报告人简介：

Colin J. McKinstrie于1981年获得英国格拉斯哥大学数学与物理学学士学位，并于1986年获得美国罗切斯特大学等离子物理学博士学位。1985至1988年间，他在美国洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室应用物理部和非线性研究中心进行博士后访问研究。1988年McKinstrie博士回到罗切斯特大学被聘为机械工程学助理教授以及激光能量实验室科学家。1992年和2000年，他被聘任为副教授和教授。在此期间，他的主要研究方向是激光熔接和非线性光学。从2001年起，McKinstrie博士加入贝尔实验室作为一名技术人员，其研究领域是通信系统中光脉冲的放大和传播以及参量器件在量子信息科学中的应用。在相关研究领域McKinstrie博士已经撰写或合著了135篇期刊论文和185篇会议论文。McKinstrie博士是CLEO、FiO和OFC等国际会议的技术委员会委员，是美国光学学会（OSA）量子电子学部的前任主席，FiO国际会议的程序主席，Optics Express副编辑。McKinstrie博士曾多次获奖，包括英国皇家物理学会（IoP）会士、美国洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室主任会士、美国电气与电子工程师学会（IEEE）卓越讲师、NSF总统青年科学家奖、OSA会士和巡回讲师。

Biography:

Colin J. McKinstrie received a BSc degree from the University of Glasgow in 1981 (mathematics and physics) and a PhD degree from the University of Rochester in 1986 (plasma physics). From 1985 to 1988 he was a Postdoctoral Fellow of Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he was associated with the Applied Physics Division and the Center for Nonlinear Studies. In 1988 Dr McKinstrie returned to the University of Rochester as an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and a Scientist in the Laboratory for Laser Energetics. He was promoted to the ranks of Associate Professor and Professor in 1992 and 2000, respectively. During this time, his main research interests were laser fusion and nonlinear optics. Since 2001 Dr McKinstrie has been a Member of the Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories, where his research concerns the amplification and transmission of optical pulses in communication systems, and applications of parametric devices in quantum information science. He has authored or coauthored about 135 journal papers and 185 conference papers on the aforementioned subjects. Dr McKinstrie has served on technical committees for CLEO, FiO and OFC, is the past Chair of the OSA Quantum Electronics Division and Program Chair of FiO, and is a Deputy Editor of Optics Express. His honors include IoP Fellow, LANL Director’s Fellow, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, NSF Presidential Young Investigator, OSA Fellow and OSA Traveling Lecturer.

报告摘要：

在此报告中，我将首先综述介绍基于光纤四波混频效应的一些参量器件（放大器、频率转换器、相位共轭器等）的物理特性和工作性能；其次将进一步介绍基于这些参量器件的新应用，比如可调谐辐射产生、相位敏感放大器、基于频率转换和色散的缓存以及实时采样等；最后我将就量子信息实验中的光子产生和频率转换等方面进行一些介绍。

Abstract:

In this talk I will review the physics and performance characteristics of parametric devices, such as amplifiers, frequency convertors and phase conjugators, which are based on four-wave mixing in fibers. I will also describe some recent applications of these devices, such as tunable radiation generation, phase-sensitive amplification, buffering by frequency conversion and dispersion, and real-time sampling. If time permits, I will describe aspects of photon generation and frequency conversion in quantum information experiments.