Atomic Physic Division

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Quantum Processes and Metrology Staff

Phil Johnson


Phil Johnson Contact Information
Education
Employment
Areas of Specialization
Publications


Education:

1999 Ph.D. Theoretical Physics, University of Maryland at College Park (Degree, December 1991), Dissertation: “Nonequilibrium Quantum Dynamics of Particles and Fields”, Dissertation Advisor: Professor Bei-Lok Hu, General Relativity Group.
1994 M.S. Physics, University of Maryland at College Park
1990 B.S. Physics, University of Maryland at College Park


Employment:

2006-present Physicist, Quantum Processes and Metrology Group, Atomic Physics Division, Physics Laboratory, NIST Gaithersburg, Maryland
2006-present Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Audio Technology, and Physics, American University (Joint appointment)
2004-2006 National Research Council (NRC) Postdoctoral Fellow, NIST, Atomic Physics Division, Quantum Information Program
2004-2006 Joint Appointment as Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Fellow
2002-2004 Part-Time Instructor, Department of Physics, University of Maryland
2000-2004 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Superconducting Quantum Computing and Dynamical Systems and Accelerator Theory Groups, University of Maryland


Areas of Specialization

  Quantum Computing, Communication, and Information
Atoms in optical lattices
Atom optics
Superconducting qubits
Magnetic nanoparticles
Decoherence and quantum open systems
Relativistic quantum mechanics

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Online: June 2007