Brian Kennedy

Professor

 

Ph.D., The Queen's University of Belfast, 1986
Phone: (404)894-5221
Room: Howey -N119

EMail: brian.kennedy [at] physics.gatech.edu

 

■ Research ■

In recent years the group's research has focussed on several themes of ultra-low temperature atomic physics and quantum optics. Recent projects include studies of atomic Fermi gas transport in optical lattices, spin squeezing of atomic ensembles and Bose-Einstein condensate mixtures, and the role of quantum fluctuations in the temporal break up of spatial solitary waves in nonlinear optical parametric processes.

■ Publications ■

1. “Quantum telecommunication based on atomic cascade transitions,” T. Chaneliere, D.N. Matsukevich, S.D. Jenkins, T.A. B. Kennedy, M.S. Chapman and A. Kuzmich, Phys. Rev. Lett 96, 030405 (2006)
2. “Entanglement of remote atomic qubits,” D.N. Matsukevich, T. Chaneliere, S.D. Jenkins, S.-Y. Lan, T.A. B. Kennedy and A. Kuzmich, Phys. Rev. Lett 96, 030405 (2006).
3. “Observation of dark state polariton collapses and revivals,” D.N. Matsukevich, T. Chaneliere, S.D. Jenkins, S.-Y. Lan, T.A. B. Kennedy and A. Kuzmich, Phys. Rev. Lett 96, 033601 (2006).
4. “Theory of dark state polariton collapses and revivals,” S.D. Jenkins , D.N. Matsukevich, T. Chaneliere, A. Kuzmich and T.A. B. Kennedy, Phys. Rev. A73, 021803(R) (2006).
5. "Storage and retrieval of single photons transmitted between remote quantum memories,” T. Chaneliere, D.N. Matsukevich, S.D. Jenkins, S.-Y. Lan, T.A.B. Kennedy and A. Kuzmich, Nature 4! 38, 833 (2005).
6. "Generation of topological flows by phase-imprinting,” B.G. Swingle and T.A.B. Kennedy, J.Phys.B: At.Mol.Opt.Phys. 38 3503 (2005).
7. “Quantum noise initiated symmetry breaking of spatial solitons,” S.D. Jenkins, D. Salerno, S. Minardi, G. Tamosauskas, T.A.B. Kennedy and P. Di Trapani, Phys. Rev. Lett.95, 203902 (2005).
8. “Entanglement of a photon and a collective atomic excitation,” D.N. Matsukevich, T. Chaneliere, M. Bhattacharya, S.-Y. Lan, S.D. Jenkins, T.A.B. Kennedy and A. Kuzmich, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 040405 (2005).
9. "Oscillations of atomic fermions in a one dimensional optical lattice,” T.A.B. Kennedy, Phys. Rev. A 70, 023603 (2004).10.     “Non-symmetric entanglement of atomic ensembles,” A. Kuzmich and T.A.B. Kennedy, Phys.Rev. Lett. 92, 030407 (2004).

 

■ Bio Info ■

• B.S. (First Class Honours), A.R.C.S., Imperial College, London, 1983
• Ph.D., Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, The Queens' University of Belfast, 1986
• Topical Editor (Quantum Optics), Journal of the Optical Society of America B