Quantum Information Science and Engineering Seminar Series: Dr. Christopher C. Tison

The Syracuse University Department of Physics and Department of Engineering are pleased to present Dr. Christopher C. Tison, Research Physicist at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, NY in the Quantum Photonics group.

Dr. Tison graduated with a Ph.D. in Physics from Florida Atlantic University in 2018 under co-advisors Dr. Paul M. Alsing and Dr. Warner A. Miller. His dissertation research focused on the generation of cluster states using squeezed light. Upon graduation, he joined the Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, NY as a Research Physicist in the Quantum Photonics group where he now researches entanglement characterization, quantum networking and the development of integrated photonic circuits for quantum applications including single-photon sources, large-scale unitary operators, transduction and ion-interfaces.

Abstract:

“Quantum Photonic Integrated Circuits”

The field of integrated photonics has grown in the last decade to fill the market with classical devices which offer tremendous SWaP benefits over conventional bulk optics and fiber components. Integrated photonic chips were developed with a focus on the telecommunications sector which led to the use of materials with small band gaps limiting their application within the broad spectrum of qubit technologies, and for quantum applications, device losses prohibited large-scale systems. Over the last couple years, both industry and government laboratories have worked closely with commercial institutions to address both issues by reducing the waveguide losses, developing low-loss components and pushing towards the inclusion of ultrawide-bandgap photonic materials into the fabrication process. This talk focuses on some of the integrated photonics efforts which are underway at the Air Force Research Lab in Rome, NY. In particular, we will highlight progress in the development of a quantum-focused process design kit (PDK) at the American Institute of Manufacturing Photonics (AIM), some of the results that have stemmed from this effort and where we see it going.

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