The Lorenz group
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
We research the interaction of light with matter at the quantum scale.
Photon-pair source
Photon engineering and characterization
Ultrafast Lasers
Broadband photon generation and storage
Entangled States
Entangled photonic quantum state generation
Photon Sources
Generating and characterizing broadband paired photon sources in optical fiber using four-wave mixing.
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Storage and Spectroscopy
Studying storage and retrieval of single photons and single-excitation-level response of materials.
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Optical Magnetometry
Studying the dynamics of electron spin in magnetic materials.
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Announcements
| 11/2023 | We have launched the first publicly accessible quantum network! |
| 7/2023 | See our recent paper on bandwidth-extrapolation-based superresolution! |
| 3/2023 | See our recent paper on the sensitivity of ensemble quantum memories to fluctuations and drift! |
| 2/2023 | Check out our new tutorial on fiber-based photon-pair sources! |
| 4/2020 | Congratulations to Kai Shinbrough on receiving a Scott Anderson Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award! |
| 11/2019 | Congratulations to Yujie Zhang on receiving a University Fellowship for outstanding research accomplishments! |
| 9/2019 | We have created the first discrete-energy entangled three-photon W state! Read about it in Physical Review Letters and this press release. |
| 9/2019 | Read about our recent discovery of spin-orbit torque generated within ferromagnets in Nature Nanotechnology and this press release. |
| 9/2018 | Congratulations to Bin Fang for being chosen as a finalist for the Carl E. Anderson Division of Laser Science Dissertation Award, which recognizes doctoral research in the Laser Science area and encourages effective written and oral presentation of research results! Bin presented his work at a special Dissertation Award Session of the annual APS Division of Laser Science meeting. |
| 4/2018 | Congratulations to Halise Celik for successfully defending her Ph.D. thesis, "Spin-orbit torque measurements in heavy metal/ferromagnet heterostructures using the magneto-optic Kerr effect"! |
| 1/2018 | Congratulations to Bin Fang for successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis, "Manipulation of photonic quantum states: from generation, engineering, and characterization to storage and retrieval"! |
| 10/2017 | Congratulations to Wenrui Wang for receiving the Lam Research Corporation Scholarship! |
| 4/2016 | Congratulations to Seth Meiselman for successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis, "Spontaneous transient ultrafast coherent Raman spectroscopy"! |
| 5/2016 | Our work demonstrating efficient multidimensional characterization of photon-pair sources using stimulated emission tomography has been published: "Multidimensional characterization of an entangled photon-pair source via stimulated emission tomography". |
| 7/2015 | Lab renovations at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are complete! |
| 10/2014 | Congratulations to Halise Celik on winning the University of Delaware Department of Physics and Astronomy's Best Research Paper award! |
| 10/2014 | We have demonstrated a new technique that efficiently captures the joint spectral correlations of photon pairs: "Fast and highly resolved capture of the joint spectral density of photon pairs" |
| 8/2014 | Our work on measuring coherence oscillations has been published: "Observation of coherence oscillations of single ensemble excitations in methanol" |
| 01/2014 | We have developed a new method for measuring spin-orbit torque in magnetic bilayers. See our recent paper in Nature Communications: "Quantifying interface and bulk contributions to spin-orbit torque in magnetic bilayers." |
| 09/2013 | Congratulations to Bin Fang on receiving the Department of Physics and Astronomy's best research paper award and highest GPA award! |
| 01/2013 | See our recent paper in Optics Express: "State engineering of photon pairs produced through dual-pump spontaneous four-wave mixing." |
| 05/2012 | Bin Fang presented our work on polarization-entangled photon pair generation in standard polarization-maintaining fiber at the 2012 CLEO conference. |
| 03/2012 | Congratulations to Jamy Moreno for graduating with an MS with thesis, "Spontaneous four-wave mixing in standard birefringent fiber"! Read it here. |
| 03/2012 | Congratulations to Jamy Moreno on receiving the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award! |
Funding from the following sources is gratefully acknowledged:
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| National Science Foundation | Department of Energy |
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