Research Interests

• Solid materials for quantum optics, especially "dark resonance" excitation
• Materials and techniques for resonant nonlinear optics
• Phase-conjugate-based turbulence aberration and compensation
• Spectral hole burning materials and techniques for ultra-dense memories and high temperature operation
• Quantum computing in solid materials
• Quantum communication and teleportation in trapped atoms
• Holographic optical memory materials
• Smart pixels devices
• Optical correlators
• Photorefractive applications
• Atomic clocks
• Laser trapping and cooling.

Awards & Honors

• National Science Foundation Fellowship
• Summa Cum Laude, University of Dayton
• Air Force Research Laboratory Chief Scientist's award, AFOSR Star Team Award (three times)

Education

• Ph.D., MIT, 1984, Physics
• B.S., University of Dayton, 1976

Selected Publications

Single proteins under a diamond spotlight, Philip Hemmer and Carmen Gomes, Science 6 March 2015: 1072-1073. [DOI:10.1126/science.aaa7440]

Toward Molecular-Scale MRI Science 1 February 2013: Vol. 339 no. 6119 pp. 529-530DOI:10.1126/science.1233222

Where Is My Quantum Computer? Science 24 April 2009: Vol. 324 no. 5926 pp. 473-474DOI:10.1126/science.1170912