, Clarke E, Bentham C, Prtljaga N , Itskevich IE et al (2017) , arXiv.
  • Brash AJ, Martins LMPP, Barth AM, Liu F, Quilter JH, Glassl M, Axt VM, Ramsay AJ, Skolnick MS & Fox AM (2016) , arXiv.
  • Liu F, Martins LMP, Brash AJ, Barth AM, Quilter JH, Axt VM, Skolnick MS & Fox AM (2016) , arXiv.
  • Brash AJ, Martins LMPP, Liu F, Quilter JH, Ramsay AJ, Skolnick MS & Fox AM (2015) , arXiv.
  • Sheldon SJ, Brash AJ, Skolnick MS, Fox AM & Iles-Smith J () .