ProfessorNeil Alford, FREng, FRS
Professor of Materials
Department of Materials - Faculty of Engineering
Orcid identifier0000-0003-1374-7851 (opens in a new tab)
- Professor of MaterialsDepartment of Materials - Faculty of Engineering
- 020 7594 6724 (Work)
- 2..05 (in RSM), Royal School of Mines, South Kensington Campus, United Kingdom
RESEARCH
Overview
Neil's work on high temperature superconductivity was transferred to industry. His work on microwave dielectric materials has resulted in the development of ultra low loss alumina resonators and an understanding of the defect chemistry of TiO2 which has allowed the production of very high Q and high dielectric constant materials. This technology has been patented and transferred to industry. His research on low loss microwave dielectrics and functional materials led to the development of the first room temperature, earth’s field MASER (a Microwave laser).
Selected publications
Continuous-wave room-temperature diamond maser Jonathan Breeze, Enrico Salvadori, Juna Sathian, Neil Alford and Christopher Kay. Nature 555, pages 493–496 (22 March 2018) doi:10.1038/nature25970
Enhanced magnetic Purcell effect in room-temperature masers, Breeze J, Tan K-J, Richards B, Sathian J, Oxborrow M, Alford NM , 2015 Nature Communications, Vol: 6 doi:10.1038/ncomms7215 (2015)
Room-temperature cavity quantum electrodynamics with strongly coupled Dicke states, Breeze JD, Salvadori E, Sathian J, Alford NMN, Kay CWM, 2017, NPJ QUANTUM INFORMATION, Vol: 3, ISSN: 2056-6387
Room Temperature Maser Mark Oxborrow, Jonathan Breeze and Neil Alford NATURE, 16 August 2012 DOI 10.1038/nature11339 (2012)
Neil's work on high temperature superconductivity was transferred to industry. His work on microwave dielectric materials has resulted in the development of ultra low loss alumina resonators and an understanding of the defect chemistry of TiO2 which has allowed the production of very high Q and high dielectric constant materials. This technology has been patented and transferred to industry. His research on low loss microwave dielectrics and functional materials led to the development of the first room temperature, earth’s field MASER (a Microwave laser).
Selected publications
Continuous-wave room-temperature diamond maser Jonathan Breeze, Enrico Salvadori, Juna Sathian, Neil Alford and Christopher Kay. Nature 555, pages 493–496 (22 March 2018) doi:10.1038/nature25970
Enhanced magnetic Purcell effect in room-temperature masers, Breeze J, Tan K-J, Richards B, Sathian J, Oxborrow M, Alford NM , 2015 Nature Communications, Vol: 6 doi:10.1038/ncomms7215 (2015)
Room-temperature cavity quantum electrodynamics with strongly coupled Dicke states, Breeze JD, Salvadori E, Sathian J, Alford NMN, Kay CWM, 2017, NPJ QUANTUM INFORMATION, Vol: 3, ISSN: 2056-6387
Room Temperature Maser Mark Oxborrow, Jonathan Breeze and Neil Alford NATURE, 16 August 2012 DOI 10.1038/nature11339 (2012)
GRANTS
- GRANTHigh Energy Density Capacitors Manufactured with Optoelectronic Tweezers (CapOET)Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E1 Oct 2017 - 31 Mar 2021
- GRANTExperimental Equipment Call for Imperial College LondonEngineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)1 Apr 2015 - 31 Mar 2016
- GRANTSTFC Impact Accleration AwardScience and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)1 Apr 2014 - 31 Mar 2015
- GRANTIntegrated Graphene - based sensor devices and scalable microfabrication process development based on graphene - metal multilayer depositionEngineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)1 Feb 2013 - 31 Jul 2015
- GRANTDesign and Engineering of Photocatalytic Material Structures for Solar HydrogenKaust1 Jul 2012 - 31 Dec 2015