Northwestern University Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Center for Photonic Communication and Computing

Articles in Hard-Bound Volumes

1. J. B. Altepeter, E. R. Jeffrey, M. Medic, and P. Kumar, ―Linear Optics Quantum Process Tomography,‖ in Quantum Communication, Measurement, and Computing (QCMC), the 9th International Conference, Calgary, Canada, 19–24 August 2008, AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1110, A. Lvovsky, Ed., (American Institute of Physics, Melville, NY, 2009), pp. 459–462.

2. M. Medic, K. F. Lee, J. Altepeter, B. Gökden, C. Liang, S. W. Nam, and P. Kumar, ―Tomographic Characterization of Fiber-Generated Polarization-Entangled Bell States,‖ in Quantum Communications Realized, edited by Y. Arakawa, M. Sasaki, and H. Sotobayashi, Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 6780 (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2007) article no. 67800R.

3. M. Shin and P. Kumar, ―1.25 Gbps Optical Data Channel Up-conversion in 20 GHz-Band via a Frequency-Doubling Optoelectronic Oscillator for Radio-Over-Fiber Systems,‖ in Microwave Symposium, 2007; IEEE/MTT-S International Digest, pp. 63–66, Publication Date: 3–8 June 2007, Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/MWSYM.2007.380219, Posted Online: 2007-07-02 15:59:00.0.

4. S. M. Spillane, G. S. Pati, M. S. Shahriar, P. Kumar, R. G. Beausoleil, ―Ultralow-light level saturation spectroscopy and EIT using a tapered fiber in a hot vapor cell,‖ in Advanced Optical and Quantum Memories and Computing IV, edited by Z. U. Hasan, A. E. Craig, S. M. Shahriar, and H. J. Coufal, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6482 (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2007), article no. 64820U, pp. 1–6.

5. X. Li, J. Chen, K. F. Lee, C. Liang, P. L. Voss, and P. Kumar, ―Fiber based entangled photon-pair source,‖ in Advanced Laser Technologies 2005, edited by I. A. Shcherbakov, K. Xu, Q. Wang, A. V. Priezzhev, and V. I. Pustovoy, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6344 (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2006), p. 77-85, article no. 63440E.

6. C. Liang, K. F. Lee, P. L. Voss, E. Corndorf, G. S. Kanter, J. Chen, X. Li, and P. Kumar, ―A Single-Photon Detector for High-Speed Telecom-Band Quantum Communication Applications,‖ in Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging III, edited by R. E. Meyers and Y. Shih, Proc. SPIE Vol. 5893 (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2005), article no. 589314.

7. T. Banwell, P. Toliver, J. C. Young, J. Hodge, M. Rauch, M. S. Goodman, G. Kanter, E. Corndorf, V. Grigoryan, C. Liang, and P. Kumar, ―High Data Rate Quantum Noise Protected Encryption Over Long Distances,‖ in IEEE Proceedings of the Military Communication Conference (MILCOM 2005), Atlantic City, NJ, October 17–20, 2005, Vol. 1, pp. 398–404; Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/MILCOM.2005.1605716.

8. G. S. Kanter, E. Corndorf, C. Liang, V. S. Grigoryan, and P. Kumar, ―Exploiting quantum and classical noises for securing high-speed optical communication networks,‖ in Fluctuations and Noise in Photonics and Quantum Optics III, P. R. Hemmer, J. R. Gea-Banacloche, P. Heszler, Sr., M. S. Zubairy, Eds., Proc. SPIE Vol. 5842 (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2005), pp. 74-86.

9. J. Chen, X. Li, P. L. Voss, and P. Kumar, ―Telecom-band entanglement generation in standard fibers,‖ in Quantum Optics and Applications in Computing and Communications II, G. Guo, H.-K. Lo, M. Sasaki, S. Liu, Eds., Proc. SPIE Vol. 5631 (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2004), pp. 51-59.

10. J. Chen, X. Li, and P. Kumar, ―Quantum theory for two-photon-state generation by means of four-wave mixing in optical fiber,‖ in Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging II, R. E. Meyers and Y. Shih, Eds., Proc. SPIE Vol. 5551 (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2004), pp. 121-128.

11. J. E. Sharping and P. Kumar, ―Nonlinear Optics in Photonic-Crystal Fibers,‖ invited review paper in Encyclopedia of Modern Optics, B. D. Guenther, D. G. Steel, and L. Bayvel, Eds., (Elsevier Academic Press, UK, December 2004), pp. 139-146.

12. P. Kumar, ―Practical Quantum Communication and Cryptography for WDM Optical Networks,‖ in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement, and Computing (QCM&C‘04), AIP Conference Proceedings Vol. 734 (American Institute of Physics, Melville, New York, 2004); pp. 3–11.

13. E. Corndorf, G. S. Kanter, C. Liang, and P. Kumar, ―Data encryption over an inline-amplified 200km-long WDM line using coherent-state quantum cryptography,‖ in Quantum Information and Computation, E. Donkor, A. R. Pirich, H. E. Brandt, Eds., Proc. SPIE Vol. 5436 (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2004), pp. 12-20.

14. M. S. Arnold, S. Lan, S. C. Cruz, J. E. Sharping, S. I. Stupp, P. Kumar, and M. C. Hersam, ―Optical absorption and transient photo-bleaching in solutions of surfactant-isolated and DNA-wrapped single-walled carbon nanotubes,‖ in Quantum Sensing and Nanophotonic Devices, M. Razeghi and G. J. Brown, Eds., Proc. SPIE Vol. 5359 (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2004), pp. 376–386.

15. P. L. Voss, Kahraman G. Köprülü, and P. Kumar, ―CW theory for optical-fiber photon-pair generation,‖ in Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices for Lightwave Communication, J. Piprek, Ed., Proc. SPIE Vol. 5248 (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2003), pp. 35-41.

16. E. Corndorf, P. Kumar, C. Liang, G. Barbosa, and H. Yuen, ―Efficient quantum cryptography with coherent-state light in optical fibers at Gbps rates,‖ in Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging, R. E. Meyers and Y. Shih, Eds., Proc. SPIE Vol. 5161 (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2004), pp. 310-319.

17. M. Fiorentino, J. E. Sharping, A. Coker, and P. Kumar, ―Fiber generated quantum correlations for quantum-optical communications,‖ in Coherence and Quantum Optics VIII, N. P. Bigelow, J. H. Eberly, C. R. Stroud Jr., and I. A. Walmsley, Eds., (Kluwer/Plenum, New York, 2003), pp. 185-186.

18. P. Voss, R. Tang, and P. Kumar, ―Measurement of the Photon Statistics of a Fiber Parametric Amplifier,‖ in Trends in Optics and Photonics Series (TOPS): Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications, Vol. 77, J. A. Nagel, S. Namiki, and L. H. Spiekman, Eds., (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 2002), pp. 110-115.

19. X. Li, P. L. Voss, J. E. Sharping, M. Fiorentino, and P. Kumar, ―An all-fiber source of polarization-entangled photon pairs in the 1550 nm telecom band,‖ in Trends in Optics and Photonics (TOPS), Vol. 79, Nonlinear Optics, OSA Technical Digest, Post-conference Edition (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C. 2002), pp. PD8-1 – PD8-2.

20. G.A. Barbosa, E. Corndorf, P. Kumar, H. P. Yuen, G. M. D‘Ariano, M. G. Paris, and P. Perinotti, ―Secure Communication using Coherent States,‖ in Quantum Communication, Measurement, and Computing (QCMC’02), J. H. Shapiro and O. Hirota, Eds., (Rinton Press, New Jersey, 2003), pp. 357–360. See also quant-ph/0210089.

21. P. Kumar, X. Li, M. Fiorentino, P. L. Voss, J. E. Sharping, and G. A. Barbosa, ―Fiber-Optic Sources of Quantum Entanglement,‖ in Quantum Communication, Measurement, and Computing (QCMC’02), J. H. Shapiro and O. Hirota, Eds., (Rinton Press, New Jersey, 2003), pp. 522–527. See also quant-ph/0209112.

22. G. A. Barbosa, E. Corndorf, P. Kumar, and H. P. Yuen, ―Quantum cryptography in free space with coherent-state light,‖ in Free-Space Laser Communication and Laser Imaging II, J. C. Ricklin and D. G. Voelz, Eds., Proc. SPIE, Vol. 4821, 2002, pp. 409-420.

23. ―Observation of noiseless image amplification by a parametric amplifier,‖ (with S.-K. Choi and M. Vasilyev), in Quantum Communication, Computing, and Measurement 2, P. Kumar, G. M. D‘Ariano, and O. Hirota, Eds., (Plenum, New York, 2000), pp. 481-486.

24. ―Measurement of joint photon-number distribution of a twin-beam state by means of optical homodyne tomography,‖ (with M. Vasilyev, S.-K. Choi, and G. M. D‘Ariano), in Quantum Communication, Computing, and Measurement 2, P. Kumar, G. M. D‘Ariano, and O. Hirota, Eds., (Plenum, New York, 1999), pp. 157-162.

25. ―Time domain correlations and gated detection of quantum solitons,‖ (with D. Levandovsky and M. Vasilyev), in Quantum Communication, Computing, and Measurement 2, P. Kumar, G. M. D‘Ariano, and O. Hirota, Eds., (Plenum, New York, 1999), pp. 469-474.

26. P. Kumar, G. D. Bartolini, D. K. Serkland, and W. L. Kath, ―Parametric-Amplification based Storage Buffers and Regenerators for Tb/s Packet-Switched Networks,‖ in Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics (PHOTONICS-98), New Delhi, India, December 14-18, 1998, A. Sharma and A. Ghatak, Eds., (Viva Books, New Delhi, 1999), pp. 527-533.

27. ―All-optical storage of a picosecond-pulse packet using parametric amplification: phase-insensitive loading,‖ (with G. D. Bartolini and D. K. Serkland), in Trends in Optics and Photonics Series, Vol. 25, Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications, D. Baney, K. Emura, and J. Wiesenfeld, Eds., (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1998), pp. 288-291.

28. ―All-optical storage of a picosecond-pulse packet using parametric amplification,‖ (with G. D. Bartolini and D. K. Serkland), in Trends in Optics and Photonics Series, Vol. 16, Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications, M. N. Zervas, A. Willner, and S. Sasaki, Eds., (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1997), pp. 129-136.

29. ―A Highly-Stable 59 GHz Soliton Source at 1550 nm,‖ (with D. K. Serkland, G. D. Bartolini, W. L. Kath, D. W. Anthon, and D. L. Sipes), in Trends in Optics and Photonics Series, Vol. 13, Ultrafast Electronics and Optoelectronics, M. Nuss and J. Bowers, Eds., (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1997), pp. 23-26.

30. ―Quantum Properties of the Traveling-Wave χ(2) Process: Theory, Experiments, and Applications,‖ (with M. L. Marable and S.-K. Choi), in Quantum Communication, Computing, and Measurement, O. Hirota, A. S. Holevo, and C. M. Caves, Eds., (Plenum, New York, 1997), pp. 531-544.

31. ―Amplitude squeezing of the fundamental field by means of traveling-wave quasi-phasematched second-harmonic generation in a LiNbO3 waveguide,‖ with D. K. Serkland, M. A. Arbore, and M. M. Fejer), in Quantum Communication, Computing, and Measurement, O. Hirota, A. S. Holevo, and C. M. Caves, Eds., (Plenum, New York, 1997), pp. 433-438.

32. P. R. Hemmer, D. P. Katz, M. S. Shahriar, P. Kumar, and M. Cronin-Golomb, ―Optical Phase Conjugation using Raman Coherent Population Trapping,‖ Proc. SPIE 2798, 1996, pp. 272–281.

33. ―Optical phase conjugation in the double Raman system,‖ (with P. R. Hemmer, M. S. Shahriar, D. P. Katz, J. Donoghue, and M. Cronin-Golomb), Coherence and Quantum Optics VII, J. H. Eberly, L. Mandel, and E. Wolf, Eds., (Plenum, New York, 1996), pp. 435-436.

34. ―Optical phase conjugation with gain in a bulk semiconductor,‖ (with D. O. Caplan), SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 2622, August 1995, pp. 244-253.

35. ―Photon-Noise Reduction Experiments with a Q-switched Nd:YAG Laser,‖ (with J. Huang and O. Aytür), in Laser Noise, R. Roy, Ed., Proc. SPIE 1376, 1991, pp. 192-197.

36. ―Squeezed Light Generation with an Incoherent Pump,‖ (with O. Aytür and J. Huang), in Coherence and Quantum Optics VI, J. H. Eberly, L. Mandel, and E. Wolf, Eds., (Plenum, New York, 1989), pp. 71-75.

37. ―Photon Statistics of Broadband Squeezed Light,‖ invited paper presented at the Vth New Zealand Symposium on Quantum Optics held in Rotorua, New Zealand, February 13-17, 1989. See Quantum Optics V, J. D. Harvey and D. F. Walls, Eds., (Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg New York London Paris Tokyo, 1989), pp. 28-39.

38. ―Photon Counting Statistics of Multimode Squeezed Light,‖ (with J. Huang), in Advances in Laser Science–IV, J. L. Gole, D. F. Heller, M. Lapp, and W. C. Stwalley, Eds., (American Institute of Physics, New York, 1989), pp. 216-218.

39. ―Squeezed-Light Generation in Optical Waveguides,‖ invited paper presented at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Squeezed and Non-Classical Light, held at Cortina d‘Ampezzo, Italy, 1988 January 25-29. See Squeezed and Non-Classical Light, P. Tombesi and E. R. Pike, Eds., (Plenum, New York, 1989), pp. 175-183.

40. ―Squeezing via Traveling-Wave Forward Four-wave Mixing in Atomic Vapors: Comparison with Nondegenerate Theory,‖ invited paper presented at the 1987 U.S. Japan Seminar on Quantum Mechanical Aspects of Quantum Electronics, July 21 - July 24, Monterey, CA. See proceedings of the Workshop: J. H. Shapiro and H. Takuma, Eds., MIT, Cambridge, MA (1987), pp. 451-475.

41. ―Squeezed State Experiments in Resonant Media,‖ invited paper presented at the MIT Endicott House Workshop on Squeezed States of Light, Oct. 21, 1985; also in the Proceedings of the MIT Endicott House Workshop on Squeezed States of Light, J. H. Shapiro and P. Kumar, Eds., MIT, Cambridge, MA (1985), pp. 89-103.

42. ―Observation of Phase-sensitive Noise in Sodium Vapor,‖ (with M. W. Maeda and J. H. Shapiro), in Optical Instabilities, R. W. Boyd, M. G. Raymer and L. M. Narducci, Eds., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1986, pp. 370-372.

43. ―Quantum Noise Measurements in Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing,‖ (with R. S. Bondurant, J. H. Shapiro, and M. M. Salour), in Coherence and Quantum Optics V, L. Mandel and E. Wolf, Eds., Plenum Press, New York, 1984, pp. 43-50.

44. ―Pump and Loss Effects on Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing Quantum Statistics,‖ (with R. S. Bondurant, M. Maeda, and J. H. Shapiro), in Coherence and Quantum Optics V, L. Mandel and E. Wolf, Eds., Plenum Press, New York, 1984, pp. 767-774.

45. ―Experimental Demonstration of a New Technique to Measure Ultrafast Dephasing Times,” (with J.-C. Diels, W. C. Wang, and R. K. Jain), in Picosecond Phenomenon III, K. B. Eisenthal et al. Eds., Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1982, pp. 120-122.