TB’s Short Profile

Thomas Bland grew up in Kendal in the North of England, known for its energy-giving (read: sugar-filled) “Kendal Mint Cake”. In 2010 he moved to Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK) where he obtained his Masters’ degree in Mathematics and Statistics, working with Nick Proukakis on quasi-one-dimensional quantum gases at finite temperature. Staying in Newcastle, he started his PhD with Nick Parker working on dipolar quantum gases, primarily interested in the existence, stability, and dynamics of solitons in these systems. Towards the end of the PhD, following a visit to Andy Martin at the University of Melbourne, he worked on the problem of rotational tuning of the dipole-dipole interaction in dipolar Bose gases. After receiving his doctorate in 2018, he returned to work with Nick Proukakis on atomtronics—quantum technological applications of quantum gases—designing architectures for rotational and acceleration sensors with double-ring Bose gases.

In December 2020 he joined the group of Francesca Ferlaino as a theorist, modelling the experiments of the Erbium and Er-Dy labs here in Innsbruck.

Email: thomas.bland@uibk.ac.at

TB’s CV at Glance

12/2020 – present	Post-doctoral fellow in the group of Prof. Ferlaino at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), Innsbruck, Austria.
2019 – 2020	EPSRC Doctoral Prize Research Fellow, hosted at Newcastle University by Prof. Nick Proukakis.
2014 – 2018	PhD in Condensed Matter Physics at Newcastle University under the supervision of Dr. N.G.Parker and Prof. N.P.Proukakis. Project title: Elementary and topological excitations in an ultra-cold dipolar Bose gas.
2010 – 2014	MMath mathematics at Newcastle University

TB’s Dipolar Publications

2024
[13]	Synchronization in rotating supersolids, E. Poli, A. Litvinov, E. Casotti, C. Ulm, L. Klaus, M. J. Mark, Giacomo Lamporesi, T. Bland, F. Ferlaino, arXiv:2412.11976 [cond-mat.quant-gas], 2024. [more] [pdf] [doi] [arXiv]
[12]	Observation of vortices in a dipolar supersolid, E. Casotti, E. Poli, L. Klaus, A. Litvinov, C. Ulm, C. Politi, M. J. Mark, T. Bland, F. Ferlaino, Nature, 635, 327–331, 2024. [more] [pdf] [doi] [arXiv]
[11]	Excitations of a Binary Dipolar Supersolid, W. Kirkby, A.-C. Lee, D. Baillie, T. Bland, F. Ferlaino, P. B. Blakie, R. N. Bisset, Phys. Rev. Lett., 133, 103401, 2024. [more] [pdf] [doi] [arXiv]
[10]	Exploring pulsar glitches with dipolar supersolids, T. Bland, F. Ferlaino, Massimo Mannarelli, E. Poli, Silvia Trabucco, Few-Body Systems, 65, 2024. [more] [pdf] [doi] [arXiv]
2023
[9]	Spin rotons and supersolids in binary antidipolar condensates, W. Kirkby, T. Bland, F. Ferlaino, R. N. Bisset, SciPost Phys. Core, 6, 084, 2023. [more] [pdf] [doi] [arXiv]
[8]	Glitches in rotating supersolids, E. Poli, T. Bland, S. J. M. White, M. J. Mark, F. Ferlaino, S. Trabucco, M. Mannarelli, Phys. Rev. Lett., 131, 223401, 2023. [more] [pdf] [doi] [arXiv]
[7]	Vortices in dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates, T. Bland, G. Lamporesi, M. J. Mark, F. Ferlaino, C. R. Phys., 24, 133-152, 2023. [more] [pdf] [doi] [arXiv]
2022
[6]	Alternating-domain supersolids in binary dipolar condensates, T. Bland, E. Poli, L. A. Peña Ardila, L. Santos, F. Ferlaino, R. N. Bisset, Phys. Rev. A, 106, 053322, 2022. [more] [pdf] [doi] [arXiv]
[5]	Observation of vortices and vortex stripes in a dipolar condensate, L. Klaus, T. Bland, E. Poli, C. Politi, G. Lamporesi, E. Casotti, R. N. Bisset, M. J. Mark, F. Ferlaino, Nature Physics, 18, 1453–1458, 2022. [more] [pdf] [doi] [arXiv]
[4]	Bloch oscillations and matter-wave localization of a dipolar quantum gas in a one-dimensional lattice, G. Natale, T. Bland, S. Gschwendtner, L. Lafforgue, D. S. Grun, A. Patscheider, M. J. Mark, F. Ferlaino, Commun. Phys., 5, 227, 2022. [more] [pdf] [doi] [arXiv]
[3]	Can angular oscillations probe superfluidity in dipolar supersolids?, M. A. Norcia, E. Poli, C. Politi, L. Klaus, T. Bland, M. J. Mark, L. Santos, R. N. Bisset, F. Ferlaino, Phys. Rev. Lett., 129, 040403, 2022. [more] [pdf] [doi] [arXiv]
[2]	Two-Dimensional Supersolid Formation in Dipolar Condensates, T. Bland, E. Poli, C. Politi, L. Klaus, M. A. Norcia, F. Ferlaino, L. Santos, R. N. Bisset, Phys. Rev. Lett., 128, 195302, 2022. [more] [pdf] [doi] [arXiv]
2021
[1]	Maintaining supersolidity in one and two dimensions, E. Poli, T. Bland, C. Politi, L. Klaus, M. A. Norcia, F. Ferlaino, R. N. Bisset, L. Santos, Phys. Rev. A, 104, 063307, 2021. [more] [pdf] [doi] [arXiv]

TB’s Other Publications

2024
[18]	Acceleration-induced transport of quantum vortices in joined atomtronic circuits, A. Chaika, A. O. Oliinyk, I. V. Yatsuta, N. P. Proukakis, M. Edwards, A. I. Yakimenko, T. Bland, arXiv:2410.23818 [cond-mat.quant-gas], 2024. [more] [pdf] [doi] [arXiv]
[17]	Supersonic shear waves in dipolar supersolids, P. Senarath Yapa, T. Bland, arXiv:2410.16060 [cond-mat.quant-gas], 2024. [more] [pdf] [doi] [arXiv]
2023
[16]	Catalyzation of supersolidity in binary dipolar condensates, D. Scheiermann, L. A. Peña Ardila, T. Bland, R. N. Bisset, L. Santos, Phys. Rev. A, 107, L021302, 2023. [more] [pdf] [doi] [arXiv]
2022
[15]	Persistent current oscillations in a double-ring quantum gas, T. Bland, I. V. Yatsuta, M. Edwards, Y. O. Nikolaieva, A. O. Oliinyk, A. I. Yakimenko, N. P. Proukakis, Phys. Rev. Research, 4, 043171, 2022. [more] [pdf] [arXiv]
2021
[14]	Roadmap on Atomtronics: State of the art and perspective, L Amico, M Boshier, G Birkl, A Minguzzi, C Miniatura, L-C Kwek, D Aghamalyan, V Ahufinger, D Anderson, N Andrei, T Bland, others, AVS Quantum Science, 3, 039201, 2021. [more] [pdf] [doi]
[13]	Periodic quenches across the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transition, K. Brown, T. Bland, P. Comaron, N. P. Proukakis, Phys. Rev. Research, 3, 013097, 2021. [more] [pdf] [doi]
2020
[12]	Quantum droplets of quasi-one-dimensional dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates, Matthew Edmonds, Thomas Bland, Nick Parker, Journal of Physics Communications, 4, 125008, 2020. [more] [pdf] [doi]
[11]	Persistent current formation in double-ring geometries, T Bland, Q Marolleau, P Comaron, B A Malomed, N P Proukakis, Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 53, 115301, 2020. [more] [pdf] [doi]
2019
[10]	Vortex lattice formation in dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates via rotation of the polarization, Srivatsa B. Prasad, Thomas Bland, Brendan C. Mulkerin, Nick G. Parker, Andrew M. Martin, Phys. Rev. A, 100, 023625, 2019. [more] [pdf] [doi]
[9]	Instability of Rotationally Tuned Dipolar Bose-Einstein Condensates, S. B. Prasad, T. Bland, B. C. Mulkerin, N. G. Parker, A. M. Martin, Phys. Rev. Lett., 122, 050401, 2019. [more] [pdf] [doi]
[8]	Improved low-dimensional wave equations for cigar-shaped and disk-shaped dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates, Mitchell J. Knight, Thomas Bland, Nick G. Parker, Andy M. Martin, 2019. [more]
2018
[7]	Quantum Ferrofluid Turbulence, T. Bland, G. W. Stagg, L. Galantucci, A. W. Baggaley, N. G. Parker, Phys. Rev. Lett., 121, 174501, 2018. [more] [pdf] [doi]
[6]	Probing quasi-integrability of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation in a harmonic-oscillator potential, T Bland, N G Parker, N P Proukakis, B A Malomed, Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 51, 205303, 2018. [more] [pdf] [doi]
2017
[5]	Interaction-sensitive oscillations of dark solitons in trapped dipolar condensates, T. Bland, K. Pawłowski, M. J. Edmonds, K. Rzazewski, N. G. Parker, Phys. Rev. A, 95, 063622, 2017. [more] [pdf] [doi]
[4]	Engineering bright matter-wave solitons of dipolar condensates, M J Edmonds, T Bland, R Doran, N G Parker, New Journal of Physics, 19, 023019, 2017. [more] [pdf] [doi]
[3]	Geometric distortion of area in medical ultrasound images, T Bland, J Tong, B Ward, N G Parker, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 797, 012002, 2017. [more] [pdf] [doi]
2016
[2]	Exploring the stability and dynamics of dipolar matter-wave dark solitons, M. J. Edmonds, T. Bland, D. H. J. O'Dell, N. G. Parker, Phys. Rev. A, 93, 063617, 2016. [more] [pdf] [doi]
2015
[1]	Controllable nonlocal interactions between dark solitons in dipolar condensates, T. Bland, M. J. Edmonds, N. P. Proukakis, A. M. Martin, D. H. J. O’Dell, N. G. Parker, Phys. Rev. A, 92, 063601, 2015. [more] [pdf] [doi] [arXiv]