Kurt Jacobs   Assistant Professor of Physics Department of Physics University of Massachusetts at Boston 100 Morrissey Blvd Boston, MA 02125 Homepage Quantum Nonlinear Dynamics and Control Group Office: S–3–115 Email: here Phone: 617 287 6044 Fax: 617 287 6053

Research Interests

Quantum feedback control, the quantum-to-classical transition and quantum information theory

Classes

Physics 211: Introduction to Contemporary Physics Physics 312: Analytical Mechanics Physics 362: Computational Science Physics 650: Introduction to Stochastic Processes

Selected Publications

Engineering Quantum States of a Nano-Resonator via a Simple Auxiliary System K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 , 117203 (2007) Feedback Control of Non-linear Quantum Systems: a Rule of Thumb K. Jacobs and A. P. Lund Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 , 020501 (2007) Continuous Measurement of the Energy Eigenstates of a Nano-Mechanical Resonator Without a Non-Demolition Probe K. Jacobs, P. Lougovski and M. Blencowe Phys. Rev. Lett. 98 , 147201 (2007) Emergence of Chaos in Quantum Systems Far from the Classical Limit S. Habib, K. Jacobs and K. Shizume, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 , 010403 (2006) Continuous Quantum Measurement and the Emergence of Classical Chaos T. Bhattacharya, S. Habib and K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85 , 4852-4855 (2000) Optimal Local Implementation of Non-Local Quantum Gates J. Eisert, K. Jacobs, P. Papadopoulos and M.B. Plenio, Phys. Rev. A 62 , 052317 (2000) Feedback-Control of Quantum Systems Using Continuous State-Estimation A. Doherty and K. Jacobs, Phys Rev. A 60, 2700 (1999)