Andrew G. White

Australian physicist

Andrew G. White
Alma mater	Australian National University, University of Queensland
Known for	Quantum computing
Scientific career
Fields	quantum optics, quantum information science
Institutions	University of Queensland, Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of Konstanz

Andrew G. White FAA is an Australian scientist and is currently Professor of Physics and a Vice-Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow at the University of Queensland. He is also Director of the University of Queensland Quantum technology Laboratory;^[1] Deputy-Director of the ARC Centre for Engineered Quantum systems,^[2] and a Program Manager in the ARC Centre for Quantum Computer and Communication Technology.^[3] (He has been a founding member of three Australian Research Council Centres of Excellence,^[4]^[5]^[6]).

He researches in quantum optics, quantum information science and fundamental quantum science. His highly cited publications include work on how to create and detect an optical vortex,^[7] sources of quantum entanglement,^[8] quantum tomography,^[9] and demonstration of the first entangling version of a quantum logic gates.^[10]

Honours and awards

2021 Australian Laureate Fellowship^[11]
2010 Fellow of the American Physical Society^[12]
2010 Pawsey Medal of the Australian Academy of Science
2009 Fellow of the Optical Society of America^[13]
2006 Australian Research Council Federation Fellowship

Selected publications

Lanyon, BP; Whitfield, JD; Gillet, GG; Goggin, ME; Almeida, MP; Kassal, I; Biamonte, JD; Mohseni, M; Powell, BJ; Barbieri, M; Aspuru-Guzik, A; White, AG (2010). "Towards Quantum Chemistry on a Quantum Computer". Nature Chemistry. 2 (2): 106–11. arXiv:0905.0887. Bibcode:2010NatCh...2..106L. doi:10.1038/nchem.483. PMID 21124400. S2CID 640752.
Lanyon, BP; Barbieri, M; Almeida, MP; Jennewein, T; Ralph, TC; Resch, KJ; Pryde, GJ; O'Brien, JL; Gilchrist, A; White, AG (2009). "Quantum computing using shortcuts through higher dimensions". Nature Physics. 5 (2): 134. arXiv:0804.0272. Bibcode:2009NatPh...5..134L. doi:10.1038/nphys1150.
Langford, NK; Dalton, RB; Harvey, MD; O'Brien, JL; Pryde, GJ; Gilchrist, A; Bartlett, SD; White, AG (2004). "Measuring entangled qutrits and their use for quantum bit commitment". Physical Review Letters. 93 (5): 053601. arXiv:quant-ph/0312072. Bibcode:2004PhRvL..93e3601L. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.053601. PMID 15323694. S2CID 16421665.
O'Brien, JL; Pryde, GJ; White, AG; Ralph, TC; Branning, D (2003). "Demonstration of an all-optical quantum controlled-NOT gate". Nature. 426 (6964): 264–267. arXiv:quant-ph/0403062. Bibcode:2003Natur.426..264O. doi:10.1038/nature02054. PMID 14628045. S2CID 9883628.

References

^ "Quantum Technology Laboratory".
^ "Centre for Engineered Quantum Systems". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
^ "Centre for Quantum Computer and Communication Technology". Archived from the original on 15 February 2011.
^ "ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems". Archived from the original on 22 July 2010.
^ "ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology". Archived from the original on 1 March 2011.
^ "ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation Technology" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2011.
^ Heckenberg, NR; McDuff, R; Smith, CP; White, AG (1992). "Generation of optical phase singularities by computer-generated holograms". Optics Letters. 17 (3): 221–223. Bibcode:1992OptL...17..221H. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.472.1077. doi:10.1364/OL.17.000221. PMID 19784282.
^ White, AG; James, DFVJ; Eberhard, PH; Kwiat, PG (1999). "Non-maximally entangled states: production, characterisation and utilisation". Physical Review Letters. 83 (16): 3103–3106. arXiv:quant-ph/9908081. Bibcode:1999PhRvL..83.3103W. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.3103. S2CID 18413991.
^ James, DFV; Kwiat, PG; Munro, WJ; White, AG (2001). "Measurement of qubits". Physical Review A. 64 (5): 052312. arXiv:quant-ph/0103121. Bibcode:2001PhRvA..64e2312J. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.64.052312. S2CID 16635722.
^ O'Brien, JL; Pryde, GJ; White, AG; Ralph, TC; Branning, D (2003). "Demonstration of an all-optical quantum controlled-NOT gate". Nature. 426 (6964): 264–267. arXiv:quant-ph/0403062. Bibcode:2003Natur.426..264O. doi:10.1038/nature02054. PMID 14628045. S2CID 9883628.
^ "2021 Laureate Profile: Professor Andrew White". Australian Research Council. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
^ "2010 Fellows of the American Physical Society".
^ "2009 Fellows of the Optical Society of America".