Title:Recent advances in fiber-based
Speaker: Prof. Colin J. McKinstrie
Time:April. 24. 2012.14:00-15:30
Venue: Room A101 At WNLO
Abstract:
In this talk I will review the physics and performance characteristics of parametric devices, such as amplifiers, frequency convertors and phase conjugators, which are based on four-wave mixing in fibers. I will also describe some recent applications of these devices, such as tunable radiation generation, phase-sensitive amplification, buffering by frequency conversion and dispersion, and real-time sampling. If time permits, I will describe aspects of photon generation and frequency conversion in quantum information experiments.
Biography:
Colin J. McKinstrie received a BSc degree from the University of Glasgow in 1981 (mathematics and physics) and a PhD degree from the University of Rochester in 1986 (plasma physics). From 1985 to 1988 he was a Postdoctoral Fellow of Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he was associated with the Applied Physics Division and the Center for Nonlinear Studies. In 1988 Dr McKinstrie returned to the University of Rochester as an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and a Scientist in the Laboratory for Laser Energetics. He was promoted to the ranks of Associate Professor and Professor in 1992 and 2000, respectively. During this time, his main research interests were laser fusion and nonlinear optics. Since 2001 Dr McKinstrie has been a Member of the Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories, where his research concerns the amplification and transmission of optical pulses in communication systems, and applications of parametric devices in quantum information science. He has authored or coauthored about 135 journal papers and 185 conference papers on the aforementioned subjects. Dr McKinstrie has served on technical committees for CLEO, FiO and OFC, is the past Chair of the OSA Quantum Electronics Division and Program Chair of FiO, and is a Deputy Editor of Optics Express. His honors include IoP Fellow, LANL Director’s Fellow, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, NSF Presidential Young Investigator, OSA Fellow and OSA Traveling Lecturer.
