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We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; we meet DPhil student, Jiaxuan Zhang

Physicists have used a hybrid quantum computer to observe the Aharonov-Bohm effect in a quantum simulation.

Following their success having come second in the University of Oxford’s annual Student Entrepreneurship Programme (StEP), a team of four students went on to win first prize in the Reuben College Entrepreneurship Forum 2026 pitching competition.

We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. We meet Rachael, Programme Director for the Oxford Quantum Institute.

An international team including Professor Sir Roger Penrose has observed a long-predicted effect of gravity on a falling quantum object for the first time.

Researchers from the Department of Physics contribute to major advance in the search for dark matter and gravitational waves.

Researchers generate cat-like superpositions built from highly nonclassical quantum components.

A new sensing technique developed by researchers at the University of Oxford and Imperial College London uses a quantum memory to sort light into precise temporal patterns, achieving record-breaking precision enhancement in optical frequency measurement.

Researchers at the University of Oxford have demonstrated a new type of quantum interaction using a single trapped ion.

Dr Robin Timmis from the Department of Physics has been awarded the Institute of Physics’ Culham Thesis Prize: Plasma Physics Group.

An international team of physicists has achieved a significant advance in laser science, demonstrating for the first time a practical route to dramatically boosting the intensity of high-power laser light.

Having celebrated the International Year of Quantum last year, here we speak to people across the Department of Physics to find out how they found their way into quantum, what their days look like now, and how they see the field changing.