Areas of expertise

• Electronic And Magnetic Properties Of Condensed Matter; Superconductivity 020404
• Quantum Optics 020604
• Quantum Information, Computation And Communication 020603
• Lasers And Quantum Electronics 020502
• Structural Chemistry And Spectroscopy 030606
• Analytical Spectrometry 030101
• Classical And Physical Optics 020501

Publications

• Beavan, S, Goldschmidt, E & Sellars, M 2013, 'Demonstration of a dynamic bandpass frequency filter in a rare-earth ion-doped crystal', Journal of the Optical Society of America B, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 1173-1177.
• Ahlefeldt, R, Zhong, M, Bartholomew, J et al 2013, 'Minimizing Zeeman sensitivity on optical and hyperfine transitions in EuCl₃ . 6H₂O to extend coherence times', Journal of Luminescence, vol. 143, pp. 193-200.
• Goldschmidt, E, Beavan, S, Polyakov, S et al 2013, 'Storage and retrieval of collective excitations on a long-lived spin transition in a rare-earth ion-doped crystal', Optics Express, vol. 21, no. 8, pp. 10087-10094.
• Yin, C, Rancic, M, de Boo, G et al 2013, 'Optical addressing of an individual erbium ion in silicon', Science, vol. 497, no. 7447, pp. 91-94pp.
• Ahlefeldt, R, Manson, N & Sellars, M 2013, 'Optical lifetime and linewidth studies of the F-7(0)-> D-5(0) transition in EuCl3 center dot 6H(2)O: A potential material for quantum memory applications', Journal of Luminescence, vol. 133, pp. 152-156.
• Ahlefeldt, R, Hutchinson, D, Manson, N et al 2013, 'Method for assigning satellite lines to crystallographic sites in rare-earth crystals', Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials, vol. 88, no. 18, pp. 1-6.
• Ahlefeldt, R, Manson, N, Sellars, M et al 2013, 'Precision measurement of electronic ion-ion interactions between neighboring Eu3+ optical centers', Physical Review Letters, vol. 111, no. 24, pp. 1-5.
• Sellars, M, Beavan, S & Ferguson, K 2013, 'Cavity enhanced rephased amplified spontaneous emission', Advances in Photonics of Quantum Computing, Memory, and Communication VI, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, San Francisco, CA, pp. 1-5.
• Goldschmidt, E, Peters, J, Polyakov, S et al 2013, 'Towards a long-lived quantum memory for single photons in rare earth doped crystals', Frontiers in Optics 2013/Laser Science XXIX, Optical Society of America, Orlando, FL.
• Yin, C, Rancic, M, Stavrias, N et al 2012, 'Photo-ionisation spectra of single erbium centres by charge sensing with a nano transistor', Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices (COMMAD 2012), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), New Jersey USA, p. 197.
• Beavan, S, Hedges, M & Sellars, M 2012, 'Demonstration of photon-echo rephasing of spontaneous emission', Physical Review Letters, vol. 109, no. 9.
• McAuslan, D, Bartholomew, J, Sellars, M et al 2012, 'Reducing decoherence in optical and spin transitions in rare-earth-metal-ion-doped materials', Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, vol. 85, no. 3, pp. 032339 (1-9).
• Ahlefeldt, R, Hutchison, W & Sellars, M 2011, 'Characterisation of EuCl 3.6H 2O for multi-qubit quantum processing', 2011 International Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 2011 and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011, IEEE, Australia, pp. 1791-1793.
• Beavan, S, Ledingham, P, Longdell, J et al. 2011, 'Photon echo without a free induction decay in a double-Λ system', Optics Letters, vol. 36, no. 7, pp. 1272-1274.
• McAuslan, D, Ledingham, P, Naylor, W et al 2011, 'Photon-echo quantum memories in inhomogeneously broadened two-level atoms', Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, vol. 84, no. 2.
• Buchler, B, Hosseini, M, Hetet, G et al. 2011, 'High efficiency gradient echo memory with 3-level atoms', International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement And Computing 2010, American Institute of Physics (AIP), Brisbane Australia, pp. 383-388.
• Goldschmidt, E, Beavan, S, Polyakov, S et al 2011, 'Spin-wave generation and storage in a solid state system', Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO 2011), Optical Society of American (OSA), United States.
• Hedges, M, Longdell, J, Li, Y et al. 2010, 'Efficient quantum memory for light', Nature, vol. 465, no. 7301, pp. 1052-1056.
• Riesen, H, Sellars, M & Manson, N 2010, 'Physics Procedia: Preface', Physics Procedia, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 1522-1523.
• Ledingham, P, Naylor, W, Longdell, J et al 2010, 'Nonclassical photon streams using rephased amplified spontaneous emission', Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, vol. 81, no. 1, pp. Article No 012301.
• Bradac, C, Gaebel, T, Naidoo, N et al 2010, 'Observation and control of blinking nitrogen-vacancy centres in discrete nanodiamonds', Nature Nanotechnology, vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 345 - 349.
• Tittel, W, Afzelius, M, Chaneliere, T et al 2010, 'Photon-echo quantum memory in solid state systems', Laser and Photonics Reviews, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 244 - 267.
• Ahlefeldt, R, Hutchison, W & Sellars, M 2010, 'Eu³⁺ superhyperfine structure due to magnetic dipole-dipole interactions with Nd³⁺ in Nd³⁺ : EuCl₃ · 6H₂O', Journal of Luminescence, vol. 130, no. 9, pp. 1594 - 1597.
• He, Y, Kono, M, White, R et al 2010, 'Coherent heterodyne-assisted pulsed spectroscopy: sub-Doppler two-photon spectra of krypton, characterizing a tunable nonlinear-optical ultraviolet light source', Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, vol. 99, no. 4, pp. 609 - 612.
• Rogers, L, McMurtrie, R, Sellars, M et al 2009, 'Time-averaging within the excited state of the nitrogen-vacancy centre in diamond', New Journal of Physics, vol. 11, no. 063007, p. 15.
• Ahlefeldt, R, Smith, A & Sellars, M 2009, 'Ligand isotope structure of the optical ⁷F₀- ⁵D₀ transition in EuCl₃.6H₂O', Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials, vol. 80, no. 20, pp. 205106-1 - 205106-5.
• McAuslan, D, Longdell, J & Sellars, M 2009, 'Strong-coupling cavity QED using rare-earth-metal-ion dopants in monolithic resonators: What you can do with a weak oscillator', Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, vol. 80, no. 6, p. 9.
• Beavan, S, Fraval, E, Sellars, M et al. 2009, 'Demonstration of the reduction of decoherent errors in a solid-state qubit using dynamic decoupling techniques', Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, vol. 80, no. 3, p. 032308.
• Hetet, G, Longdell, J, Sellars, M et al. 2008, 'Multimodal Properties and Dynamics of Gradient Echo Quantum Memory', Physical Review Letters, vol. 101, p. 203601.
• Hetet, G, Longdell, J, Alexander, A et al 2008, 'Electro-Optic Quantum Memory for Light Using Two-Level Atoms', Physical Review Letters.
• Rogers, L, Armstrong, S, Sellars, M et al 2008, 'Infrared emission of the NV centre in diamond: Zeeman and uniaxial stress studies', New Journal of Physics, vol. 10, p. 103024.
• Longdell, J, Hetet, G, Alexander, A et al 2008, 'Gradient echo quantum memory for light using two-level atoms', Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging Conference 2007, ed. R. E. Meyers, Y. Shih, K. S. Deacon, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, USA, pp. 67100X/1-9.
• Longdell, J, Hetet, G, Lam, P et al 2008, 'Analytic treatment of controlled reversible inhomogeneous broadening quantum memories for light using two-level atoms', Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, vol. 78, no. 032337, p. 6.
• Alexander, A, Longdell, J, Sellars, M et al 2007, 'Coherent information storage with photon echoes produced by switching electric fields', Journal of Luminescence, vol. 127, pp. 94 - 97.
• Alexander, A, Longdell, J & Sellars, M 2007, 'Measurement of the ground-state hyperfine coherence time of ¹⁵¹Eu³⁺:Y₂SiO₅', Journal of the Optical Society of America B, vol. 24, no. 9, pp. 2479 - 2482.
• Alexander, A, Longdell, J, Sellars, M et al 2006, 'Photon Echoes Produced by Switching Electric Fields', Physical Review Letters, vol. 96, no. 4, pp. 043602-1-4.
• Harrison, J, Sellars, M & Manson, N 2006, 'Measurement of the optically induced spin polarisation of N-V centres in diamond', Diamond and Related Materials, vol. 15, no. 4-8, pp. 586-588.
• Manson, N, Harrison, J & Sellars, M 2006, 'Nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond: Model of the electronic structure and associated dynamics', Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials, vol. 74, no. 10, pp. 104303-1-11.
• Longdell, J, Alexander, A & Sellars, M 2006, 'Characterization of the hyperfine interaction in europium-doped yttrium orthosilicate and europium chloride hexahydrate', Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials, vol. 74, no. 19, pp. 195101-1-7.
• Fraval, E, Sellars, M & Longdell, J 2005, 'Dynamic decoherence control of a solid-state nuclear-quadrpole qubit', Physical Review Letters, vol. 95, no. 030506, pp. 1-4.
• Longdell, J, Fraval, E, Sellars, M et al. 2005, 'Stopped light with storage times greater than one second using electromagnetically induced transparency in a solid', Physical Review Letters, vol. 95, no. 063601, pp. 1-4.
• Alexander, A, Longdell, J & Sellars, M 2004, 'Development of a Quantum Memory', Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT 2004), ed. B. Eggleton, D. Sampson, S. Frisken, A. Mitchell, S. Jackson, A. Ankiewicz, M. S, IREE Society, Canberra, pp. AOS-PO1-1.
• Sellars, M, Longdell, J, Fraval, E et al. 2004, 'Growing a Scalable Quantum Computer', Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT 2004), ed. B. Eggleton, D. Sampson, S. Frisken, A. Mitchell, S. Jackson, A. Ankiewicz, M. S, IREE Society, Canberra, pp. AOS-PO27-1.
• Fraval, E & Sellars, M 2004, 'Solid State Spin Qubit Decoherence Times in Excess of 20s achieved using Dynamic Decoherence Control', Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT 2004), ed. B. Eggleton, D. Sampson, S. Frisken, A. Mitchell, S. Jackson, A. Ankiewicz, M. S, IREE Society, Canberra, pp. ThurAfter2.45-1.
• Harrison, J, Sellars, M & Manson, N 2004, 'Nitrogen-Vacancy Centre in Diamond for Information Processing', Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT 2004), ed. B. Eggleton, D. Sampson, S. Frisken, A. Mitchell, S. Jackson, A. Ankiewicz, M. S, IREE Society, Canberra, pp. AOS-PO14-1.
• Longdell, J & Sellars, M 2004, 'Two Qubit Operations using Optically Active Centres in Solids', Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT 2004), ed. B. Eggleton, D. Sampson, S. Frisken, A. Mitchell, S. Jackson, A. Ankiewicz, M. S, IREE Society, Canberra, pp. AOS-PO20-1.
• Harrison, J, Sellars, M & Manson, N 2004, 'Optical spin polarisation of the N-V centre in diamond', Journal of Luminescence, vol. 107, pp. 245-248.
• Sellars, M, Fraval, E & Longdell, J 2004, 'Investigation of static electric dipole-dipole coupling induced optical inhomogeneous broadening in Eu3+:Y2SiO5', Journal of Luminescence, vol. 107, pp. 150-154.
• Longdell, J, Sellars, M & Manson, N 2004, 'Demonstration of Conditional Quantum Phase Shift Between Ions in a Solid', Physical Review Letters, vol. 93, no. 13, pp. 130503(1-4).
• Fraval, E & Sellars, M 2004, 'Pr-y interaction in Pr3+:Y2SiO5', Journal of Luminescence, vol. 107, pp. 347-350.
• Longdell, J & Sellars, M 2004, 'Experimental demonstration of quantum-state tomography and qubit-qubit interactions for rare-earth-metal-ion-based solid-state qubits', Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, vol. 69, pp. 032307(5).
• Pryde, G, Sellars, M & Manson, N 2004, 'Phase-dependent decoherence of optical transitons in Pr3+:LaF3 in the presence of a driving field', Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials, vol. 69, pp. 075107(1-4).
• Fraval, E, Sellars, M & Longdell, J 2004, 'Method of Extending Hyperfine coherence Times in Pr3+:Y2SiO5', Physical Review Letters, vol. 92, no. 7, pp. 077601(4).
• Longdell, J, Sellars, M & Manson, N 2002, 'Hyperfine interaction in ground and excited states of praseodymium-doped yttrium orthosilicate', Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials, vol. 66, no. 3, pp. 035101-1 - 6.
• Smith, A, Martin, J, Sellars, M et al. 2001, 'Site selective excitation, upconversion and laser operation in Er³⁺: LiKYF₅', Optics Communications, vol. 188, pp. 219-232.
• Martin, J, Manson, N, Doetschman, D et al. 2000, 'Spectral hole burning and Raman heterodyne signals associated with an avoided crossing in the NV centre in diamond', Journal of Luminescence, vol. 86, pp. 355 - 362.
• Pryde, G, Sellars, M & Manson, N 2000, 'Solid State Coherent Transient Measurements Using Hard Optical Pulses', Physical Review Letters, vol. 84, pp. 1152 - 1155.
• Sellars, M, Pryde, G, Manson, N et al. 2000, '50kHz absorption line in Y2SiO5:Eu3+', Journal of Luminescence, vol. 87-89, pp. 833-835.
• Purchase, R, Sellars, M, Krausz, E et al 2000, 'Electric-field-induced broadening of spectral holes in zinc phthalocyanine', Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 327, pp. 189-196.
• Purchase, R, Sellars, M, Krausz, E et al 2000, 'Magneto-optic measurements of spectral holes in metallo-porphyrin derivatives in polymer matrices', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 2, pp. 3993-3999.
• Pryde, G, Sellars, M & Manson, N 2000, 'Optical non-Bloch behaviour observed using an optical Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill pulse sequence', Journal of Luminescence, vol. 86, pp. 279 - 283.
• Sellars, M & Manson, N 2000, 'COHERENT TIME DOMAIN OPTICAL PROCESSING', Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT 2000), IREE Society, unknown, pp. 108 - 109.
• Dyke, T, Sellars, M, Pryde, G et al. 1999, 'Experimental Demonstrations of Data Erasure for Time-Domain Optical Memories', Journal of the Optical Society of America B, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 805-811.
• Sellars, M, Dyke, T, Pryde, G et al. 1999, 'Time Domain Optical Memories using Rare Earth Ions', Materials Science Forum, vol. 315-317, pp. 59-68.

Projects and Grants

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• Solid-state quantum communication technology (Primary Investigator)