Todd Pittman

Associate Professor

PhD., UMBC, 1996

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Contact Information
Room 318, Physics Bldg.
Department of Physics
Univ. Maryland Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250

Phone:	(410) 455-8144
Email:	todd.pittman@umbc.edu

Research Interests

My primary interests are in the areas of quantum information, quantum optics, nonlinear optics, and foundations of quantum mechanics. My current research efforts involve experimental work towards Linear Optics Quantum Computing (LOQC) and Quantum Zeno Gates, as well as the generation of new types of nonclassical states of light and their applications in quantum information processing.

For more information see the Quantum Information Group pages.

Selected Publications

Generation of entangled photon holes using quantum interference
T.B. Pittman and J.D. Franson, Phys. Rev. A 74, 041801(R) (2006)

Heralding single photons from pulsed parametric down-conversion
T.B. Pittman, B.C. Jacobs, and J.D. Franson, Opt. Comm. 246, 545-550 (2005)

Quantum computing using single photons and the Zeno effect
J.D. Franson, B.C. Jacobs, and T.B. Pittman. Phys. Rev. A 70, 062302 (2004)

Experimental controlled-NOT gate for single photons in the coincidence basis
T.B. Pittman, M.J. Fitch, B.C. Jacobs, and J.D. Franson, Phys. Rev. A 68, 032316 (2003)

Violation of Bell's inequality with photons from independent sources
T.B. Pittman and J.D. Franson, Phys. Rev. Lett 90, 240401 (2003)

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