Irfan Ali Khan, PhD

     

      48 Ginzton Lab •Stanford University • Stanford, CA 94305 • (650) 723-0228 • iak@stanford.edu

 

Curriculum Vitae

Education      

University of Rochester                                                                              Rochester, NY

Ph.D. Physics                                                                                                             2007

Imperial College                                                                                             London, UK

B.Sc. Physics/ M.Sc. Physics                                                                                           2000/2001

 

Research Experience

Stanford University                                                                                         Stanford, CA

Research Scholar, Applied Physics, Ginzton Laboratory                                    May 2007-present

Advisor: Prof. S. E. Harris

*         Towards generation of Single Cycle Bi-Photons.

*         Chirped poling of non-linear crystals, pulse compression.

*         Setting up lab for new project.

University of Rochester                                                                               Rochester, NY

      Research Assistant, Experimental Quantum Optics Group                                       2002-2007

  Advisor: Dr. J. C. Howell

*      First student in group, have independently mentored 4 junior members.

*      Strong publications and numerous presentations at scientific/industrial conferences.

*      I owe my success to the teamwork of my peers and advisor.

Sample Projects

All-Optical Buffering of Images in Slow-Light Medium                                              2006-2007

Optical pulses in an imaging system are buffered in a Cesium vapor cell.

*      Pulses are delayed up to 10 nanoseconds.

*      Fiber scans of 10 nanometer resolution via LabView to reconstruct image.

*      Press coverage in Washington Post and Scientific America Online.

Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) in Fiber Using Entangled Photon Pairs                 2004-2007

BMP image is transmitted over digital network using generated key.

*      100 femtosecond long photon pairs are generated in parametric down-conversion.

*      Photon arrival times recorded and synchronized to 50 picoseconds resolution.

*      Co-inventor and joint patent holder of cryptographic technique.

Quantum Imaging with Entangled Photons                                                              2004-2007

Investigate imaging enhancement and other free-space applications.

*      Research lithography, bio-imaging and other novel techniques.

*      Collaborative project obtained $147M in 2005 from Department of Defense. 

University of Rochester portion amounts to $5M over a period of 5 years.

Imperial College                                                                                             London, UK

Masters Candidate, Theoretical Quantum Optics Group                                                      2001

Advisor: Prof. P. Knight

*      Investigate entanglement in rudimentary solid-state system by modeling in C++.

Paul Scherrer Institute                                                                                   Villigen, CH

Summer Intern, High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager                                                      1999

 

Select Journal Publications

*      I. Ali-Khan, C. J. Broadbent, and J. C. Howell,

Large-Alphabet Quantum Key Distribution Using Energy-Time Entangled Bipartite States,

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 060503(2007)

*      R. M. Camacho, C. J. Broadbent, I. Ali-Khan and J. C. Howell,

All-Optical Delay of Images using Slow Light,

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