Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Department of Physics
Quantum Communication & Measurement Laboratory
Professor
Alexander V. Sergienko
(AlexSerg@bu.edu)
Quantum
Physics ---> Quantum
Engineering ---> Quantum Technology
Major
Research Interests:
- Quantum information processing, quantum
communication and cryptography, quantum networking, linear-optical
quantum computing;
- Quantum state engineering using parametric
amplification in periodically polled nonlinear structures, entanglement manipulation and processing on a chip;
- Integrated micro-and nano-photonics, nonlinear parametric conversion for quantum information processing and modern PM-QPSK telecom signal manipulation and regeneration;
- Ultra-Precise optical measurement in science and
technology (Quantum Metrology), characterization of organic, polymer,
and semiconductor structures used in modern nano-photonics and
optoelectronics;
- Dispersion cancellation and management,
super-resolution phase sensors;
- Precise characterization of polarization and
chromatic dispersion in elements of 40Gb/s and 100 Gb/s metropolitan
telecommunication networks;
- Quantum and correlation imaging, aberration-free imaging and microscopy in life sciences;
- High-performance single-photon detection and
correlation measurement in a wide spectral range from ultraviolet to
mid-infrared and terahertz;
- Quantum bio-photonics: novel approaches to
optical characterization and diagnostic of biological materials and
devices using quantum states of light including visible and infrared
fluorescent correlation spectroscopy (FCS).
