Abstract:
Slow light arising from the effect of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) greatly enhances the interaction time between photons and matters such that significant nonlinear optical efficiencies can be achieved even at single-photon level. Stopped light based on the EIT effect provides a method of exchange of wave functions between photons and matters and can lead to the application of quantum memory. The EIT-related research has made great impacts on quantum information science. In this talk, I will present our studies on low-light-level nonlinear optics and quantum memory utilizing slow and stopped light, and our experimental demonstration of two-component or spinor slow light.
Brief Bio:
Education
Ph.D. in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1993).
Employment
2015-present Distinguished Professor, National Tsing Hua University.
2005-2015 Professor of Physics, National Tsing Hua University.
2000-2005 Associate Professor, National Tsing Hua University.
1995-2000 Associate Professor (tenure track), National Tsing Hua University.
1993-1995 Postdoctral Researcher, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Honors and Awards
lOutstanding Research Award, the Ministry of Science and Technology (2016/8~2019/7).
l Outstanding Scholar Award, Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship
(2016/8~2019/7).
l Fellow of the Physical Society of R. O. C. Taiwan since 2014.
l Outstanding Scholar Award, Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship
(2013/8~2016/7).
l Outstanding Research Award, the Ministry of Science and Technology (2012/8~2015/7).
l National Tsing Hua University Outstanding Mentor Award (2009).
Research Interests
Slow light, storage of light, low-light-level nonlinear optics, quantum memory, quantum optics, quantum information manipulation, and cold atoms.