Kevin Resch
Biography
Dr. Resch uses experimental quantum physics to understand photon entanglement and quantum information science. His work focuses on generating new quantum states of light with applications ranging from quantum computing to future medical imaging.
Research Interests
Experimental Quantum Communication and Computation
Optical Sources of Entanglement
Measurement and Quantum State Tomography
Quantum Interference
Nonlinear Optics
Quantum Communication
Optical Systems
Scholarly Research
Education
2002 PhD, Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
1998 MSc, Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
1997 BSc, Honours, Chemical Physics, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
Awards
Canada Research Chair in Optical Quantum Technologies
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation Early Researcher Award
2013 NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowships
2007-2011 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery
Affiliations and Volunteer Work
Faculty, Institute for Quantum Computing
Affiliate member, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Teaching*
- PHYS 363 - Intermediate Classical Mechanics
- Taught in 2023, 2024, 2025
- PHYS 761 - Laboratory on Photonic Quantum Technology
- Taught in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- PHYS 768 - Special Topics in Quantum Information Processing
- Taught in 2020
- QIC 861 - Laboratory on Photonic Quantum Technology
- Taught in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- QIC 890 - Topics in Quantum Information
- Taught in 2020
* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.
Selected/Recent Publications
K.A.G. Fisher, D.G. England, J.-P.W. MacLean, P.J. Bustard, K.J. Resch, and B.J. Sussman Frequency and bandwidth conversion of single photons in a room-temperature diamond quantum memory Nature Communications 7, 11200 (2016).
D. Mahler, L. Rozema, K. Fisher, L. Vermeyden, K.J. Resch, H. Wiseman, and A.M.Steinberg Experimental nonlocal and surreal Bohmian trajectories Science Advances 2, e1501466 (2016).
K. Reid, M. Agnew, L. Vermeyden, D. Janzing, R.W. Spekkens, and K.J. Resch A quantum advantage for inferring causal structure Nature Physics 11 414 (2015).
D.R. Hamel, L.K. Shalm, H. Hübel, A.J. Miller, F. Marsili, V.B. Verma, R.P. Mirin, S.W.Nam, K.J. Resch, and T. Jennewein Direct generation of three-photon polarization entanglement Nature Photonics 8, 801 (2014).
C. Erven, E. Meyer-Scott, K. Fisher, J. Lavoie, B. L. Higgins, Z. Yan, C. J. Pugh, J.-P. Bourgoin, R. Prevedel, L. K. Shalm, L. Richards, N. Gigov, R. Laflamme, G. Weihs, T. Jennewein, and K. J. Resch Experimental Three-Particle Quantum Nonlocality under Strict Locality Conditions Nature Photonics 8, 292 (2014).
Please see Dr. Resch's research website for a complete list of publications.
Patents
System and method for chirped pulse interferometry. Reference: 8810-7234 Patent status: U.S. patent issued Stage of development: Working prototype and ongoing research