Jonathan Dowling

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Jonathan P. Dowling
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Jonathan P. Dowling (3 April 1955 – 5 June 2020) was an Irish-American researcher and professor in theoretical physics, known for his work on

quantum sensing, and quantum imaging
.

Career

Dowling obtained a PhD in 1988 from the University of Colorado-Boulder.[2] He worked at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics,[3] the United States Army Aviation and Missile Command,[4] the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory,[5] and the Louisiana State University.[2]

Dowling was one of the founders of the US Government program in quantum computing and quantum cryptography.[6]

Dowling was the co-director of the Horace Hearne Institute for Theoretical Physics and a Hearne chair in theoretical physics at the department of physics and astronomy, both at Louisiana State University.

Research

Dowling authored scientific publications in

Hirsch index of 64.[7]

Dowling published papers are on the topics of

quantum sensing.[15]

Awards and recognition

Publications

Dowling is the author of a popular science book, "Schrödinger's Killer App – Race to Build the World's First Quantum Computer".[23] A story in this book about early motivations for funding quantum computing by the United States military was illustrated by Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal following his death.[24] Additionally, this book formulated what is known as the Dowling-Neven Law,[25] regarding the classical cost of simulating quantum computers growing doubly exponentially in time, given that the number of qubits on current quantum computers is currently growing exponentially with time. The first book's sequel, "Schrödinger's Web: Race to Build the Quantum Internet", has been released posthumously.[26]

Dowling co-authored a 2003 paper which predicted a boom in quantum technologies.[27]

References

  1. ^ "In Memory Of Professor Jonathan Dowling". Inside Quantum Technology. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b Louisiana State University (LSU). "Jonathan Dowling". Lsu.edu. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  3. PMID 9903354
    .
  4. doi:10.1063/1.356336
    .
  5. ^ "Info" (PDF). trs.jpl.nasa.gov/bitstream. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Quantum computing and communications," by Michael Brooks (London, Springer, 1999), page 107, Quote from this book: "Although this is not widely known, the American NSA-ARO-DARPA research programme in quantum computing was kindled, indirectly, by European speakers and communicated to the US funding agencies by Jon Dowling who was, at the time, a physicist in the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command.... Jon had attended the 1994 IQEC and ICAP meeting where British Telecom revealed their transmission of a quantum cryptographic key over 10km of optical fiber, and Artur Ekert announced Shor's discovery of the factoring algorithm, respectively. Upon making these breakthroughs known to the Army Research Office, it was decided to have an ARO workshop on quantum cryptography and quantum computing in Tucson in the winter of 1995. Many of the key researchers in quantum computing were at this workshop, as well as Keith Miller and others from the National Security Agency (NSA). This workshop was the genesis of the ARO-NSA collaboration on the promotion of quantum computing research." http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/901463471
  7. ^ Dowling's Google Scitations https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3YObZBIAAAAJ&hl=en
  8. S2CID 119335959
    .
  9. S2CID 7373285
    .
  10. PMID 10056775
    .
  11. ISSN 0021-8979
    .
  12. PMID 9907901
    .
  13. S2CID 119335959
    .
  14. S2CID 5701971
    .
  15. ^ Concepts in Physics 2, 225 (2005) [1].
  16. ^ "Fellows" (PDF). www.aaas.org. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  17. ^ "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org.
  18. ^ "2006 Fellows - Awards & Grants | The Optical Society".
  19. ^ "The 2002 Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics". www.lambaward.org.
  20. ^ Louisiana State University (LSU). "LSU Faculty Awards 2012 | LSU Academic Affairs". Lsu.edu. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  21. ^ Louisiana State University (LSU). "Awards". Lsu.edu. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  22. ^ Louisiana State University (LSU) (24 April 2017). "2017 Annual Physics & Astronomy Awards Ceremony | Department of Physics & Astronomy". Lsu.edu. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  23. OCLC 746838207.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
    )
  24. ^ "Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Jonathan Dowling". www.smbc-comics.com. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  25. S2CID 225489566
    . Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  26. ^ Taylor & Francis Group: Schrödinger's Web: Race to Build the Quantum Internet.
  27. ^ "Quantum technology: the second quantum revolution," by Jonathan P. Dowling & Gerard J. Milburn; Published 15 August 2003; DOI:10.1098/rsta.2003.1227 [2]

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