John Samson []

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====== John Samson ======

===== Biography =====

John Samson completed his PhD in the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge in 1982, under the supervision of Volker Heine. Following postdoctoral appointments in Cornell University and the Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung at Stuttgart, he came to Loughborough in 1986.

His research interests lie in condensed matter theory and quantum theory.

===== Research Areas =====

  *     Condensed matter theory
  *     Correlated electrons
  *     Polarons and bipolarons
  *     Superconductivity
  *     Quantum computing
  *     Wigner functions



===== Wigner-specific research =====
(selection)

  * R.P. Rundle, [[Todd Tilma]], [[John Samson]], V.M. Dwyer, [[Raymond Bishop]], and [[Mark Everitt]], [[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.99.012115|General approach to quantum mechanics as a statistical theory]] Phys. Rev. A **99**, 012115 (2019)
  * B.I. Davies, R.P. Rundle, V.M. Dwyer, [[John Samson]], [[Todd Tilma]], and [[Mark Everitt]], [[https://journals.aps.org/pra/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevA.100.042102|Visualizing spin degrees of freedom in atoms and molecules]], Phys. Rev. A **100**, 042102 (2019)
  * R.P. Rundle, P.W. Mills, [[Todd Tilma]], [[John Samson]], and [[Mark Everitt]], [[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.96.022117|Simple procedure for phase-space measurement and entanglement validation]], Phys. Rev. A **96**, 022117 (2017)
  * [[Todd Tilma]], [[Mark Everitt]], [[John Samson]], W. J. Munro, and K. Nemoto, [[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.180401|Wigner Functions for Arbitrary Quantum Systems]],  Phys. Rev. Lett. **117**, 180401 (2016)


===== Affiliation(s) =====

  * Senior Lecturer, Quantum Systems Engineering Group, Loughborough University, UK


===== Additional information =====

  * [[http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/physics/staff/academic/john-samson/|Personal Profile]]
  * [[http://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/quantum-systems/|Group Profile]]