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


"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
— Arthur C. Clark (1917-2008)


 
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
Foundations of Quantum Mechanics
Photonic Band Gap Materials
 Quantum Field Theory
Quantum Information Theory
Quantum Optics


Quantum Computing Concept Maturation Program:
Optical Quantum Computing
 
Quantum Sensors Program

Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative:
Quantum Imaging

Relativistic Quantum Information Theory
Reprints:
2008–2009

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 ®


Visitors:

Girish Agarwal (University of Oklahoma)
Hans Bachor (Australian National University)
Robert Boyd (University of Rochester)
M. Ali Can (NASA, JP
Howard Carmichael (University of Auckland)
Sanka Das Sarma (University of Maryland)
Francesco DeMartini (University of Rome)
Gabriel Durkin (NASA, Ames)
Julio Gea-Banacloche (University of Arkansas)
Joseph Eberly (University of Rochester)
Charles Elachi (Director, NASA JPL)
Claude Fabre (Ecole Normal)
Marian Florescu (NASA, JPL)
James Franson (UMBC)
Dentcho Genov (Louisana Tech University)
Chris Gerry (CUNY, Lehman College)
Larry Gould (University of Hartford)
Barbara Höling (CalPoly Pomona)
Kurt Jacobs (University of Massachusetts)
Daniel James (University of Toronto)
Kishore Kapale (Western Illinois University)
Konrad Kieling (Imperial College)
Yoon-Ho Kim (POSTECH)
Pieter Kok (University of Sheffield)
Igor Kulikov (NASA, JPL)
Jason Lee (George Mason University)
Patrick Leung (University of Queensland)
Austin Lund (University of Queensland)
Hal Metcalf (SUNY, Stony Brook)
Kevin Parkin (NASA Ames)
Luca Pezze (LANL)
Olivier Pfister (University of Virginia)
Tim Ralph (University of Queensland)
Barry Sanders (University of Calgary)
Lu Sham (UCSD)
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
University Partnerships:

Oklahoma State University
Texas A&M University
Tulane University
University of Arkansas
University of Illinois
University of Massachusettes
University of Queensland
University of Rochester
University of Rome
Western Illinois University
Research Support:

Army Research Office
Boeing Corporation
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Foundational Questions Institute
Northrop Grumman Space Technology
Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity
Lousiana Board of Regents
Sandia National Laboratories
 
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Recent Events:

Atomic Optics 2009, Bad Honnef, Germany
LPHYS-09, Barcelona, Spain
DAMOP-09, Charlottesville, VA
PhotonicsWest-09, San Jose, CA
QICIQ-08, Cairns, Australia
PQE-08, Snowbird, UT
OPTO-08, San Jose, CA
APS-08, New Orleans, LA
ICCES-08, Honolulu, HI
 QELS-08, San Jose, CA

Quantum Pizza Party
 Industry and Government Lab Partnerships:

Boeing Corporation
MathSense Analytics
NASA Ames Research Center
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Northrop Grumman Space Technology
Raytheon Company
Sandia National Laboratories
Xtreme Energetics