Mikhail Lukin
| Mikhail Lukin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 10, 1971 Moscow, Russian SFSR |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions |
Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics Harvard University |
| Alma mater |
MIPT Texas A&M University |
| Thesis | Quantum Coherence and Interference in Optics and Laser Spectroscopy (1993) |
Mikhail Lukin (Russian: Михаи́л Дми́триевич Луки́н; born October 10, 1971) is a Russian-American theoretical and experimental physicist and a professor at Harvard University.[1] He is author and coauthor of many peer-reviewed articles which brought him an h-index of 100.[2]
Early life
Lukin was born in Moscow, Russia. He took lessons in physics and mathematics at the MIPT which he completed by 1993. Following the completion, he joined Texas A&M University where he wrote a research paper entitled Quantum Coherence and Interference in Optics and Laser Spectroscopy which he used for his dissertation of Ph.D. Between this and 1994 he was a visiting scientist to Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching, Germany. Later on he became a postdoc at Texas A&M University and then became a fellow of Institute of Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics a division of Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. In 2001 he became an assistant professor at Harvard and three years later became its professor.[1]
Research
In 2005 he proposed an idea to use quantum computing mail rather than Email which is already used by both Harvard and Boston Universities.[3] In 2013 he and Vladan Vuletic[4] have developed a new type of matter in which photonic molecules can be used to create a lightsaber-like technology.[5]
References
- 1 2 "Alexander von Humboldt Professorship for Mikhail Lukin". April 3, 2009. Archived from the original on April 4, 2010. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ↑ "Mikhail D. Lukin". Google Scholar. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
- ↑ William J. Cromie (September 22, 2005). "Lukin illuminates quantum science". Harvard Gazette. Archived from the original on August 30, 2008. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ↑ "Scientists create never-before-seen form of matter". September 25, 2013. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ↑ Bryant Jordan (September 27, 2013). "Harvard and MIT Bind Photons Like Light Sabers". Defense.org. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved June 12, 2014.