Poul Jessen

Employment

• Chair of Quantum Information and Control: The University of Arizona, College of Optical Sciences, 2011-present
• Professor: The University of Arizona, Optical Sciences Center/College of Optical Sciences, 2002-present
• Associate Professor: The University of Arizona, Optical Sciences Center, 1998-2002
• Assistant Professor: The University of Arizona, Optical Sciences Center, 1993-1998
• Postdoctoral Fellow: University of Maryland, 1993
• Guest Researcher: National Institute of Standards and Technology, 1990 and 1992

Awards and Honors

• The University of Arizona: College Award of Distinction for Graduate Teaching, 2008
• National Science Foundation: CAREER Award, 1995-1997
• American Physical Society: Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Atomic, Molecular or Optical Physics, Finalist, 1994
• Research and Development Magazine: R&D 100 Award, 1991

Courses

• OPTI 503
• OPTI 511L
• OPTI 543X
• OPTI 545
• OPTI 547X
• OPTI 640X
• OPTI 646
• OPTI 648X

Specific Research Interests

• Quantum state preparation, coherent control, quantum tunneling and transport phenomena in optical lattices.
• Quantum computation.
• Macroscopic superposition states and coherent evolution in dissipative quantum systems.
• Few-body quantum state preparation in optical lattices.
• Matter-wave equivalent of the laser-micromaser.
• Atom optics in nanofabrication.
• Laser cooling, trapping and manipulation of atoms and ions.