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  • 2011 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering work in quantum optical interferometry using photon number parity measurements, quantum state engineering for superpositions of macroscopically distinguishable states, and application of group theoretical methods to quantum optics

Overview

Christopher C. Gerry is affiliated with the City University of New York in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy and Computer Science, with a significant focus on subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Artificial Intelligence. Other studied subfields include Acoustics and Ultrasonics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Surgery.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, notably Quantum Information and Cryptography, Quantum Mechanics and Applications, and Quantum optics and atomic interactions. Additional research interests include Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates, Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture, Random lasers and scattering media, and Mechanical and Optical Resonators.

Among their recent publications are the following papers:

  • "Resolution of 100 photons and quantum generation of unbiased random numbers," 2022, published in Nature Photonics
  • "Extending the Hong-Ou-Mandel effect: The power of nonclassicality," 2022, published in Physical Review A
  • "Phase effects in coherently stimulated down-conversion with a quantized pump field," 2020, published in Physical Review A
  • "Enduring relevance of the Jaynes-Cummings model: a personal perspective [Invited]," 2024, published in Journal of the Optical Society of America B
  • "Proposal for a quantum random number generator using coherent light and a non-classical observable," 2022, published in Journal of the Optical Society of America B

Christopher C. Gerry has frequently published in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Physical Review A, Journal of the Optical Society of America B, AVS Quantum Science, and Nature Photonics.

Co-authors who have collaborated with them regularly include P. L. Knight, Richard J. Birrittella, Paul M. Alsing, Jihane Mimih, and Miller Eaton.

In addition to journal articles, the scientist has authored a book titled Introductory Quantum Optics, published by Cambridge University Press in 2023. This work has attracted considerable attention within the academic community.

Christopher C. Gerry was recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2011. The fellowship citation acknowledged pioneering contributions to quantum optical interferometry using photon number parity measurements, quantum state engineering of macroscopic superposition states, and the application of group theoretical methods to quantum optics.

Best Publications

  • Introductory quantum optics

    Christopher C. Gerry;Peter Knight

  • Optical interferometry at the Heisenberg limit with twin Fock states and parity measurements

    R. A. Campos;Christopher C. Gerry;A. Benmoussa

  • Dynamics of a Raman coupled model interacting with two quantized cavity fields.

    Christopher C. Gerry;H. Huang

  • GENERATION OF OPTICAL MACROSCOPIC QUANTUM SUPERPOSITION STATES VIA STATE REDUCTION WITH A MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER CONTAINING A KERR MEDIUM

    Christopher C. Gerry

  • Path Integrals and Coherent States of Su(2) and Su(1, 1)

    A Inomata;H Kuratsuji;C C Gerry

  • Dynamics of SU(1,1) coherent states.

    Christopher C. Gerry

  • Quantum superpositions and Schrödinger cat states in quantum optics

    C. C. Gerry;P. L. Knight

  • Generation of maximally entangled photonic states with a quantum-optical Fredkin gate

    Christopher C. Gerry;R. A. Campos

  • Generation of Schrödinger cats and entangled coherent states in the motion of a trapped ionby a dispersive interaction

    Christopher C. Gerry

  • Heisenberg-limit interferometry with four-wave mixers operating in a nonlinear regime

    Christopher C. Gerry

  • Two-photon Jaynes-Cummings model interacting with the squeezed vacuum.

    Christopher C. Gerry

  • Preparation of multiatom entangled states through dispersive atom-cavity-field interactions.

    Christopher C. Gerry

  • Non-classical Properties of Even and Odd Coherent States

    Christopher C. Gerry

  • The parity operator in quantum optical metrology

    Christopher C. Gerry;Jihane Mimih

  • Application of SU(1,1) coherent states to the interaction of squeezed light in an anharmonic oscillator.

    Christopher C. Gerry

  • Generation of even and odd coherent states in a competitive two-photon process

    Christopher C Gerry;Edwin E Hach

  • Correlated two-mode SU(1, 1) coherent states: nonclassical properties

    Christopher C. Gerry

  • Nonlinear interferometer as a resource for maximally entangled photonic states: Application to interferometry

    Christopher C. Gerry;Adil Benmoussa;R. A. Campos

  • Photon-subtracted two-mode squeezed vacuum states and applications to quantum optical interferometry

    Raul Carranza;Christopher C. Gerry

  • Proposal for a mesoscopic cavity QED realization of the Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger state.

    Christopher C. Gerry

  • Introductory Quantum Optics: Applications of entanglement: Heisenberg-limited interferometry and quantum information processing

    Christopher Gerry;Peter Knight

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter L. Knight
Peter L. Knight Imperial College London
Jonathan P. Dowling
Jonathan P. Dowling Louisiana State University
Robert W. Boyd
Robert W. Boyd University of Ottawa
Barry C. Sanders
Barry C. Sanders University of Calgary

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