Outreach

Outreach Videos

LDSD’s Making Quantum Light with Quantum Dots
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) demonstration at the University of Cambridge
An introduction to Gallium Nitride research at the University of Cambridge
An overview of the transmission electron microscope (TEM) at the University of Cambridge
Inside an LED: Discover Materials version

Outreach Activities

Past outreach events

We had a stand at the Faculty of Engineering Project weeks at the University of Sheffield: 

We were fortunate enough to be able to borrow the ‘Communication with Light’ demo from the Low Dimensional Structures and Devices group (LDSD), which is a quantum cryptography system. See the Demos section for more details.

  • Dr Nick Bailey attended the IOP Quantum Undergraduate Day on 20th November, giving a talk and also promoting our PhD studentships and open day
  • Prof Rachel Oliver and Dr Menno Kappers attended the Cambridge Science Festival in March 2023 and 2024 – Cambridge Centre for GaN ran an exhibit on energy efficient electronics.

Upcoming outreach events 

  • Dr Young In Na is exhibiting at the School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering’s  ‘Girls into Electronics’ summer school in Sheffield on 2nd July 2025, which is in conjunction with UKESF.  

LDSD Demos

‘Communicating with light’ – an optical fibre system where students can see how to carry information with light, eavesdrop and see how photons carry information, all whilst playing fun 80’s music. 

Single Photon Challenge in the form of a Light Emitting Diode (LED) which generates short light pulses of various intensities. Light from the LED is coupled straight to the optical fibre and split equally into three fibre outputs. It is a competitive game where players look through the microscope and click every time they see a red dot (photon).

Quantum Interface of Photons – alters between single photons and two photons, and the different ways they travel. Based on the Hong-Ou-Mandel effect on photonic structures,a key component of photonic quantum information processing.

*All demos are borrowed from the LDSD group at the University of Sheffield. Please see their website for more information – https://ldsd.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/easy-science.

Hong-Ou-Mandel Effect

For more information please see LDSD’s Quantum Light Flyer.

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