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Professor Viktor Tsepelin

Professor in Condensed Matter Physics

Viktor Tsepelin

Physics Building

LA1 4YB

Lancaster

Tel: +44 1524 593757

PhD supervision

Please contact me if you are interested in PhD in low temperature physics. PhD projects are available on: experimental observations and computer simulations of quantum turbulence probing of superfluid 3He and 4He using conventional and nano-electromechanical oscillators, cooling nano-electromechanical objects to low temperature.

Research Interests

As a low temperature physicist, I investigate properties of matter in the vicinity of absolute zero. By cooling material down, the thermal motion of atoms and electrons is arrested, revealing the subtle nature of quantum mechanics and associated effects which are hidden at room temperature. Matter at low temperatures allows us to model and to understand complex and sometimes unsolvable physical problems ranging from classical systems to cosmology. Throughout my career I was using quantum systems as a route to the classical world. 

My current research directions include investigating pure quantum turbulence in superfluids, building and cooling detectors based on micro and nano-electromechanical systems, developing a compact refrigerator for quantum computing platforms, and looking for dark matter using properties of superfluid He3.   

Career Details

I am an alumnus of Tartu University in Estonia, where during my master degree I studied scillators at liquid helium temperatures. My interest in low temperatures has exploded during my doctorate degree at the Low Temperature Laboratory at Helsinki University of Technology where I measured morphology and growth kinetics of helium-3 crystals below 1 mK using optical interferometry. After doctorate degree I have spent three years at the Stanford University in a group of Doug Osheroff researching magnetization of superfluid Helium-3 in the vicinity of superfluid transition. I started to work at Lancaster Ultra Low Temperature Group as a postdoc in 2004 and received an EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship in 2006. In 2008 I was awarded the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Young Scientist Prize for my contribution to the fields of quantum crystals and quantum turbulence. Presently I am Head of Lancaster Ultra Low Temperature Group.

Current Teaching

PHYS112 - 1st year undergraduate course on Integration

PHYS132 - 1st year undergraduate course on Basic Physics Skills (Problem Solving and Data Analysis)

PHYS352 - 3rd year undergraduate Low Temperature Physics laboratory (Superfluidity and Superconductivity) 

PHYS451/451 - Master projects

PhD Supervisions Completed

2020 - Andrew Guthrie - "Nanoscale Devices for Studying Quantum Fluids and Electrostatic Field-Effects in Superconducting Nanoconstrictions"

2019 - Tom Wilcox - "Progress Towards An Improved Quasiparticle Camera In Super uid 3He-B"

2019 - Theo Noble -  "New Methods of Measurements in Superfluid Helium"

2016 - Sean Ahlstrom - "Quasiparticle Beam Prole Measurements in Superfluid Helium 3 - B"

2015 - Andrew John Woods - "Visualisation of Quantum Turbulence in Superfluid 3He-B Using a Novel 2D Quasiparticle Detector"

2014 - Edward Ashley Guise - "Developing a Quasiparticle Detector for Quantum Turbulence Imaging Studies in Superfluid 3He-B"

2011 - Martin Jackson - "A Study of Quantum Turbulence in Superfluid 3He-B Using Vibrating Structures"

PhDs Examined

2019 - PhD Thesis, Aalto University - Jere Mäkinen “Dynamics and vortex structures in topological superfluid 3He at ultra-low temperatures and under confinement”

2017 – PhD Thesis, Kosice - Frantisek Vavrek “Spin and Quasiparticle Dynamics in Superfluid 3He-B at Zero Temperature Limit”

2014 – PhD Thesis, Royal Holloway University – Kristian Kent “Development and Characterisation of New Exfoliated Graphite Substrates for the Study of Adsorbed Helium Films”

2014 – PhD Thesis, Manchester University – Fatemeh Pakpour “Investigation of Quantum Turbulence in Superfluid 4He Using Injected Ions and 2He∗ Molecules in the Zero Temperature Limit”

2012 – PhD Thesis, Manchester University – Peter Thompson “Motion of Charged Quantized Vortex Lines in Superfluid 4He in the Low Temperature Limit”

2011 – PhD Thesis, Nottingham University – Kunal Lulla “Dissipation and Nonlinear Effects in Nanomechanical Resonators at Low Temperatures”

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