John McFerran

Dr, BSc BE GradDipSc PhD W.Aust.

Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, Physics

Phone+61 8 6488 3362
Emailjohn.mcferran@uwa.edu.au

The University of Western Australia (M013), 35 Stirling Highway,
6009 Perth
Australia

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Personal profile

Biography

John McFerran is a Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQuS). Since completing his Ph.D. at UWA 2003 he has held research positions at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO (in the Time and Frequency Division and Optoelectronics Divisions), LNE-SYRTE, Paris Observatory and XLIM, Limoges, France. His fields of research include optical frequency synthesis (fibre-laser and solid state-laser-based frequency combs), optical atomic clocks and laser spectroscopy. He was awarded an ARC Future fellowship in 2011 (commencing in 2012) and has developed a cold atom optical clock based on ytterbium at UWA.

Roles and responsibilities

Masters and PhD supervisor, lecturer, researcher and seminar convenor.

Future research

Testing the inverse square law of gravity at micron distance scales. Providing a time signal for the Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space mission (ACES).

Funding overview

Scientific Mobility (French) travel award 2013
ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQuS): 2018-2024.

Previous positions

Chercheur Postdoctoral, Systèmes de Référence Temps-Espace, Observatoire de Paris, France.
Chercheur Postdoctoral, XLIM Institute, Université de Limoges, France.
Guest Researcher, National Institute of Standards & Technology, Boulder, USA.

Current projects

Optical lattice clock (with cold Yb atoms) for a Time-and-Frequency ground station.

Industrial relevance

Providing students with skills in electronics, computing, optics, and applied problem solving.

Teaching overview

PHYS3012 Frontiers of Modern Physics (Modern Optics & applied QM),
http://handbooks.uwa.edu.au/units/unitdetails?code=PHYS3012,
PHYS2001 Electromagnetism
PHYS3001 Atomic Physics

Research

Optical atomic clocks.
Optical frequency synthesis.
Atomic spectroscopy.

Languages

Un peu de Francais.

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Research Output 1998 2019

40 Article
27 Conference paper
1 Conference presentation/ephemera
1 Comment/debate
1 More
- 1 Doctoral Thesis

Optical frequency stabilization with a synchronous frequency-to-voltage converter

Reynolds, F. C. & McFerran, J. J., 20 Apr 2019, In : Applied Optics. 58, 12, p. 3128-3132 5 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

converters

Continuous wave lasers

Stabilization

stabilization

continuous wave lasers

2 Citations (Scopus)

Laser stabilization with a frequency-to-voltage chip for narrow-line laser cooling

McFerran, J. J., 1 Apr 2018, In : Optics Letters. 43, 7, p. 1475-1478 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

laser cooling

stabilization

chips

electric potential

lasers

5 Citations (Scopus)

Production of ultracold Cs∗Yb molecules by photoassociation

Guttridge, A., Hopkins, S. A., Frye, M. D., McFerran, J. J., Hutson, J. M. & Cornish, S. L., 19 Jun 2018, In : Physical Review A. 97, 6, 063414.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

traps

asymptotes

diatomic molecules

hyperfine structure

molecules

Inverted crossover resonances with Δf=0 or 1 inverted crossover resonances with the intercombination line of ¹⁷¹Yb

McFerran, J. & De Clercq, E., 27 Oct 2017, 2017 Joint Conference of the European Frequency and Time Forum and IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, EFTF/IFC 2017 - Proceedings. IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, p. 421-422 2 p. 8088910

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Conference paper

crossovers

Laser cooling

Atomic beams

laser cooling

Fluorescence spectroscopy

1 Citation (Scopus)