Staff profile

I am a Royal Society University Research Fellow in the Quantum Light and Matter (QLM) group in the Department of Physics at Durham University.  My research focuses on quantum science with ultracold atoms and molecules, using optical tweezer arrays—tightly focused laser beams capable of trapping individual atoms or molecules – to control and study these individual quantum particles. Using this newfound control, I aim to develop new platforms for exploring novel quantum materials and developing next-generation quantum sensors.

In 2025, I began my Royal Society University Research Fellowship, establishing my own research group to develop a new experimental platform based on tweezer arrays composed of two distinct atomic species. This project aims to leverage their unique properties for quantum simulation of strongly interacting quantum systems and new modalities for quantum sensing. Alongside this, I am a co-investigator on the EPSRC-funded project “Enhancing molecular control using Rydberg atoms”, where I explore how hybrid systems of molecules and Rydberg atoms can be used to advance the control and detection of ultracold polar molecules.

Journal Article

• Long-lived multilevel coherences and spin-1 dynamics encoded in the rotational states of ultracold molecules
  
  Hepworth, T. R., Ruttley, D. K., von Gierke, F., Gregory, P. D., Guttridge, A., & Cornish, S. L. (2025). Long-lived multilevel coherences and spin-1 dynamics encoded in the rotational states of ultracold molecules. Nature Communications, 16, Article 7131. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62275-y
• Individual Assembly of Two-Species Rydberg Molecules Using Optical Tweezers.
  
  Guttridge, A., Hepworth, T. R., Ruttley, D. K., Durst, A. A. T., Eiles, M. T., & Cornish, S. L. (2025). Individual Assembly of Two-Species Rydberg Molecules Using Optical Tweezers. Physical Review Letters, 134(13), Article 133401. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.133401
• Long-lived entanglement of molecules in magic-wavelength optical tweezers
  
  Ruttley, D. K., Hepworth, T. R., Guttridge, A., & Cornish, S. L. (2025). Long-lived entanglement of molecules in magic-wavelength optical tweezers. Nature, 637(8047), 827-832. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08365-1
• Enhanced Quantum State Transfer via Feedforward Cancellation of Optical Phase Noise.
  
  Maddox, B. P., Mortlock, J. M., Hepworth, T. R., Raghuram, A. P., Gregory, P. D., Guttridge, A., & Cornish, S. L. (2024). Enhanced Quantum State Transfer via Feedforward Cancellation of Optical Phase Noise. Physical Review Letters, 133(25), Article 253202. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.253202
• Ultralong-range Cs-RbCs Rydberg molecules: Nonadiabaticity of dipole moments
  
  Mellado-Alcedo, D., Guttridge, A., Cornish, S. L., Sadeghpour, H. R., & González-Férez, R. (2024). Ultralong-range Cs-RbCs Rydberg molecules: Nonadiabaticity of dipole moments. Physical Review A, 110(1), Article 013314. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.110.013314
• Enhanced Quantum Control of Individual Ultracold Molecules Using Optical Tweezer Arrays
  
  Ruttley, D. K., Guttridge, A., Hepworth, T. R., & Cornish, S. L. (2024). Enhanced Quantum Control of Individual Ultracold Molecules Using Optical Tweezer Arrays. PRX Quantum, 5(2), Article 020333. https://doi.org/10.1103/prxquantum.5.020333
• Observation of Rydberg blockade due to the charge-dipole interaction between an atom and a polar molecule
  
  Guttridge, A., Ruttley, D., Baldock, A., González-Férez, R., Sadeghpour, H., Adams, C., & Cornish, S. (2023). Observation of Rydberg blockade due to the charge-dipole interaction between an atom and a polar molecule. Physical Review Letters, 131(1), Article 013401. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.013401
• Formation of Ultracold Molecules by Merging Optical Tweezers
  
  Ruttley, D. K., Guttridge, A., Spence, S., Bird, R. C., Le Sueur, C. R., Hutson, J. M., & Cornish, S. L. (2023). Formation of Ultracold Molecules by Merging Optical Tweezers. Physical Review Letters, 130(22). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.130.223401
• Observation of magnetic Feshbach resonances between Cs and 173Yb
  
  Franzen, T., Guttridge, A., Wilson, K. E., Segal, J., Frye, M. D., Hutson, J. M., & Cornish, S. L. (2022). Observation of magnetic Feshbach resonances between Cs and 173Yb. Physical Review Research, 4(4), Article 043072. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevresearch.4.043072
• Preparation of 87Rb and 133Cs in the motional ground state of a single optical tweezer
  
  Spence, S., Brooks, R., Ruttley, D., Guttridge, A., & Cornish, S. (2022). Preparation of 87Rb and 133Cs in the motional ground state of a single optical tweezer. New Journal of Physics, 24. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ac95b9
• Dynamics of a degenerate Cs-Yb mixture with attractive interspecies interactions
  
  Wilson, K., Guttridge, A., Liu, I., Segal, J., Billam, T., Parker, N., Proukakis, N., & Cornish, S. (2021). Dynamics of a degenerate Cs-Yb mixture with attractive interspecies interactions. Physical Review Research, 3(3), Article 033096. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevresearch.3.033096
• Two-photon photoassociation spectroscopy of CsYb: Ground-state interaction potential and interspecies scattering lengths
  
  Guttridge, A., Frye, M. D., Yang, B., Hutson, J. M., & Cornish, S. L. (2018). Two-photon photoassociation spectroscopy of CsYb: Ground-state interaction potential and interspecies scattering lengths. Physical Review A, 98(2), Article 022707. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.98.022707
• Production of ultracold Cs*Yb molecules by photoassociation
  
  Guttridge, A., Hopkins, S. A., Frye, M. D., McFerran, J. J., Hutson, J. M., & Cornish, S. L. (2018). Production of ultracold Cs*Yb molecules by photoassociation. Physical Review A, 97(6), Article 063414. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.97.063414