Poul Jessen

Faculty Affiliation: OSC Professor
Research Specialty: Optical Physics

Chair of Quantum Information and Control

Professor of Optical Sciences

Email Address:

poul.jessen@optics.arizona.edu

Website:

Quantum Information and Control Group

Office Location:

Meinel 604

Mailing Address:

College of Optical Sciences
The University of Arizona
1630 E. University Blvd.
P.O. Box 210094
Tucson, AZ 85721-0094

Phone Number:

621-8267

Fax:

621-6778

Education:

Ph.D., The University of Aarhus (Denmark), 1993
M.Sc., The University of Aarhus (Denmark), 1989
B.Sc., The University of Aarhus (Denmark), 1987

Employment:

Chair of Quantum Information and Control: The University of Arizona, College of Optical Sciences, 2011-present
Professor: The University of Arizona, Optical Sciences Center/College of Optical Sciences, 2002-present
Associate Professor: The University of Arizona, Optical Sciences Center, 1998-2002
Assistant Professor: The University of Arizona, Optical Sciences Center, 1993-1998
Postdoctoral Fellow: University of Maryland, 1993
Guest Researcher: National Institute of Standards and Technology, 1990 and 1992

Awards and Honors:

The University of Arizona: College Award of Distinction for Graduate Teaching, 2008
National Science Foundation: CAREER Award, 1995-1997
American Physical Society: Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Atomic, Molecular or Optical Physics, Finalist, 1994
Research and Development Magazine: R&D 100 Award, 1991

Courses:

OPTI 503

OPTI 511L

OPTI 543X

OPTI 545

OPTI 547X

OPTI 640X

OPTI 646

OPTI 648X

Specific Research Interests:

quantum state preparation, coherent control, quantum tunneling and transport phenomena in optical lattices; quantum computation; macroscopic superposition states and coherent evolution in dissipative quantum systems; few-body quantum state preparation in optical lattices; matter-wave equivalent of the laser/micromaser; atom-optics in nano-fabrication; laser cooling, trapping and manipulation of atoms and ions

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