The department is making pioneering contributions at the frontiers of the most fundamental description of nature known to science: quantum physics.
The department is making pioneering contributions at the frontiers of the most fundamental description of nature known to science: quantum physics.We unpack the implications of this elegant and surprising description with both experimental and theoretical research on quantum communication, quantum computing, quantum imaging, quantum control, and quantum thermodynamics.
Our core expertise is in linear optical quantum computing, parametric down-conversion, quantum entanglement, nonlocal interferometry, nanophotonics, nonequilibrium open quantum dynamics, and dynamical gate correction. The department currently holds several fully equipped quantum optics laboratories with numerous laser systems, single-photon counters, high-speed electronics, and computerized data acquisition systems.
Faculty with Research Interests in Quantum Optics and Quantum Information:
 Dr. Sebastian Deffner Bio Quantum Thermodynamics Group |
 Dr. James Franson Bio Quantum Information Group |
 Dr. Jason Kestner Bio Kestner Group |
 Dr. Matthew Pelton Bio Laboratory for Optical Studies of Nanoscale Physics |
 Dr. Todd Pittman Bio Quantum Information Group |
 Dr. Yanhua Shih Bio Quantum Optics Laboratory |