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Summary(s):
I have spent over 40 years working on a variety of topics in quantum optics
communication. In this talk, I will provide a semi-chronological and incomplete overview of the evolution of this field, focusing on some of the contributions of my group. The results that will be presented are: the quantum theory of diffraction; semi-classical versus quantum photodetection and Yuen-Shapiro representation theorem; disturbance theory versus description of the Gaussian state of spontaneous parametric conversion; phase-sensitive coherence and its application to ghost imaging and imaging with undetected photons; the χ(3) nonlinearity in the single photon limit; and the history of quantum illumination.
Speaker biographies:
Professor Jeffrey H. Shapiro received SB, SM, EE, and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from MIT in 1967, 1968, 1969, and 1970, respectively. As a graduate student, he was a National Science Foundation Fellow, a teaching assistant, and a Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellow. His doctoral research focused on a theoretical study of adaptive techniques to improve optical communication through atmospheric turbulence.
From 1970 to 1973, Dr. Shapiro was an assistant professor of electrical science and applied physics at Case Western Reserve University. From 1973 to 1985 he was an associate professor of electrical engineering at MIT and in 1985 he was promoted to professor of electrical engineering.
From 1989 to 1999, Dr. Shapiro served as associate head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. In 1999, he became the Julius A. Stratton Professor of Electrical Engineering. From 2001 to 2011, Dr. Shapiro served as Director of the Electronics Research Laboratory. From 2007 to 2011, Dr. Shapiro served as co-director of the WM Keck Foundation Center for Extreme Quantum Information Theory (xQIT). From 2008 to 2015, he was co-director of the NSF IGERT “Interdisciplinary Quantum Information Science and Engineering (iQuISE)” program.
Dr. Shapiro's research interests have focused on the application of communication theory to optical systems. He is best known for his work on the generation, detection and application of compressed-state light beams, but he has also published widely in the areas of atmospheric optical communication, coherent laser radar and the science of quantum information.
Dr. Shapiro is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the Optical Society, the American Physical Society, the Institute of Physics, and SPIE (International Society for Optics and Photonics). He was an associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory and the Journal of the Optical Society of America, and was the lead organizer of the Sixth International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement, and Computing (QCMC'02).
In 2008, Dr. Shapiro was a co-recipient of the Quantum Electronics Award from the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (now IEEE Photonics Society), and he received the Quantum Communication Award for Theoretical Research from Tamagawa University .
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