Title

Associate Professor
Graduate Program Director - Applied Physics

Education

Ph.D. Physics – UMBC, 1996
M.S. Physics – UMBC, 1992
B.S. Physics – Bucknell University, 1990

Previous Experience

Dr. Pittman was previously an experimental physicist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.

Professional 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.

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)

Demonstration of non-deterministic quantum logic operations using linear optics
  T.B. Pittman, B.C. Jacobs,  and J.D. Franson, Phys. Rev. Lett 88, 257902 (2002)