Kyung Soo Choi

• Emergence of non-equilibrium quantum phases from driven dipolar quantum matter (experimental)
• Extreme quantum nonlinear optics with Rydberg polaritons (experimental)
• Strongly coupled light and matter with photonic crystals (experimental)
• Casimir-Polder forces for cold atoms near nanophotonic structures (theory)
• Critical scaling behavior of entanglement for quantum many-body systems (theory)

Dr. Choi's research focuses on building exotic quantum systems with strongly interacting atoms and light in the vicinity of nanoscopic structures and with ultracold Rydberg atoms. By applying advanced techniques in cold atom physics and quantum optics, he plans to utilize quantum dynamics at the level of single quanta to manipulate and examine highly entangled states of light and matter, and to build a foundation for new quantum optical materials at ultracold temperature quanta-by-quanta.

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• PHYS256, Geometrical and Physical Optics

A. Goban, C.-L. Hung, S.-P. Yu, J.D. Hood, J. A. Muniz, J.H. Lee, M.J. Martin, A.C. McClung, K.S. Choi, D.E. Chang, O. Painter, H.J. Kimble.
“Atom-Light Interactions in Photonic Crystals”
Nature Communications 5, 3808 (2014).

K.S. Choi, A. Goban, S.B. Papp, S.J. van Enk, H.J. Kimble.
“Entanglement of spin waves among four quantum memories”
Nature 468, 412-416 (2010).

S.B. Papp*, K.S. Choi*, H. Deng, P. Lougovski, S.J. vank Enk, H.J. Kimble.
“Characterization of multipartite entanglement for one photon shared among four optical modes”
Science 324, 764 (2009).

K.S. Choi, H. Deng, J. Laurat, H.J. Kimble.
“Mapping photonic entanglement into and out of a quantum memory”
Nature 452, 67 (2008).
 

C.-W. Chou, J. Laurat, H. Deng, K.S. Choi, H. de Riedmatten, D. Felinto, H.J. Kimble.
“Functional quantum nodes for entanglement distribution over scalable quantum network” 
Science 316, 1316 (2007).
 

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• 2015-present, Early Researcher Award, Government of Ontario
• 2014-present, Hanrim Frontier Scientist, Korean Academy of Science and Technology
• 2012-present, Presidential Early Career Award for Scientist and Engineers (PECASE), Republic of Korea
• 2012-present, National Research Foundation, Republic of Korea
• 2012-2014, KIST Institutional Programs, Korea Institute of Science and Technology

• Faculty member, Institute for Quantum Computing

• 2015-2016 Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group), Editorial Board

2011 PhD Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, U.S.A.

2006 BSc Physics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, U.S.A.