Christian Kurtsiefer Group

We are an experimental group concerned with implementing quantum information building blocks with photons and atoms. We have experience in working with entangled photon pair sources and single photon detection, ranging from fundamental tests in physics to applications like quantum key distribution. Another focus is to make photons and atoms interact strongly in unconventional ways.

More information at our homepage: http://www.qolah.org/

Christian Kurtsiefer received his PhD in experimental physics in 1997 in the field of atom interferometry from the University of Konstanz, Germany. After a postdoc stint at IBM Almaden research center in San Jose, CA, he became scientific staff member in the Physics Department at the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich from 1999 to 2003. He joined the Physics Department of NUS in 2003, and was one of the founding members of CQT in 2007. He is elected fellow of the American Physical Society, and currently president of the Institute of Physics Singapore.

His main research interests are in quantum optics and atomic physics, with an emphasis on experimental quantum information and communication, single photon technologies and atom-light interaction. Recent work is focused on single photon technologies like practical QKD systems, atom-photon interfaces, hybrid quantum systems, and quantum randomness sources.

Group Members

• Christian KurtsieferPrincipal Investigator
• Hwang Jae SukSenior Research Fellow
• Poh Hou Shun Seth Walter DineenSenior Research Fellow
• Tan Peng KianSenior Research Fellow
• Chow Chang HoongResearch Fellow
• Ng Boon LongResearch Fellow
• Vindhiya PrakashResearch Fellow
• Chiew Wen XinResearch Assistant/CQT PhD Student
• Koh Ming Zhi,DarrenResearch Assistant/CQT PhD Student
• Tay Wei Yau, Thormund Research Assistant/CQT PhD Student
• Xu Zifang Research Assistant
• Joel AuccapucllaCQT PhD Student
• Gan Jung HerngPhD Student (Physics Dept)
• Justin Peh Yu XiangCQT PhD Student
• Li YifanCQT PhD Student