Jonathan Dowling

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Jonathan P. Dowling

Born Smithtown, New York
Residence Flag of the United States United States
Nationality Flag of Ireland Ireland Flag of the United States United States
Fields Physicist
Institutions Louisiana State University
Alma mater University of Colorado at Boulder
Doctoral advisor Asim Orhan Barut
Known for quantum optics, quantum information
Notable awards Willis Lamb Medal (2002), NASA Space Act Award (2002), US Army R&D Achievement Award (1996)

Jonathan P. Dowling is a Co-Director of the Horace Hearne Institute for Theoretical Physics, and also a Hearne Chair in Theoretical Physics at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, both at Louisiana State University. He is known for his work on introducing quantum entanglement (in the form of a NOON state) for applications to quantum metrology and quantum imaging (particularly as the inventor of quantum lithography). He has also made contributions to quantum information theory, photonic crystals, and the foundations of quantum electrodynamics.

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[edit] Biography

Jonathan P. Dowling holds dual citizenship from Ireland and the USA. He obtained his B.Sc. in Physics at the University of Texas at Austin, and then attended graduate school at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he obtained a M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics, a M.Sc. in Physics, and finally a Ph.D. in Mathematical Physics (1988); his advisor was Asim Orhan Barut. He moved to the Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics in 1989 as a post-doctoral researcher in the group of Herbert Walther where he also collaborated with Marlan Scully. In 1990 he joined the quantum optics group of Charles M. Bowden at United States Army Aviation and Missile Command in Huntsville, Alabama, as a United States National Research Council Post-Doctoral Research Associate, where he was promoted to Research Physicist of the United States Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center in 1994. In 1998 he moved to take a position as Research Scientist at the Senior Level in the Quantum Computing Technologies Group at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In 2001 he was promoted to Group Supervisor and Principal Scientist of the JPL group. In 2004 he moved to Louisiana State University to take up his current posts there.

[edit] Awards and Honors

Fellow of the Optical Society of America (2006); Willis E. Lamb Medal for Achievement in Quantum Optics and Laser Science for "Pioneering Contributions to Quantum Electronics and Especially the Study of Spatial Coherence Effects of Multiphoton Entangled States" (2002); NASA Space Act Award for development of "Quantum Interferometric Lithography” (2002); Discover Magazine Technology of the Year Award Semi-Finalist for "Invention of Quantum Lithography" (2001); Army Research, Development, & Engineering Achievement Award for "Development of Mathematical Models of Electromagnetic Wave Emission and Propagation in Photonic Band-Gap Materials" (1996).

[edit] Research

Dowling has authored over 150 scientific publications[1] in quantum electrodynamics, quantum optics, quantum sciences, and quantum technologies. He has a Hirsch index of 29. He also holds seven US Patents.

Dowlings's three most-cited research papers are on the topics of quantum lithography,[2] optical switching in photonic crystals,[3] and the photonic band-edge laser.[4]

Dowling is also known for a series of papers on the quantum theory of atomic spontaneous emission in optical micro-cavities and photonic crystals.[5] His recent work has focused on optical quantum computing,[6] as well as quantum metrology, quantum imaging,[7] and quantum sensing[8] — all with the optical NOON state.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Dowling’s Publications and Patents, [1].
  2. ^ Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 2733 (2000) [2].
  3. ^ Phys. Rev. Lett. 73, 1368 (1994) [3].
  4. ^ J. App. Phys. 75, 1896 (1994) [4].
  5. ^ E.g. Phys. Rev. A 46, 612 (1992) [5].
  6. ^ Rev. Mod. Phys. 79, 135 (2007) [6].
  7. ^ J. Opt. B 6, S796 (2004) [7].
  8. ^ Concepts in Physics 2, 225 (2005) [8].


Persondata
NAME Dowling, Jonathan P.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Physicist
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH Smithtown, New York
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH