Ping Koy Lam

Ping Koy Lam
Residence Australia
Fields quantum optics, quantum information science
Institutions Australian National University, Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Alma mater Australian National University
Doctoral advisor Professor Hans A. Bachor
Doctoral students Warwick P. Bowen
Andrew M. Lance
Vikram Sharma
Kirk McKenzie
Magnus T. L. Hsu
Gabriel Hétet
Nicolai B. Grosse
Mahdi Hosseini
Ben M. Sparkes
Known for quantum optics, quantum teleportation, quantum cryptography, quantum memory

Ping Koy Lam is an Australian scientist and Professor of Physics at the Australian National University in Canberra. He is currently an Australian Research Council Australian Laureate Fellow and a work package director and program manager in the ARC Centre for Quantum Computer and Communication Technology.[1] Ping Koy Lam is also the chief scientist and co-founder of QuintessenceLabs.[2] For his PhD thesis in 1999 he was awarded the Australian Institute of Physics Bragg Medal.[3] He was awarded the 2003 British Council Eureka Prize for inspiring science (quantum teleportation) and the 2006 UNSW Eureka Prize for innovative research (quantum cryptography).[4]

He researches quantum optics, optical metrology, nonlinear optics and quantum information. His highly cited research includes pioneering work in quantum key distribution, quantum memory, and optical quantum information processing.

References

  1. "ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology".
  2. "QuintessenceLabs".
  3. "ANU Photonics".
  4. "ANU Photonics".
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