- Ataç İmamoğlu
Ataç İmamoğlu (born 1964) is a Turkish scientist working on
quantum optics andquantum computation . His academic interests are quantum optics,semiconductor physics , andnonlinear optics .Education
He is a graduate of
Middle East Technical University , in electrical engineering. He got his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford for his work onElectromagnetically Induced Transparency and Lasers without Inversion. He did post-doctoral work on atomic and molecular physics atHarvard .Career
In 1993, he joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of
University of California, Santa Barbara . In 1999, he became a professor of electrical engineering and physics. Since 2002, he has been working atETHZ (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Switzerland, where he is heading the research group onQuantum Photonics .His group at ETHZ investigates quantum optics of solid-state zero dimensional emitters, such as quantum dots or defects, embedded in photonic nano-structures. They are particularly interested in understanding physical properties that distinguish these solid-state systems from their atomic counterparts. Controlling quantum dynamics of quantum dot spins for applications in quantum information processing is one of their principal goals. [ [http://www.iqe.ethz.ch/quantumphotonics/ ETHZ on quantum photonics] ] As of September 2008, he had received ~7400 citations according to the
Web of Science .Awards and honors
He received
TUBITAK prize for physics in 2001, the Wolfgang Paul Award of Germany, David and Lucile Packard Fellowship in 1996, and NSF Career Award in 1995. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and of the Optical Society of America as well as the Elie Chau Academy of Quantum Photonics.References
* [http://www7.nationalacademies.org/gdest/GDEST_EU_Imamoglu_Bio.pdf Biography Page from National Academies]
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