Steven J. van Enk

Dutch theoretical physicist

Steven J. van Enk
Born1965 (age 58–59)
Alma materUniversity of Leiden (Ph.D)
University of Utrecht (B.S.)
Scientific career
Institutions
Thesis Light as a Thermodynamic Force  (1992)
Doctoral advisorGerard Nienhuis

Steven Jacob van Enk (born 1965) is a physicist on the faculty of the University of Oregon whose fields of study are theoretical quantum information and quantum optics.

Early life and education

Born in 1965[1] in Veenendaal, the Netherlands, Steven J. van Enk lived in Holland until 1993.[2] He earned a Ph.D. at the Universiteit Leiden in 1992.[3]

Van Enk is a national FIDE Master chess player.[1][4]

Career

Van Enk held postdoc positions at the MaxPlanck Institute of Quantum Optics, at the University of Innsbruck, and at Cal Tech, where he worked with H. Jeff Kimble, a leading theorist in quantum information. Van Enk was then a member of the technical staff at Bell Labs for six years.

In 2006 van Enk joined the University of Oregon Physics Department,[5] where he became a full professor in 2009.[2] His work has been partially supported by N.S.F. grants.[6]

Selected publications

  • Chou, C. W.; de Riedmatten, H.; Felinto, D.; Polyakov, S. V.; van Enk, S. J.; Kimble, H. J. (December 2005). "Measurement-induced entanglement for excitation stored in remote atomic ensembles". Nature. 438 (7069): 828–832. arXiv:quant-ph/0510055. doi:10.1038/nature04353. ISSN 1476-4687.
  • van Enk, S. J.; Hirota, O. (July 13, 2001). "Entangled coherent states: Teleportation and decoherence". Physical Review A. 64 (2): 022313. arXiv:quant-ph/0012086. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.64.022313.
  • van Enk, S. J. (December 29, 2005). "Single-particle entanglement". Physical Review A. 72 (6): 064306. arXiv:quant-ph/0507189. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.72.064306.
  • van Enk, S. J.; Beenakker, C. W. J. (March 16, 2012). "Measuring Tr ρ n Single Copies of ρ Using Random Measurements". Physical Review Letters. 108 (11): 110503. arXiv:1112.1027. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.110503.
  • van Enk, S. J.; Pike, R. (August 6, 2002). "Classical rules in quantum games". Physical Review A. 66 (2): 024306. arXiv:quant-ph/0203133. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.66.024306.

Awards, honors

  • 2010 American Physical Society Fellow, cited "For pioneering contributions in theoretical quantum information and quantum optics, including entanglement verification, quantum communication and teleportation, and angular momentum of photons."[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Steven Van Enk chess games - 365Chess.com". www.365chess.com. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Brau, Jim (Spring 2011). "Profile - Steven van Enk" (PDF). Physics News, University of Oregon Department of Physics: 1–2.
  3. ^ "Steven van Enk - The Mathematics Genealogy Project". www.mathgenealogy.org. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  4. ^ Luerken, Katie (February 8, 2024). "Chapter Highlights". Society of Physics Students. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  5. ^ "Steven van Enk | College of Arts and Sciences". cas.uoregon.edu. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  6. ^ "NSF Award Search: Award # 1205544 - Transient Quantum Optomechanics". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  7. ^ "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
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