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H. J. Kimble was a researcher affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their work primarily spanned the fields of Physics and Astronomy and Engineering, with a significant focus on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics as a key subfield. The scientist contributed to multiple research topics including Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates, Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics, Quantum Information and Cryptography, Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies, Near-Field Optical Microscopy, Quantum optics and atomic interactions, and Mechanical and Optical Resonators.

Their recent publications included:

  • Reduced volume and reflection for bright optical tweezers with radial Laguerre-Gauss beams, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The Integration of Photonic Crystal Waveguides with Atom Arrays in Optical Tweezers, 2020, Advanced Quantum Technologies
  • Coupling of light and mechanics in a photonic crystal waveguide, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The integration of photonic crystal waveguides with atom arrays in optical tweezers, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • An Advanced Apparatus for Integrating Nanophotonics and Cold Atoms, 2020, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

They frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • J.-B. Béguin
  • Xingsheng Luan
  • Zhongzhong Qin
  • A. P. Burgers
  • Su-Peng Yu

H. J. Kimble published regularly in venues such as:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Advanced Quantum Technologies
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

The scientist's work involved advancing knowledge in areas related to optical technologies, including practical applications of photonic crystal waveguides integrated with atom arrays and the mechanics of light coupling. Their research addressed both theoretical and experimental aspects of quantum optics and atomic interactions, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach involving physics, engineering, and applied optics.

Best Publications

  • The quantum internet

    H. J. Kimble

  • Unconditional quantum teleportation

    A. Furusawa;J. L. Sørensen;S. L. Braunstein;C. A. Fuchs

  • Quantum state transfer and entanglement distribution among distant nodes in a quantum network

    J. I. Cirac;P. Zoller;H. J. Kimble;H. J. Kimble;H. Mabuchi;H. Mabuchi

  • Generation of Squeezed States by Parametric Down Conversion

    Ling-An Wu;H. J. Kimble;J. L. Hall;Huifa Wu

  • Realization of the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox for continuous variables.

    Z. Y. Ou;S. F. Pereira;H. J. Kimble;K. C. Peng

  • Observation of normal-mode splitting for an atom in an optical cavity.

    R. J. Thompson;G. Rempe;H. J. Kimble

  • Observation of strong coupling between one atom and a monolithic microresonator

    Takao Aoki;Barak Dayan;E. Wilcut;W. P. Bowen;W. P. Bowen

  • Scalable photonic quantum computation through cavity-assisted interactions.

    L.-M. Duan;H. J. Kimble

  • Generation of nonclassical photon pairs for scalable quantum communication with atomic ensembles.

    A. Kuzmich;W. P. Bowen;A. D. Boozer;A. Boca

  • Precision measurement beyond the shot-noise limit

    Min Xiao;Ling-An Wu;H. J. Kimble

  • Conversion of conventional gravitational-wave interferometers into quantum nondemolition interferometers by modifying their input and/or output optics

    H. J. Kimble;Yuri Levin;Andrey B. Matsko;Kip S. Thorne

  • Cavity opto-mechanics using an optically levitated nanosphere

    D. E. Chang;C. A. Regal;S. B. Papp;D. J. Wilson

  • A Photon Turnstile Dynamically Regulated by One Atom

    Barak Dayan;A. S. Parkins;Takao Aoki;E. P. Ostby

  • Measurement-induced entanglement for excitation stored in remote atomic ensembles

    C. W. Chou;H. de Riedmatten;D. Felinto;S. V. Polyakov

  • Ultrahigh-Q toroidal microresonators for cavity quantum electrodynamics

    S. M. Spillane;T. J. Kippenberg;K. J. Vahala;K. W. Goh

  • Measurement of ultralow losses in an optical interferometer

    G. Rempe;R. J. Thompson;H. J. Kimble;R. Lalezari

  • Normal-mode splitting and linewidth averaging for two-state atoms in an optical cavity

    M. G. Raizen;R. J. Thompson;R. J. Brecha;H. J. Kimble

  • Spectroscopy with squeezed light.

    E. S. Polzik;J. Carri;H. J. Kimble

  • Trapping of Single Atoms in Cavity QED

    J. Ye;D. W. Vernooy;H. J. Kimble

  • Teleportation of continuous quantum variables

    S.L. Braunstein;H.J. Kimble;Y. Sorensen;A. Furusawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Jun Ye
Jun Ye University of Colorado Boulder
Peter Zoller
Peter Zoller University of Innsbruck
J. I. Cirac
J. I. Cirac Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
Kerry J. Vahala
Kerry J. Vahala California Institute of Technology
Gerhard Rempe
Gerhard Rempe Max Planck Society
Scott B. Papp
Scott B. Papp National Institute of Standards and Technology
Oskar Painter
Oskar Painter California Institute of Technology
Luming Duan
Luming Duan Tsinghua University
Tobias J. Kippenberg
Tobias J. Kippenberg École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
John Preskill
John Preskill California Institute of Technology

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