The Budapest Quantum Optics Group

Curriculum Vitae

Zsolt Kis

Education

  • PhD in physics 2000, University of Szeged, Szeged.
  • Thesis topic: Generation and study of nonclassical states (theory).
  • Diploma in physics 1994, Eotvos Lorand University of Sciences, Budapest. Thesis topic: Nonclassical vibrational states of molecules (theory).

Awards

  • Bolyai Research Grant of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2001-2004.
  • Young Researcher Award of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2002.
  • Publication Award of the Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, 2002.

Scientific visits abroad

  • Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, 2005-2006 (11 months), in the group of Prof. M. Fleischhauer.
  • University of Sofia, Sofia, 2005 (4 months), in the group of Prof. N.V. Vitanov.
  • Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, 2004 (4 months), in the group of Prof. M. Fleischhauer.
  • Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, 2003 (3 months), in the group of Prof. K. Bergmann.
  • University of Sofia, Sofia, 2002 (3 months), in the group of Prof. N.V. Vitanov.
  • Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 2000-2001 (12 months), in the group of Prof. S. Stenholm.
  • University of Rostock, Rostock, 1999-2000 (16 months), in the group of Prof. W. Vogel.

Positions

  • Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, 1999-
  • Research Laboratory for Crystal Physics, 1994-1999

Research grants

  • Adiabatic control in quantum optics and in quantum informatics, National Research Fund of Hungary (OTKA), Contract No. T043287, 2003-2006 (project leader).
  • Eötvös Loránd Scholarship, 6 months at the Univesity of Rostock, Rostock, 1999.
  • Quantum optical processes in oscillator systems, National Research Fund of Hungary (OTKA), Contract No. F019232, 1996-1999 (project leader).

Publications

  • in refereed journals: 37
  • cumulative impact factor: 73.54
  • number of independent citations: 204

Personal data

  • date and place of birth: 04.12.1969, Budapest, Hungary
  • nationality: Hungarian

Languages

  • English, fluent
  • French, intermediate
  • German, basic

Selected publications

  1. A. Karpati, Z. Kis, and P. Adam: Engineering mixed states in a degenerate four-state system, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 193003/1-4, 2004.
  2. E. Paspalakis, Z. Kis, E. Voutsinas, A.F. Terzis: Controlled rotation in a double quantum dot structure, Phys. Rev. B 69, 155316/1-5, 2004.
  3. Z. Kis and E. Paspalakis: Arbitrary rotation and entanglement of flux SQUID qubits, Phys. Rev. B 69, 024510/1-6, 2004.
  4. A. Karpati and Z. Kis: Adiabatic creation of coherent superposition states via multiple i ntermediate states, J. Phys. B 36, 905-919, 2003.
  5. Z. Kis and F. Renzoni: Qubit rotation by stimulated Raman adiabatic passage, Phys. Rev. A 65, 032318/1-4, 2002.
  6. Z. Kis and S. Stenholm: Optimal control approach for a degenerate STIRAP, J. Mod. Optics 49, 111-124, 2002.
  7. Z. Kis and S. Stenholm: Nonadiabatic dynamics in the dark subspace of a multilevel stimulated Raman adiabatic passage process, Phys. Rev. A 64, 063406/1-10, 2001.
  8. Z. Kis, W. Vogel, and L. Davidovich: Nonlinear coherent states of trapped-atom motion, Phys. Rev. A 64, 033401, 2001.
  9. P. Domokos, T. Kiss, J. Janszky, A. Zucchetti, Z. Kis, and W. Vogel: Collapse and revival in the vibronic dynamics of laser-driven diatomic molecules, Chem. Phys. Lett. 322, 255-262, 2000.
  10. Z. Kis, T. Kiss, J. Janszky, P. Adam, S. Wallentowitz, and W. Vogel: Local sampling of phase-space distributions by cascaded optical homodyning, Phys. Rev. A 59, R39-42, 1999.