Daniel J. Gauthier, Research Professor of Physics

Please note: Daniel has left the "Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics" group at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	137B and 187 Physics
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://www.phy.duke.edu/~gauthier/

Education:

Ph.D.	University of Rochester	1989
Optics	University of Rochester	1989
Optics	University of Rochester	1983
M.S.	University of Rochester	1983
Optics	University of Rochester	1982
B.S.	University of Rochester	1982

Specialties:

Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
Heart, Electrophysiology
Experimental condensed matter physics
Nonlinear dynamics and complex systems

Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

• Louis F. Isabella  
• Nicholas D. Haynes  
• Margaret Shea  
• Bonnie Schmittberger  
• Hannah E. Guilbert  

Postdocs Mentored

• Christoph Wildfeuer (August 1, 2012 - July, 2013)  
• Damien Rontani (October, 2011 - November, 2013)  
• Carolyn Berger (January 01, 2009 - August 30, 2008)  
• Rui Zhang (February, 2008 - September, 2011)  
• Hugo L Cavalcante (February, 2008 - August, 2011)  
• Eduardo Granado-Cabrera (October 1, 2007 - September 30, 2008)  
• Xiaopeng Zhang (May 01, 2005 - June 30, 2007)  
• Zhaoming Zhu (September 01, 2004 - June 30, 2008)  
• Lucas Illing (February 01, 2003 - June 30, 2007)  
• Elena Tolkacheva (May 1, 2001 - June 30, 2004)  
• John C. Swartz (January, 1999 - September, 1999)  
• Olivier Pfister (1997 - 1999)  
• Sonya Bahar (1997 - 1999)  
• Jeff R. Gardner (1995 - 1997)  

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Canaday, D; Griffith, A; Gauthier, DJ, Rapid time series prediction with a hardware-based reservoir computer., Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.), vol. 28 no. 12 (December, 2018), pp. 123119 [doi]  [abs]
2. Nicolich, KL; Cahall, C; Islam, NT; Lafyatis, GP; Kim, J; Gauthier, DJ, Photon-Number Resolution in Conventional Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors: Theoretical Predictions, 2018 Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics, Cleo 2018 Proceedings (August, 2018), ISBN 9781943580422  [abs]
3. Islam, NT; Lim, CCW; Cahall, C; Qi, B; Kim, J; Gauthier, DJ, High-rate Time-bin Quantum Key Distribution Using Quantum-controlled Measurement, 2018 Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics, Cleo 2018 Proceedings (August, 2018), ISBN 9781943580422  [abs]
4. Cahall, C; Nicolich, KL; Islam, NT; Lafyatis, GP; Miller, AJ; Gauthier, DJ; Kim, J, Photon-Number Resolution in Conventional Superconducting Nanowire Single-photon Detectors: Experimental Demonstration, 2018 Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics, Cleo 2018 Proceedings (August, 2018), ISBN 9781943580422  [abs]
5. Aragoneses, A; Islam, NT; Eggleston, M; Lezama, A; Kim, J; Gauthier, DJ, Bounding the outcome of a two-photon interference measurement using weak coherent states., Optics Letters, vol. 43 no. 16 (August, 2018), pp. 3806-3809, OPTICAL SOC AMER [doi]  [abs]

Selected Invited Lectures

1. Toward Single-Photon Nonlinear Optics via Self-Assembled Ultracold Atoms, October 26, 2010, Frontiers in Optics 2010/Division of Laser Science XXVI, Rochester, NY    
2. 'High throughput, high bit-per-photon quantum communication, September 24, 2010, QIBEC (Quantum Information/BEC) Seminar, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD    
3. 'Using self-assembly to enable single-photon nonlinear optics, May 26, 2010, EECS Distinguished Seminar Series, Northwestern University    
4. Observation of chaos in small networks of Boolean-like logic circuits, April 09, 2010, SCCAMM Workshop on Nonlinear Dynamics of Networks, University of Maryland, College Park, MD    
5. Slow light applications of forward stimulated Brillouin scattering, January 25, 2010, Photonics West, San Francisco, CA    
6. Boolean Chaos, January 05, 2010, Dynamics Days 2010, Chicago, IL    
7. Boolean Delay Systems, October 06, 2009, Workshop on Delayed Complex Systems, Max-Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany    
8. Slow and stopped light in optical waveguides, August 29, 2008, DTU Fotonik Seminar, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Bygning, Denmark    
9. Broadband chaos in time-delay photonic and electroic devices: Potential implications for sensor networks, May 23, 2007, Nonlinear Dynamics Seminar, University of Maryland, College Park, MD    
10. Ultra-low-light-level all-optical switching, September 15, 2006, Physics Department Colloquium, Ohio University, Athens, OH    
11. Discovery of a new type of bifurcation in paced cardiac muscle, July 14, 2006, Third Workshop Promotionskolleg, Helmholtz Center for Brain and Mind Dynamics, Liebenwalde, Germany