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2020 Photos

Thesis Defenses

Nick Langellier Defense

The big moment! Nick Langellier’s defense!

Nick Langellier Defense

Nick describing the search for exoplanets

Nick Langellier Defense

Nick thanks those that have helped through this long journey and gives a special shoutout to his girlfriend (and wishes her a Happy Birthday)!

Nick Langellier Defense

After Nick’s defense, everyone turned on their video cameras and wished the new Dr. Nick Langellier congratulations!

Nick Langellier Defense

Matthew Turner Defense

The big moment! Matthew’s PhD defense!

Matthew Turner Defense

Matthew summarizing what Nitrogen Vacancy (NV) centers are

Matthew Turner Defense

Matthew discussing the Quantum Diamond Microscope (QDM)

Matthew Turner Defense

The giant axon worm (ewww…)!

Matthew Turner Defense

Matthew discussing his work sensing magnetic fields of worm giant axons

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Presentation look – Lookin’ good Matthew!

Matthew Turner Defense

Matthew discussing integrated circuits

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What the future holds!

Matthew Turner Defense

After Matthew’s defense, everyone turned on their video cameras and wished the new Dr. Matthew Turner congratulations!

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The big moment! Connor Hart’s defense (cool black background Connor…)!

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Connor describing what NV defects are and highlighting the E6 Purple Diamonds

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Connor all dressed up for the big day – looking sharp Connor!

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Connor talking about dephasing in NV defects

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Dephasing mechanisms

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Describing Double Quantum sensing

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Ramsey DQ

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DQ Measurements

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DQ vs. SQ (single quantum) results

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Experimental Apparatus

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Ramsey imaging results

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Decoupling the spin bath from the NV centers

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Connor thanking all those that have contributed to these last years!

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Connor concluding his defense

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After Connor’s defense, everyone turned on their video cameras and wished the new Dr. Connor Hart congratulations!

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2018 Photos

Beach Party

Scientists in the wild!

Connor surveys the sea.

Nick and Mikael have conquered the island!

Escaping the island as the tide comes in.

Ron and Liam enjoy the sand and sun.

Tim multitasking as grillmaster and photogenic scientist!

Walsworth group descends on the food!

Post-beach cookout feast

Erik deftly manages the grilling.

Key lime pie for dessert! Yum!

2016 Photos

Beach Day

In June, Jenny very kindly hosted a Walsworth beach day at her grandmother’s cottage near Good Harbor beach in Gloucester.

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It was a great day for the beach — sunny and warm with clear skies!

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Of course, after dipping our toes in the (cold, cold, so cold, why so cold?!?) water, we decided maybe we better warm up with a game of soccer. Here’s Erik outlining our soccer field.

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Pauli’s supervising the soccer field construction.

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Erik, that’s a really small soccer field…

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Some hardcore lounging going on here…

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Alright, time for some soccer!

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No wait, time for a picture first! Everyone, smile at the camera! (Ehhh, close enough)

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And by ‘we,’ that mostly means Mikael.

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There, that’s better!

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We played CfA versus Northwest Building. Of course, since the CfA contingent rather outnumbered the NW contingent, it ended up being CfA vs. NW and +1’s…

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Then of course, people would tag in and out of the game and end up on different teams, causing them to (completely understandably!) accidentally pass to the wrong team. (Look, it was an honest mistake!)

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NW and +1 team going for the goal…

Action shot!

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We ended on a tie game: 4-4, I think? Good game, everyone!

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The beach had a sandbar to a little island, so at low tide, we crossed it and went exploring.

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Exploring!

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We are champions! …except for Matt 🙂

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Jenny and Tom and the beautiful Good Harbor beach!

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Flip-flops and barefeet were not the best choice for climbing around on rocks, so Jenny, Tom, and Aakash headed back to the sandbar to await the rest of the group’s exploration of the rest of the island.

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Here they make their triumphant return!

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Pauli made a new friend!

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The water was so cold, Aakash’s feet went instantly number as soon as they touched it while Aakash screeched like a banshee. So naturally, Matt wanted to wade deeper.

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Time to head back to the beach…

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…just strolling…

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…sedately…like sedate adults…

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Just kidding. SPLASH FIGHT!

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Splashing 🙂

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Paul and Aakash stood far, far away. We enjoyed the splash fight from a distance 🙂

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After we got back from the sandbar, Ron and two of his sons, and John and his girlfriend Jill joined us.

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At which point, Pauli, John, Matt, Jenny, and Jill all ran and jumped in the water.

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Mikael, Pauli, and one of Ron’s sons playing paddleball.

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Paddleball

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Connor building a sandcastle

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Around 4 pm, we all packed up and came back to Jenny’s grandmother’s cottage for a barbecue.

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Barbecuing!

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Yum!

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Ron brought his famous spaghetti sauce.

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Walsworth Group Beach Day 2016: great success! Thanks Jenny!

2014 Photos

Tamarind House Closing

Tamarind House, the trusty Thai food place the Walsworth Group has been eating at every Friday for the past 10+ years is closing its doors for the last time February 15, 2014. Here is photo-documentation of our last-ever Walsworth Group Tamarind House outing.

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Maddy deciding between four favorites.

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Stephen and Chinmay perusing the lunch specials.

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Ron and Nick thinking deep thoughts over the menu.

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The menu (and prices) for posterity. Take special notice of the group favorite: Vegetable vegetable

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The menu (and prices) for posterity

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Stephen enjoying his last…We have no idea what he ordered.

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Maddy enjoying her last Beef Macadamia!

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Chinmay enjoying his last…We have no idea what he ordered.

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Ron enjoying his last vegetable curry with brown rice (and a tom yum goong soup).

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JC enjoying his last orange slice…and Gai Ga Prow.

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Nick enjoying his last Khao Man Gai!

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Bye-bye Tamarind House! Thanks for all the good food!

Lab Photos

A conversation Aakash had with John a couple of Fridays ago: “Hey John, whatcha doin’?” “I bought one of those magnetic doodle pads from Target, and I’m using this magnet to get the little magnetic particles out of it for an NV project.” “So you biked to Target to buy a children’s toy to take it apart for its magnets?” “Yup.” “Cool!”

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After about a half an hour of scraping, John had a new spiky magnetic particle friend.

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RIP, little magnetic doodle pad. You may have been kid-tough but you weren’t John-tough.

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Chinmay and Maddy building the new enclosure for the frankenfocal setup.

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Before we could install the new enclosure, we had to strip away the old one. This was quite therapeutic, actually!

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Putting the new enclosure down without bumping any of the optics required a little bit of jury-rigging. The inside of the enclosure doesn’t quite match up with the outside anymore, but shh, don’t tell 🙂

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Matthew, who will be joining our group as an incoming graduate student in June, was in town sight-seeing with some friends. He dropped by the lab to say, “Hi,” so of course we put him to work immediately.

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Lookin’ good, frankenfocal!

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After Stephen successfully defended, we all went out to Grafton Street to celebrate.

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Since Stephen and his wife were Baltimore-bound right after graduation, we planned our group picnic for the weekend before.

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Picnic!

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Pretend like you’re sitting at a picnic table eating food and talking!

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Celebrating Stephen!

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The forecast called for rain, but fortunately the weather was beautiful!

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After the food was gone, several of us had an epic game of frisbee in which we were all very good at throwing and catching the frisbee and none of us were super-bad at it, especially not me. 😀

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On Stephen’s last day, we took a group photo and all signed the frame as a goodbye gift.

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Best of luck, Stephen! We’ll definitely miss you around here!

2013 Photos

DAMOP at Quebec

Quebec City was very beautiful!

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A street performer in Quebec City

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David Phillips and Nick talking about the astro-comb during the Tuesday poster session at DAMOP

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Ron, David, Stephen, and Maddy hanging out at the MTB poster

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There was a crowd about three people deep around the MTB poster for the entire session, but Aakash forgot to take a picture, so here’s a dramatic reenactment instead.

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Skipping out of the banquet early, we managed to catch an extraordinary sunset

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Nick thinking deep thoughts

2012 Photos

August Walsworth BBQ