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Miles P. Blencowe Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy Education University of London, Imperial College: Ph. D., D.I.C. 1989 University of London, Imperial College: B.Sc., A.R.C.S. 1986

Experience

• 2001: Programme Chair, Phonons 2001, The 10th International Conference on Phonon Scattering in Condensed Matter, August 2001.
• 2004-present: Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College
• 1999-2004: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College
• 1994-1999: Research Associate, Condensed Matter Theory Group, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College
• 1991-1993: Research Associate, Relativity Group, The Fermi Institute, University of Chicago
• 1989-1991: Research Associate, Relativity Group, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge

Honors and Awards

• Japan Society for Promotion of Science Fellowship, 2004
• Karen E. Wetterhahn Award, 2004
• Research Innovation Award, Research Corporation, 2001-2003
• Junior Faculty Fellowship, Dartmouth College, 2002

Memberships

• The American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Physical Society
• The Institute of Physics

Contact Information

• Office: 248 Wilder
• Telephone: (603) 646-2969
• E-mail: Miles.P.Blencowe@Dartmouth.EDU

Research Interests

Electronic and mechanical properties of nanoscale systems, new techniques for ultrasensitive force and displacement detection, quantum measurement, quantum information theory, exploration of quantum entanglement in condensed matter systems. Non-equilibrium statistical mechanics.

Selected Recent Publications

"How to Strum a Nanobar," Science 317, 761 (2007).

"Quantum Analysis of a Linear DC SQUID Mechanical Displacement Detector," with E. Buks, Phys. Rev. B 76, 014511 (2007).

"Quantum Back-action and Cooling a Nanomechanical Resonator with Cooper-Pair Molasses," with A. Naik, O. Buu, M.D. LaHaye, A.D. Armour, A.A. Clerk, and K.C. Schwab, Nature 443, 262 (2006).

"Dynamics of a Nanomechanical Resonator Coupled to a Superconducting Single-Electron Transistor," with J. Imbers and A.D. Armour, New. J. Phys. 7, 236 (2005).

"Nanoelectromechanical Systems," Contemp. Phys. 46, 249 (2005).

"Classical Dynamics of a Nanomechanical Resonator Coupled to a Single-Electron Transistor," with A.D Armour and Y. Zhang, Phys. Rev. B 69, 125313 (2004).

"Quantum Electromechanical Systems," Phys. Rep. 395, 159 (2004).

"Nanomechanical Quantum Limits," Science 304, 56 (2004).

"Uncertain Future," Nature 424, 262 (2003).

"Entanglement and Decoherence of a Micromechanical Resonator Via Coupling to a Cooper-Pair Box," with A.D. Armour and K.C. Schwab, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 148301 (2002).

"Intrinsic Noise of a Micromechanical Displacement Detector Based on the Radio-Frequency Single-Electron Transistor," with Y. Zhang, J. Appl. Phys. 91, 4249 (2002).

"A Possible Electromechanical Which-Path Interferometer," with A.D. Armour, Phys. Rev. B 64, 035311 (2001).

"Sensitivity of a Micromechanical Displacement Detector Based on the Radio Frequency Single Electron Transistor," with M.N. Wybourne, Appl. Phys. Lett 77, 3845 (2000).

"Universal Quantum Limits on Single Channel Information, Entropy and Heat Flow," with V. Vitelli, Phys. Rev. A 62, 052104 (2000).

"Quantum Squeezing of Mechanical Motion for Micron-Sized Cantilevers," with M.N. Wybourne, Physica B (LT 22 Proceedings) 280, 555, (2000).

"Phonons in Low-Dimensional Semiconductor Structures." In Low-Dimensional Semiconductor Structures, eds. D. Vvedensky and K. Barnham (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2001).

"Quantum Energy Flow in Mesoscopic Dielectric Structures," Phys. Rev. B 59, 4992 (1999).