Department of Physics and Astronomy

2001: Programme Chair, Phonons 2001, The 10th International Conference on Phonon Scattering in Condensed Matter, August 2001.
2009-present: Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College
2004-2009: 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

John M. Manley Huntington Award for Newly Promoted Faculty, 2009
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

"Analogue Hawking Radiation in a dc-SQUID Array Transmission Line," with P.D. Nation, A. J. Rimberg and E. Buks, Phys. Rev. Lett 103, 087004 (2009).

"Quantum Analysis of a Nonlinear Microwave Cavity-Embedded DC SQUID Displacement Detector," with P.D. Nation and E. Buks Phys. Rev. B 78, 104516 (2008).

"Quantum-Displacement Detection - SQUIDs at the Limit," Nature Physics 4, 753 (2008).

"Probing the Quantum Coherence of a Nanomechanical Resonator Using a Superconducting Qubit: I. Echo scheme," with A.D. Armour, New J. Phys. 10, 095004 (2008).

"Probing the Quantum Coherence of a Nanomechanical Resonator Using a Superconducting Qubit: II. Implementation," with A.D. Armour, New J. Phys. 10, 095005 (2008).

"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).

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