Jake is a senior scientist in the atomic sensors group working on atomic magnetometry. He joined NPL after completing his PhD at the University of Cambridge, working on the “design and optimisation of a novel magnetic detection scheme for encoded magnetic information carriers” within the thin film magnetism group. Jake’s current research focusses on the development of commercial atomic sensors, including rf atomic magnetometers and atomic spin gyroscopes. These projects look to improve the resilience in the component supply chain common to hot-vapour-based technologies.
Jake was the 2024 Maudslay award winner – NPL’s internal senior engineering prize for ‘exceptional technical leadership that has brought together a right collaboration of academic and industrial partners to develop & prototype the core technology common to commercial atomic sensors and specialist gyroscopes’.
Jake is a Member of the UK Institute of Physics (MInstP) and a Chartered Physicist (CPhys).
Areas of interest
- Supply chain development for commercial sensor applications
- Material fabrication, processing, and integration for quantum devices
- The development and application of the next generation of quantum technologies and atomic sensors
Key publications
Indirect pumping of alkali-metal gases in a miniature silicon-wafer cell
J.D. Zipfel, P. Bevington, L. Wright, W. Chalupczak, G. Quick, B. Steele, J. Nicholson and V. Guarrera, Phys. Rev. Applied 22, 014056 (2024)
Optical control and coherent coupling of spin diffusive modes in thermal gases
P. Bevington, J. Nicholson, J. D. Zipfel, W. Chalupczak, C. Mishra and V. Guarrera., Phys. Rev. Research 6, 023134 (2024)
Polarization of radio-frequency magnetic fields in magnetic induction measurements with an atomic magnetometer
L.M. Rushton, L.M. Ellis, J.D. Zipfel, P. Bevington, and W. Chalupczak
Phys. Rev. Applied 22, 014002 (2024)
Performance of a radio-frequency two-photon atomic magnetometer in different magnetic induction measurement geometries
L.M. Rushton, L.M. Ellis, J.D. Zipfel, P. Bevington, and W. Chalupczak
Sensors 24, 6657 (2024)
Object Composition Identification by Measurement of Local Radio Frequency Magnetic Fields with an Atomic Magnetometer
J.D. Zipfel, S. Santosh, P. Bevington and W. Chalupczak, Appl. Sci., 12, 8219, (2022)
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