Professor Ping Koy Lam
BSc (Auckland), MSc PhD (ANU)
ARC Laureate Fellow, Node Director, Centre for Quantum Computation & Communication Technology
ANU College of Science
Areas of expertise
- Quantum Information, Computation And Communication 020603
- Quantum Optics 020604
- Lasers And Quantum Electronics 020502
- Quantum Physics 0206
Research interests
Quantum communication, quantum memory, laser levitation, squeezed light, quantum sensing and metrology.
Publications
- Enzian, G, Price, J, Freisem, L et al. 2021, 'Single-Phonon Addition and Subtraction to a Mechanical Thermal State', Physical Review Letters, vol. 126, no. 3, pp. 1-6.
- Ma, J, Guccione, G, Lecamwasam, R et al. 2021, 'Optical back-action on the photothermal relaxation rate', Optica, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 177-183.
- Conlon, L, Suzuki, J, Lam, P et al. 2021, 'Efficient computation of the Nagaoka-Hayashi bound for multi-parameter estimation with separable measurements', NPJ Quantum Information, vol. 7, no. 1.
- Vogl, T, Knopf, H, Weissflog, M et al. 2021, 'Sensitive single-photon test of extended quantum theory with two-dimensional hexagonal boron nitride', Physical Review Research, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 1-10.
- Ma, J, Qin, J, Campbell, G et al. 2020, 'Photothermally induced transparency', Science Advances, vol. 6, no. 8.
- Zhao, J, Liu, K, Liu, K et al. 2020, 'A high-fidelity heralded quantum squeezing gate', Nature Photonics, pp. -.
- Ma, J, Qin, J, Campbell, G et al. 2020, 'Observation of nonlinear dynamics in an optical levitation system', Communications Physics, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 1-10.
- Sharma, A, Zhang, L, Tollerud, J et al. 2020, 'Supertransport of excitons in atomically thin organic semiconductors at the 2D quantum limit', Light: Science & Applications, vol. 9, no. 1.
- Vogl, T, Sripathy, K, Sharma, A et al. 2019, 'Radiation tolerance of two-dimensional material-based devices for space applications', Nature Communications, vol. 10, no. 1202, pp. 1-10.
- Vogl, T, Doherty, M, Buchler, B et al. 2019, 'Atomic localization of quantum emitters in multilayer hexagonal boron nitride', Nanoscale, vol. 11, no. 30, pp. 14362-14371.
- Michel, T, Haw, J, Marangoni, D et al. 2019, 'Real-Time Source-Independent Quantum Random-Number Generator with Squeezed States', Physical Review Applied, vol. 12, no. 3.
- Everett, J, Higginbottom, D, Campbell, G et al. 2019, 'Stationary Light in Atomic Media', Advanced Quantum Technologies, vol. 2, pp. 1-15.
- Vogl, T, Lecamwasam, R, Buchler, B et al. 2019, 'Compact Cavity-Enhanced Single-Photon Generation with Hexagonal Boron Nitride', ACS Photonics, vol. 6, no. 8, pp. 1955-1962.
- Truong, N, Haw, J, Assad, S et al. 2019, 'Machine Learning Cryptanalysis of a Quantum Random Number Generator', IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 403-414.
- Thearle, O, Janousek, J, Armstrong, S et al 2018, 'Violation of Bell's Inequality Using Continuous Variable Measurements', Physical Review Letters, vol. 120, no. 4, pp. 1-5.
- Higginbottom, D, Campbell, G, Araneda, G et al. 2018, 'Fabrication of ultrahigh-precision hemispherical mirrors for quantum-optics applications', Scientific Reports, vol. 8, no. 221, pp. 1-8pp.
- Tranter, A, Slatyer, H, Hush, M et al. 2018, 'Multiparameter optimisation of a magneto-optical trap using deep learning', Nature Communications, vol. 9, pp. 7pp.
- Vogl, T, Campbell, G, Buchler, B et al. 2018, 'Fabrication and Deterministic Transfer of High-Quality Quantum Emitters in Hexagonal Boron Nitride', ACS Photonics, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 2305-2312.
- Everett, J, Campbell, G, Cho, Y et al. 2017, 'Dynamical observations of self-stabilizing stationary light', Nature Physics, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 68-73.
- Zhao, J, Dias, J, Haw, J et al. 2017, 'Quantum enhancement of signal-to-noise ratio with a heralded linear amplifier', Optica, vol. 4, no. 11, pp. 1421-1428pp.
- Brieussel, A, Shen, Y, Campbell, G et al. 2016, 'Squeezed light from a diamond-turned monolithic cavity', Optics Express, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 4042-4056.
- Walk, N, Hosseini, S, Geng, J et al. 2016, 'Experimental demonstration of Gaussian protocols for one-sided device-independent quantum key distribution', Optica, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 634-642.
- Cho, Y, Campbell, G, Everett, J et al. 2016, 'Highly efficient optical quantum memory with long coherence time in cold atoms', Optica, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 100-107.
- Fickler, R, Campbell, G, Buchler, B et al. 2016, 'Quantum entanglement of angular momentum states with quantum numbers up to 10,010', PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 113, no. 48, pp. 13642-13647.
- Haw, J, Zhao, J, Dias, J et al. 2016, 'Surpassing the no-cloning limit with a heralded hybrid linear amplifier for coherent states', Nature Communications, vol. 7, pp. 13222-13222.
- Armstrong, S, Wang, M, Teh, R et al. 2015, 'Multipartite Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen steering and genuine tripartite entanglement with optical networks', Nature Physics, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 167-172.
- Pinel, O, Everett, J, Hosseini, M et al. 2015, 'A mirrorless spinwave resonator', Scientific Reports, vol. 5, pp. -.
- Shen, Y, Assad, S, Grosse, N et al 2015, 'Nonlinear Entanglement and its Application to Generating Cat States', Physical Review Letters, vol. 114, no. 10, pp. 1-5pp.
- Higginbottom, D, Geng, J, Campbell, G et al. 2015, 'Dual-rail optical gradient echo memory', Optics Express, vol. 23, no. 19, pp. 24937-24944pp.
- Yuan, X, Assad, S, Thompson, J et al. 2015, 'Replicating the benefits of Deutschian closed timelike curves without breaking causality', NPJ Quantum Information, vol. 1, pp. 15007 (5pp).
- Haw, J, Assad, S, Lance, A et al. 2015, 'Maximization of extractable randomness in a quantum random-number generator', Physical Review Applied, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 1-12pp.
- Haw, J, Assad, S, Lance, A et al. 2015, 'Maximization of extractable randomness in a quantum random-number generator', Physical Review Applied, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 1-12pp.
- Higginbottom, D, Geng, J, Campbell, G et al. 2015, 'Dual-rail optical gradient echo memory', Optics Express, vol. 23, no. 19, pp. 24937-24944pp.
- Chrzanowski, H, Walk, N, Assad, S et al 2014, 'Measurement-based noiseless linear amplification for quantum communication', Nature Photonics, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 333-338.
- Hosseini, M, Guccione, G, Slatyer, H et al. 2014, 'Multimode laser cooling and ultra-high sensitivity force sensing with nanowires', Nature Communications, vol. 5, pp. 4663-4663.
- Geng, J, Campbell, G, Bernu, J et al. 2014, 'Electromagnetically induced transparency and four-wave mixing in a cold atomic ensemble with large optical depth', New Journal of Physics, vol. 16, pp. 113053/1-11.
- Campbell, G, Pinel, O, Hosseini, M et al. 2014, 'Configurable unitary transformations and linear logic gates using quantum memories', Physical Review Letters, vol. 113, no. 6, pp. 1-5.
- Lam, P & Ralph, T 2013, 'QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY Continuous improvement', Nature Photonics, vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 350-352.
- Buchler, B, Chow, J, Chua, S et al. 2013, 'Enhanced sensitivity of the LIGO gravitational wave detector by using squeezed states of light', Nature Photonics, vol. 7, no. 8, pp. 613-619.
- Guccione, G, Hosseini, M, Adlong, S et al. 2013, 'Scattering-free optical levitation of a cavity mirror', Physical Review Letters, vol. 111, no. 18, pp. 1-5.
- Gu, M, Chrzanowski, H, Assad, S et al 2012, 'Observing the operational significance of discord consumption', Nature Physics, vol. 8, no. 9, pp. 671-675.
- Armstrong, S, Morizur, J, Janousek, J et al. 2012, 'Programmable multimode quantum networks', Nature Communications, vol. 3.
- Sparkes, B, Hosseini, M, Higginbottom, D et al. 2012, 'Precision spectral manipulation: a demonstration using a coherent optical memory', Physical Review X, vol. 2, no. 2, p. 021011.
- Hosseini, M, Rebic, S, Sparkes, B et al. 2012, 'Memory-enhanced noiseless cross-phase modulation', Light: Science & Applications, vol. 1, no. 2012, p. 5.
- Chua, S, Inta, R, Lam, P et al. 2011, 'A gravitational wave observatory operating beyond the quantum shot-noise limit', Nature Physics, vol. 7, no. 12, pp. 962-965.
- Lam, P & Buchler, B 2011, 'ATOM-LIGHT INTERACTIONS The nonlinearity of single photons', Nature Photonics, vol. 5, no. 10, pp. 580-581.
- Symul, T, Assad, S & Lam, P 2011, 'Real time demonstration of high bitrate quantum random number generation with coherent laser light', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 98, no. 23, p. 3.
- Hosseini, M, Campbell, G, Sparkes, B et al 2011, 'Unconditional room-temperature quantum memory', Nature Physics, vol 7, pp.794.
- Hosseini, M, Sparkes, B, Campbell, G et al 2011, 'High efficiency coherent optical memory with warm rubidium vapour', Nature Communications, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 174.
- Schnabel, R, Mavalvala, N, McClelland, D et al. 2010, 'Quantum metrology for gravitational wave astronomy', Nature Communications, vol. 1, no. 8, p. 12.
- Reid, M, Drummond, P, Bowen, W et al. 2009, 'Colloquium: The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox: From concepts to applications', Reviews of Modern Physics, vol. 81, p. 1727.
- Hosseini, M, Sparkes, B, Hetet, G et al. 2009, 'Coherent optical pulse sequencer for quantum applications', Nature, vol. 461, pp. 241-245.
- Janousek, J, Wagner, K, Morizur, J et al. 2009, 'Optical entanglement of co-propagating modes', Nature Photonics, vol. 3, p. 4.
- Ralph, T & Lam, P 2009, 'A bright future for quantum communications', Nature Photonics, vol. 3, pp. 671-673.
- Grosse, N, Mehmet, M, Assad, S et al 2008, 'Observation of Entanglement between Two Light Beams Spanning an Octave in Optical Frequency', Physical Review Letters, vol. 100, no. 243601 (2008), p. 4.
- Wagner, K, Janousek, J, Delaubert, V et al. 2008, 'Entangling the spatial properties of laser beams', Science, vol. 321, pp. 541-543.
- Hetet, G, Longdell, J, Alexander, A et al 2008, 'Electro-Optic Quantum Memory for Light Using Two-Level Atoms', Physical Review Letters.
- Hetet, G, Longdell, J, Sellars, M et al. 2008, 'Multimodal Properties and Dynamics of Gradient Echo Quantum Memory', Physical Review Letters, vol. 101, p. 203601.
- Lassen , M, Delaubert, V, Janousek, J et al. 2007, 'Tools for Multimode Quantum Information: Modulation, Detection, and Spatial Quantum Correlations', Physical Review Letters, vol. 98, pp. 083602 1-4.
- Grosse, N, Symul, T, Stobinska, M et al 2007, 'Measuring Photon Antibunching from Continuous Variable Sideband Squeezing', Physical Review Letters, vol. 98, no. 15, pp. 153603.1-4.
- Hsu, M, Hetet, G, Gloeckl, O et al. 2006, 'Quantum Study of Information Delay in Electromagnetically Induced Transparency', Physical Review Letters, vol. 97, no. 18, pp. 183601-1-4.
- Grosse, N, Bowen, W, McKenzie, K et al. 2006, 'Harmonic Entanglement with Second-Order Nonlinearity', Physical Review Letters, vol. 96, pp. 063601-4.
- Lance, A, Symul, T, Sharma, V et al. 2005, 'No-Switching Quantum Key Distribution Using Broadband Modulated Coherent Light', Physical Review Letters, vol. 95, pp. 180503/1-4.
- Weedbrook, C, Lance, A, Bowen, W et al. 2004, 'Quantum cryptography without switching', Physical Review Letters, vol. 93, no. 17, pp. 170504-1 to 170504-4.
- McKenzie, K, Grosse, N, Bowen, W et al. 2004, 'Squeezing in the audio gravitational-wave detection band', Physical Review Letters, vol. 93, no. 16, pp. 161105-1 to 161105-4.
- Lance, A, Symul, T, Bowen, W et al. 2004, 'Tripartite quantum state sharing', Physical Review Letters, vol. 92, no. 17, pp. 177903-1 to 177903-4.
- Bowen, W, Schnabel, R, Lam, P et al. 2003, 'Experimental investigation of criteria for continous variable entanglement', Physical Review Letters, vol. 90, no. 4 (31st January 2003), pp. 043601-1 to 043601-4.
- Bowen, W, Treps, N, Buchler, B et al. 2003, 'Experimental investigation of continous-variable quantum teleportation', Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, vol. 67, no. 032302, pp. 032302-1 - 032304.
- Treps, N, Grosse, N, Bowen, W et al. 2003, 'A quantum laser pointer', Science, vol. 301, no. 15 August 2003, pp. 940-943.
- Bowen, W, Treps, N, Schnabel, R et al. 2002, 'Experimental Demonstration of Continuous Variable Polarization Entanglement', Physical Review Letters, vol. 89, no. 25, pp. 253601-1 - 4.
- Treps, N, Andersen, U, Buchler, B et al. 2002, 'Surpassing the Standard Quantum Limit for Optical Imaging Using Nonclassical Multimode Light', Physical Review Letters, vol. 88, no. 20, pp. 203601-1 - 4.
- Bowen, W, Schnabel, R, Bachor, H et al. 2002, 'Polarization Sqeezing of Continuous Variable Stokes Parameters', Physical Review Letters, vol. 88, no. 9, pp. 093601-1 - 4.
- McKenzie, K, Shaddock, D, McClelland, D et al. 2002, 'Experimental Demonstration of a Squeezing-Enhanced Power-Recycled Michelson Interferometer for Gravitational Wave Detection', Physical Review Letters, vol. 88, no. 23, pp. 231102-1 - 4.
- Silberhorn, C, Lam, P, Weiss, O et al 2001, 'Generation of Continuous Variable Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Entanglement via the Kerr Nonlinearity in an optical Fiber', Physical Review Letters, vol. 86, no. 19, pp. 4267-4270.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- Space Based Quantum Communications Collaboration with UNSW (Secondary Investigator)
- Precision Laser Levitation for Quantum Metrology and Gravitational Sensing (Primary Investigator)
- Coherent Laser Levitation for Precision Sensing and Enabling Science (Primary Investigator)
- Quantum Opto-Mechanics with Whispering Gallery Modes in Crystalline Materials (Primary Investigator)
