Quantum Science  & Technologies Group

Hearne Institute for Theoretical Physics

Louisiana State University
Department of Physics & Astronomy

202 Nicholson Hall, Tower Drive
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803-4001

Tel: (225) 578-2163
Fax: (225) 578-0824

quantum@phys.lsu.edu


"The relationship is not that of soup to beef; but rather of overcoat to wardrobe number." — A. Einstein

 
Jonathan P. Dowling
Hearne Professor & Co-Director
Hearne Institute for Theoretical Physics

Hwang Lee
Assistant Professor & Deputy Co-Director
Hearne Institute for Theoretical Physics


Research:

Atomic, Molecular, & Optical Physics
Photonic Band Gap Materials
 Quantum Field Theory
Quantum Information Theory
Quantum Optics


Quantum Computing Concept Maturation Program: Optical Quantum Computing
 

Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative:
Quantum Imaging



Postdocs:
Past, Present, & Future
Hugo Cable
M. Ali Can
Gabriel Durkin
Lucia Florescu
Marian Florescu
Kurt Jacobs
Kishore Kapale
Pavel Lougovski
Sulakshana Thanvanthri
Dmitry Uskov
Christoph Wildfeuer


Grads:
Past, Present, & Future
Aravind Chiruvelli
Argenis DaSilva
Ryan Glasser
 Muxin Han
 Sean Huver
Blane McCracken

S. Jay
Olson
William Plick
Ganesh Selvaraj
Sai Vinjanampathy
Zhanghan Wu



Undergrads:
Christopher Granier
Daniel Lum
Gretchen Raterman
Nickolas VanMeter

Activities:

Quantum Conference Server
Publications
QST in the News!

Workshop on Linear Optical Quantum Information Processing (LoQUIP)

NSF QMHP Workshop


Seminars:

Physics & Astronomy Department Seminars
QST & Quantum Krispy Kreme Seminars ®


Recent & Future Visitors:


Girish Agarwal (University of Oklahoma)
Hans Bachor (Australian National University)
Robert Boyd (University of Rochester)
Sanka Das Sarma (University of Maryland)
Francesco DeMartini (University of Rome)
Julio Gea-Banacloche (University of Arkansas)
Joseph Eberly (University of Rochester)
Charles Elachi (Director, NASA JPL)
Claude Fabre (Ecole Normal)
Larry Gould (University of Hartford)
Marian Florescu (JPL)
Konrad Kieling (Imperial College)
Yoon-Ho Kim (POSTECH)
Patrick Leung (University of Queensland)
Austin Lund (University of Queensland)
Kishore Kapale (JPL)
Kevin Parkin (NASA Ames)
Luca Pezze (LANL)
Tim Ralph (University of Queensland)
Barry Sanders (University of Calgary)
Surendra Singh (University of Arkansas)
John Sipe (University of Toronto)
Augusto Smerzi (LANL)
Malvin Teich (Boston University)
S. Pete Worden (Director, NASA Ames)
Reeta Yyas (University of Arkansas)
Ted Wyder (CalTech)
Ulvi Yurtsever (MathSense)

Links:

LSU Home
LSU Physics
LSU Relativity (Pullin Group)
Photonic Band-Gap Bibliography
Photonic Band-Gap Materials Links
Quantum Information Links
Quantum Optics Links
Events: Past, Present, & Future

Pizza Party Pics (May 07)
OAO-07, Wollongong, AUS
PQE-08, Snowbird, UT
OPTO-08, San Jose, CA
APS-08, New Orleans, LA
ICCES-08, Honolulu, HI
QELS-08, San Jose, CA

Support:

Army Research Office
Disruptive Technologies Office
Horace C. Hearne Jr. Insitute for Theoretical Physics
 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
 National Reconnaissance Office
National Security Agency

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