My Expertise
Nanotechnology, topological materials, quantum computing, quantum electronics, quantum semiconductors
Keywords
Fields of Research (FoR)
Condensed Matter Physics, Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Condensed Matter; Superconductivity, Nanoelectronics, Quantum Physics, Quantum Information, Computation and CommunicationSEO tags
Biography
Alex Hamilton is one of Australia's leading experimental condensed matter physicists, working on topological materials and semiconductor holes in quantum devices. He is head of the Quantum Electronic Devices group in the School of Physics at UNSW, and Deputy Director of the Australian Research Council Centre for Future Low Energy Electronics (FLEET). Research group website http://www.physics.unsw.edu.au/qed
My Grants
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Alex Hamilton is one of Australia's leading experimental condensed matter physicists, working on topological materials and semiconductor holes in quantum devices. He is head of the Quantum Electronic Devices group in the School of Physics at UNSW, and Deputy Director of the Australian Research Council Centre for Future Low Energy Electronics (FLEET). Research group website http://www.physics.unsw.edu.au/qed
My Grants
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Coppersmith, Hamilton, Friesen, Scappucci, Das Sarma |
2021-2023 |
$580,000 |
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Hamilton, Culcer, Govoreanu, Li, Developing hole spin quantum bits in industrially fabricated silicon chips, |
2020-2023 |
$420,696 |
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Hamilton, Fuhrer, Wang, Seidel, Valanoor, Karel, Klochan, |
2020 |
$1,102,947 |
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Hamilton, Loss, Scappucci and Ritchie, |
2020-2022 |
$582,000 |
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Hamilton, Research Attraction and Acceleration Program Funding: ARC CoE FLEET, NSW State Government |
2017-2018 |
$100,000 |
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Fuhrer, Hamilton, and 36 others, ARC Centre of Excellence in Low Energy Electronics, CE170100039. |
2017-2023 |
$33,400,000 |
My Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy (1993) University of Cambridge, UK
B. Sc. (Physics), 1st Class with Honours (1988) Imperial College, University of London, UK
My Awards
Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2015.
UNSW Scientia Professor 2013.
Australian Research Council Discovery Outstanding Researcher Award (2012-14)
Australian Research Council Professorial Fellowship (2007-11)
COSMOS ‘Bright Sparks’ Award as one of Australia’s top 10 scientists (2007)
Australasian Science Prize (2006) Australia
My Research Activities
- Spin based quantum devices for quantum electronics and quantum computing
- Semiconductor holes in quantum devices
- Hole quantum bits for quantum computing
- Topological materials for ultra-low power electronics
- 2D van der Waals materials
My Research Supervision
Supervision keywords
Areas of supervision
- Experimental quantum devices physics: nanofabrication and low temperature quantum transport studies
- Anomalous spin properties of semiconductor holes in Si, Ge and GaAs
- Topological and 2D van der Waals materials
Contact
Publications
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7484-3738