Dr. McCusker graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a bachelor's degree in both Physics and Computer Engineering. He continued his graduate work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he worked on free-space quantum optics, with applications toward quantum computing and quantum cryptography, with an emphasis on creating efficient sources. He joined CPCC in 2012, and worked on creating efficient fiber-based resources for quantum information (fiber-based single-photon source using four-wave mixing and an efficient all-optical switch).
Publications:
(1) K. T. McCusker, Y.-P. Huang, A. S. Kowligy, and P. Kumar, “Experimental Demonstration of Interaction-Free All-Optical Switching via the Quantum Zeno Effect,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 240403 (2013) http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v110/i24/e240403.
(2) B. G. Christensen, K. T. McCusker, J. B. Altepeter, B. Calkins, T. Gerrits, A. E. Lita, A. Miller, L. K. Shalm, Y. Zhang, S. W. Nam, N. Brunner, C. C. W. Lim, N. Gisin, and P. G. Kwiat, “Detection-Loophole-Free Test of Quantum Nonlocality, and Applications,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 130406 (2013) http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v111/i13/e130406.
(3) T. Brougham, S. M. Barnett, K. T. McCusker, P. G. Kwiat, and D. J. Gauthier, “Security of high-dimensional quantum key distribution protocols using Franson interferometers,” J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 46, 104010 (2013) http://iopscience.iop.org/0953-4075/46/10/104010/.
(4) J. Bogdanski, A. Danan, S. Jobling, K. T. McCusker, S. Quint, A. Z. Smith, J. Smith, and P. G. Kwiat, “Novel narrow-band spectral interference filter with very high transmittance,” J. Mod. Opt. 58, 306 (2011) http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09500340.2010.543476.
(5) K. T. McCusker and P. G. Kwiat, “Efficient optical quantum state engineering,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 163602 (2009) http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v103/i16/e163602.
(6) K. T. McCusker, R. Rangarajan, and P. G. Kwiat, "High-efficiency quantum state engineering", Proc. SPIE, 74650F (2009) http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.826998.
Award(s):
Donald and Shirley Jones fellowship for excellence in research (2010)
