Professor Yuri Pashkin FInstP, FHEA
ProfessorResearch Overview
I joined Lancaster University in 2011 to take up a position of Chair of Experimental Condensed Matter Physics. Prior to this I was a Principal Researcher at the research laboratory of NEC Corporation in Tsukuba (Japan).
From 1991 to 1997 I was a visiting scientist at Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden), Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (Germany) and University of Jyväskylä (Finland).
My research interests include quantum computing with superconducting nanocircuits, quantum metrology with Coulomb blockade devices and nanoelectromechanical systems.
PhD Supervision Interests
We are seeking PhD students to study quantum phenomena in superconducting and hybrid devices. Due to their unique properties, such devices allow the control at the level of single charge or flux quantum, single photon and single phonon, and are promising for applications in sensing, metrology and quantum information processing. Examples of research projects include, but are not limited to: 1. Charge pumping by nanoelectronic hybrid circuits 2. Detection of the quantum of mechanical motion by an artificial atom 3. Interaction of surface acoustic waves with a superconducting artificial atom 4. Probing quantum fluids with nanomechanical resonators The work is experimental and involves nanofabrication of superconducting and hybrid circuits in the Quantum Technology Centre’s cleanroom and measurements at mK temperatures in a dilution refrigerator. We work in close collaboration with the ULT group. We also collaborate with theorists, both at Lancaster and abroad. You are expected to have a strong interest and preferably knowledge in some of the fields: - quantum physics, superconductivity and superfluidity, Josephson junction devices, Coulomb blockade, quantum optics and quantum information; - low-noise measurements and microwave engineering; - automation of the experiment, data acquisition using Python or MatLab; - cryogenic techniques; - nanofabrication.
ParaPara: A quantum parametric amplifier using quantum paraelectricity
01/09/2022 → 31/03/2025
Research
Quantum Sensing for the Hidden Sector (QSHS)
14/03/2021 → 31/03/2025
Research
Engineering superconducting artificial media - Searbhán Patton
01/09/2020 → 31/03/2025
Research
ParaWave: Josephson traveling wave parametric amplifier and its application for metrology
01/07/2018 → 31/12/2021
Research
MSI: Quantum sensing by proximised structures
01/04/2018 → 31/08/2020
Research
MSI: Driving a mechanical resonator by single electrons
01/03/2018 → 31/08/2020
Research
Development of Cryofree Ultra Low Temperature Environment for Quantum Enhanced Sensors
01/05/2015 → 30/04/2016
Research
Internal examiner for a PhD thesis
Examination
External examiner for a PhD thesis
Examination
Visit to UCL
Other
Yongcheol Jo
Hosting an academic visitor
Field effect in superconductors: reality or delusion?
Invited talk
Visit to the University of Sheffield
Other
Simultaneous AC bias and gate drive to control a SINIS turnstile
Invited talk
Session 4A8: Metamaterials and Metasurfaces
Other
Tokyo University of Science
Visiting an external academic institution
Field effect in superconductors: reality or delusion?
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Review of 6 travel grant applications within the International Exchanges Scheme
Other
8th IoP Superconductivity Summer School
Other
Suppression of back-tunnelling events in hybrid single‑electron turnstiles by using AC bias drive
Oral presentation
Uni of Sheffield
Visiting an external academic institution
Simultaneous AC bias and gate drive to control a SINIS turnstile
Oral presentation
Alliance Quantum Evaluation Committee (External organisation)
Membership of committee
Alliance Quantum Evaluation Committee (External organisation)
Membership of committee
Review of a travel grant within the International Exchanges Scheme
Other
Characterisation of a 3D aluminium cavity for the QSHS experiments
Invited talk
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) (External organisation)
Member of an organisation
Simultaneous AC bias and gate drive to control a SINIS turnstile
Invited talk
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) (External organisation)
Member of an organisation
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) (External organisation)
Membership of board
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) (External organisation)
Membership of board
Nature Communications (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Scientific Reports (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) (External organisation)
Member of an organisation
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Quantum Technology Showcase 2023
Other
UK National Quantum Technologies Showcase 2023
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
Review of a travel grant application within the International Exchanges Scheme
Other
The University of Oxford
Visiting an external academic institution
EPSRC International centre to centre outline panel (External organisation)
Other Membership
Center for Axion and Precision Physics Research, Institute for Basic Science
Visiting an external academic institution
Review of 8 travel grant applications within the International Exchanges Scheme
Other
Journal of Low Temperature Physics (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Applied Physics Letters (Journal)
Publication peer-review
8th International Conference on Superconductivity and Magnetism
Participation in conference - Academic
Single-electron transistor: electrometer, charge qubit and electron turnstile
Invited talk
Royal Society International Exchanges Panel (External organisation)
Member of an organisation
Nanomechanics-based thermodynamics: from molecules to mesoscopic phonons
Examination
Applied Physics Letters (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Applied Physics Letters (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Physical Review Applied (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Journal of Applied Physics (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Applied Sciences (Journal)
Publication peer-review
7th IoP Superconductivity Summer School
Other
Field effect in superconductors: Reality or Delusion?
Invited talk
Stony Brook University
Visiting an external academic institution
Simulating the effects of fabrication tolerance on the performance of Josephson travelling wave parametric amplifiers
Invited talk
Journal of Low Temperature Physics (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Effect of an intense electric field on superconducting coplanar waveguide resonators
Invited talk
Nature Electronics (Journal)
Publication peer-review
6th IoP Superconductivity Summer School
Other
6th IoP Superconductivity Summer School
Other
Effect of an intense electric field on superconducting coplanar waveguide resonators
Invited talk
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Applied Physics Letters (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Applied Physics Letters (Journal)
Publication peer-review
EPSRC Physical Sciences Prioritisation Panel (External organisation)
Membership of board
npj Quantum Information (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Applied Physics Letters (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Journal of Applied Physics (Journal)
Publication peer-review
AIP Advances (Journal)
Publication peer-review
EPSRC Programme Grant External Outline Panel (External organisation)
Membership of board
Academia Sinica Taiwan
Visiting an external academic institution
EPSRC Programme Grant (Physical Sciences) Interviews Panel (External organisation)
Membership of board
Royal Society (External organisation)
Membership of committee
On the origin of the electrostatic field effect in superconductors
Invited talk
Royal Society International Exchanges Panel (External organisation)
Member of an organisation
Center for Axion and Precision Physics Research, Institute for Basic Science
Visiting an external academic institution
Aalto Univ, Aalto University, Low Temp Lab
Visiting an external academic institution
Academia Sinica Taiwan
Visiting an external academic institution
Applied Physics Letters (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Center for Axion and Precision Physics Research, Institute for Basic Science
Visiting an external academic institution
Quantum Technology Showcase 2018
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
Applied Physics Letters (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Nanomechanical resonators for probing quantum fluids
Invited talk
Cooling electrons in nanoelectronic devices
Invited talk
State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 200083 Shanghai, P. R. China
Visiting an external academic institution
Superconducting quantum circuits for quantum information processing
Invited talk
5th IoP Superconductivity Summer School
Other
5th IoP Superconductivity Summer School
Other
NEST, Istituto Nanoscienze - CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore
Visiting an external academic institution
Nano Letters (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Science (Journal)
Publication peer-review
New Journal of Physics (Journal)
Publication peer-review
EPSRC Physical Sciences Fellowship Panel (External organisation)
Membership of board
28th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics
Participation in conference - Academic
Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory (External organisation)
Membership of committee
UK Meeting on Superconducting Quantum Devices
Participation in conference - Academic
Science Advances (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Nature Communications (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Nano Letters (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Nature Nanotechnology (Journal)
Publication peer-review
EPSRC Physical Science Theme’s Programme Grant Interviews Panel (External organisation)
Membership of board
Superconducting quantum circuits: qubits and not only
Invited talk
Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Peer Review College (External organisation)
Member of an organisation
Superconducting Quantum Devices (SQD16)
Participation in conference - Academic
Superconducting quantum circuits for quantum information processing
Invited talk
Organisation of a Summer School
Other
Journal of Applied Physics (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Nature Nanotechnology (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Applied Physics Letters (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Sir Neville Mott Lecture 2016
Invited talk
4th IoP Superconductivity Summer School
Other
EPSRC Quantum Technology Fellowships Sift Panel (External organisation)
Membership of board
Scientific Reports (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Joint UK-Japan Workshop on Physics and Applications of Superconductivity
Participation in conference - Academic
Superconducting nanocircuits for quantum technologies
Invited talk
Quantum Technologies for Metrology and Sensing, Lancaster, UK
Participation in conference - Academic
Superconducting nanostructures for quantum computing and quantum metrology
Invited talk
Superconducting nanostructures for quantum computing and quantum metrology
Invited talk
Journal of Low Temperature Physics (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Institute of Physics (External organisation)
Member of an organisation
Visiting Researcher
Appointment
Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInsP)
Election to learned society
Letter of Recognition from EPSRC Executive Chair
Other distinction
Letter of Recognition from PVC Research and Enterprise
Other distinction
Letter of Appreciation from the President of RIKEN (Japan)
Other distinction
The Japan Society of Applied Physics Superconductors Division Best Paper Award
Other distinction
Sir Nevill Mott Lecture
Other distinction
Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award
Prize (including medals and awards)
Superconductivity Group, Institute of Physics
Election to learned society
Quantum Nanotechnology
- Low Temperature Physics
- Quantum Nanotechnology
- Quantum Technology Centre