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   (Fall) Physics 312: Analytical Mechanics  (Spring) Physics 362: Computational Science   (Fall) Physics 650: Introduction to Stochastic Processes   (Spring)

Selected Publications

Locally Optimal Control of Quantum Systems with Strong Feedback A. Shabani and K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 230403 (2008) Rapid Measurement of Quantum Systems Using Feedback Control J. Combes, H. M. Wiseman and K. Jacobs, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 160503 (2008) 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) Feedback-Control of Quantum Systems Using Continuous State-Estimation A. Doherty and K. Jacobs, Phys Rev. A 60, 2700 (1999)