Dr. Todd B. Pittman
Professor · Tenured
About
Todd Pittman is a Professor in the UMBC Physics Department and Director of the UMBC Quantum Science Institute. His research is in the areas of quantum information processing, quantum optics, and nonlinear optics.
Research interests
quantum information processing
quantum optics
nonlinear optics
experimental physics
Teaching interests
physics
Education
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Ph D, Applied Physics
— UMBC (1996) Two-photon quantum entanglement from type-II spontaneous parametric down-conversion
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MS, Applied Physics
— UMBC (1992) A theoretical and experimental investigation of efficient frequency tripling
- BS, Physics — Bucknell University (1990)
Publications
- Nonlocal dispersion cancellation for three or more photons 2020
- Transmission characteristics of optical nanofibers in metastable xenon 2019
- Noiseless attenuation using an optical parametric amplifier 2017
Presentations
- Light-matter interactions using a Nanofiber-Segment Ring Resonator 2016
- Ultralow-Power Nonlinear Optics using Tapered Optical Fibers in Noble Gases 2014
- The Physics of Qubits 2014
- Enhanced transmission for ultralow-power nonlinear optics experiments using tapered optical fibers in rubidium vapor 2013
- Optical quantum information processing using forced fermion-like behavior of photonic qubits 2012
- Photonic quantum computing using forced fermion-like behavior 2010
- Experimental work on entangled photon holes 2009
- A parametric down-conversion source for two-photon absorption experiments 2008
Grants and Contracts
- Polarization Dependent Loss and Noiseless Amplification 2019
- UMBC-USNA Cyber Innovation Grants: Optically networked semiconductor spin qubits via liquid crystal mediated ordering, Office of Naval Research, 2018
- Quantum Entanglement Distribution 2018
- A hybrid semiconductor-soft matter device as a route to a scalable, self-assembled spin register for optical quantum error correction 2015
- Quantum and Nonlinear Optics using Waveguides in Atomic Vapors 2014
- Quantum Communication Using Macroscopic Phase Entangled 2013
- Quantum Communications using Macroscopic Phase Entangled States 2012
Patents and Intellectual Property
- Nanofiber Segment Ring Resonator (NFSRR) 2021
- Optically enhanced production of metastable states of nobel gas atoms 2016
- Method and apparatus for single-photon source and quantum memory 2006
- Techniques for high fidelity quantum teleportation and computing 2006
- Techniques for quantum processing with photons and the Zeno effect 2006
- Techniques for performing logic operations using quantum states of single photons 2004
Courses Taught
- Adv Electromagnetic Thry
- Electromagnetic Theory
- Doctoral Research
- Optics Laboratory
- Optics Laboratory
- Doctoral Research