Kevin Resch

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.

• Experimental Quantum Communication and Computation

• Optical Sources of Entanglement

• Measurement and Quantum State Tomography

• Quantum Interference

• Nonlinear Optics

• Quantum Communication

• Optical Systems

Dr. Resch and his research group are interested in experimental quantum optics, nonlinear optics, state reconstruction and measurement, and interferometry.

• 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

• 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

• Faculty, Institute for Quantum Computing

• Affiliate member, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

• 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

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• 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.

• System and method for chirped pulse interferometry. Reference: 8810-7234 Patent status: U.S. patent issued Stage of development: Working prototype and ongoing research

• Changing the color of single photons in a diamond quantum memory, Science Daily (University of Waterloo) (2016)
• Entangled photons cast a new light on cause and effect, Physics World (Edwin Cartlidge) (2015)
• Entanglement à trois, Nature Physics News and Views (Geoff Pryde) (2014)
• It’s a good time for time-bin qubits Viewpoint in Physics (Todd Pittman) (2013)
• Tripartite entanglement Nature Photonics (Noriaki Horiuchi) (2013)
• Entanglement can help in classical communication PhysOrg.com (Miranda Marquit) (2011)
• Entangled in a dating game Viewpoint in Physics (Mark Wilde) (2011)
• Entanglement cuts through the noise Physics Today (Johanna Miller) (2011)
• Quantum computing: shaking up ground states Nature Physics News and Views (Robert Raussendorf) (2010)
• Quantum optics breakthrough: New method generates photon triplets PhysOrg.com (2010)
• Photons meet with three-way split Nature News (Jon Cartwright) (2010)
• Physicists demonstrate qubit-qutrit entanglement PhysOrg.com (Lisa Zyga) (2008)
• Super resolution phase measurements — without entanglement PhysOrg.com (Miranda Marquit) (2007)