
Xiaofeng Qian
Assistant Professor
Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering and Science
Department of Physics
Education
- PhD (2014) University of Rochester (Quantum Physics)
Research
Classically Entangled Optics: classical entanglement; optical polarization, spatial and temporal coherence; emulation of quantum tasks with classical optics
Quantum Information: multiparty coherence and entanglement; coherence/entanglement sharing; geometric approach to resource theory; quantum multi-tasking
Quantum Optics, and Foundational Physics: Cavity magnonics; single-photon coherence; cavity QED, Bell inequality; wave-particle duality;
Quantum Information: multiparty coherence and entanglement; coherence/entanglement sharing; geometric approach to resource theory; quantum multi-tasking
Quantum Optics, and Foundational Physics: Cavity magnonics; single-photon coherence; cavity QED, Bell inequality; wave-particle duality;
Institutional Service
- Physics Graduate Student Qualifying Committee Chair
- Physics Departmental Seminars/Colloquium Chair
- faculty advisory council (SES) Member
- Physics Graduate Curriculum Committee Member
- Physics Departmental Seminars/Colloquium Chair
- Quantum Snack Time (Talks & Journal Clubs for students) Chair
- Institute Graduate Curriculum Committee (GCC) Member
- Physics Graduate Student Qualifying Committee Member
- Physics Department Graduate Curriculum Committee Member
- Physics Graduate Student Qualifying Committee Member
- Institute Graduate Curriculum Committee (GCC) Member
- Quantum Snack Time Events Chair
- Quantum Lunch Seminar Series Chair
Professional Service
- Photonics Topical Editor
Appointments
Assistant Professor: 2019 - Present, Department of Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology
Research Associate: 2015 - 2019, The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester
Instructor/Fellow: 2014 - 2015, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Rochester
Research Associate: 2015 - 2019, The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester
Instructor/Fellow: 2014 - 2015, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Rochester
Honors and Awards
Top 10 Breakthroughs in Physics of 2021, by Physics World
Professional Societies
- APS – American Physical Society Member
- OSA – Optica (formerly Optical Society of America) Member
- APS – American Physical Society Member
- OSA – The Optical Society Member
- APS – American Physical Society Member
- OSA – The Optical Society Member
Selected Publications
Conference Proceeding
- Qian, X. (2021). Teaching Quantum Concepts with Classical Optics. Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (pp. W2B. 5). Optical Society of America.
- Qian, X.; Konthasinghe, K.; Manikandan, S.; Spiecker, D.; Vamivakas, A.; Eberly, J. (2020). Wave-Particle Duality Controlled by Single-Photon Self-Entanglement (pp. paper FTh4D.7). Washington D.C.: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2020).
- Lewalle, P.; Elouard, C.; Manikandan, S. K.; Qian, X.; Eberly, J. H.; Jordan, A. N. (2019). Remote Two--Qubit Entanglement by Joint Homodyne Detection of Fluorescence (pp. W6A--22). Conference on Coherence and Quantum Optics, Optical Society of America.
- Qian, X. (2019). Restriction and Sharing of “Polarization” Coherences in an Optical Beam (pp. Tu2A--2). Conference on Coherence and Quantum Optics, Optical Society of America.
Journal Article
- Zhao, G.; Wang, Y.; Qian, X. (2021). Driven-dissipative Quantum Dynamics in Cavity Magnon-Polariton System. Physical Review B (vol. 104 , pp. 134423). APS.
- Lewalle, P.; Elouard, C.; Manikandan, S.; Qian, X.; Eberly, J. H.; Jordan, A. (2021). Entanglement of a pair of quantum emitters via continuous fluorescence measurements: a tutorial. Advances in Optics and Photonics (vol. 13, pp. 517).
- Wadood, S. A.; Liang, K.; Zhou, Y.; Yang, J.; Alonso, M.; Qian, X.; Maholtra, T.; Rafsanjani, S.; Jordan, A.; Boyd, R. W.; Vamivakas, A. N. (2021). Experimental demonstration of superresolution of partially coherent light sources using parity sorting. Optics Express (pp. 22034).
- Luo, D.; Qian, X.; Yu, T. (2021). Nonlocal magnon entanglement generation in coupled hybrid cavity systems. Optics Letters (vol. 46, pp. 1073). Optics Letters.
- Qian, X.; Wadood, S.; Vamivakas, N.; Eberly, J. (2020). Quantification and observation of genuine three-party coherence: A solution based on classical optics. Physical Review A (vol. 102, pp. 062424). Physical Review A.
- Qian, X.; Agarwal, G. (2020). Quantum duality: A source point of view. Physical Review Research (1 ed., vol. 2, pp. 012031). Physical Review Research.
- Qian, X.; Konthasinghe, K.; Manikandan, S.; Spiecker, D.; Vamivakas, A.; Eberly, J. (2020). Turning off quantum duality. Physical Review Research (1 ed., vol. 2, pp. 012016). Physical Review Research.
- Qian, X.; Vamivakas, N.; Eberly, J. (2018). Entanglement Limits Duality and Vice Versa. Optica (vol. 5, pp. 942). Optica .
- Qian, X.; Alonso, M.; Eberly, J. (2018). Entanglement polygon inequality in qubit systems. New Journal of Physics (vol. 20, pp. 063012). New Journal of Physics.
- Qian, X.; Vamivakas, N.; Eberly, J. (2017). Emerging Connections: Classical and Quantum Optics. Optics and Photonics News (vol. 28, pp. 34). Optics and Photonics News.
- Eberly, J.; Qian, X.; Vamivakas, N. (2017). Polarization Coherence Theorem. Optica (vol. 4, pp. 1113). Optica.
- Qian, X.; Malhotra, T.; Vamivakas, N.; Eberly, J. (2016). Coherence Constraints and the Last Hidden Optical Coherence. Physical Review Letters (vol. 117, pp. 153901). Physical Review Letters.
- Qian, X.; Little, B.; Howell, J.; Eberly, J. (2015). Shifting the quantum-classical boundary: theory and experiment for statistically classical optical fields. Optica (vol. 2, pp. 611). Optica.
Courses
PEP124: Physics for Business and Technology II
PEP557: Quantum Information and Quantum Computation
PEP557: Quantum Information and Quantum Computation