Biographical Information

I arrived at MIT in 1997 as a Freshman. I received my Bachelor of Science in 2002 and M.Eng in 2003 from the department of Electrical Engineering. My Master's work was on high data rate atmospheric optical communications. I participated in the STAB project, aiming at setting up a far-field point-to-point atmospheric optical communication link, utilizing optical preamplification and diversity reception. This project was a joint effort of research groups in LIDS ( Laboratory of Information Decision Systems) and RLE ( Research Laboratory of Electronics). My M.Eng. thesis, on the other hand, studied point-to-point atmospheric optical communication links in the near-field power transfer regime.

My doctoral research shifted my focus from the classical domain to quantum. My first acquaintance with quantum mechanics was post M.Eng., and to date it continues to facinate --and often puzzle!--me. After some initial work on the possibility of utilizing Laguerre-Gauss modes in free-space communication, my reserach eventually shifted towards optical and quantum imaging. My thesis research focuses on developing a unifying theory for classical and quantum imaging through the study of the coherence properties of phase-sensitive light fields. My research interests, however, encompasses the broader scope of quantum and classical optical communication, quantum and classical estimation theory and sensing, quantum computing and the theoretical foundations of classical and quantum optical imaging.