Professor Gerard Milburn
Professor

Gerard Milburn

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Background

Professor Gerard Milburn's research interests are in the fields of: Quantum Information Theory, Quantum Foundations, Quantum Optics, Quantum Control, and quantum machine learning..

Gerard Milburn obtained a PhD in theoretical Physics from the University of Waikato in 1982 for work on squeezed states of light and quantum nondemolition measurements.

He is currently a Professor at the University of Queensland. Gerard Milburn is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, a Fellow of The Royal Society of London and The American Physical Society.

Availability

Professor Gerard Milburn is:
Not available for supervision

Fields of research

Physical Sciences

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), Griffith University
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Waikato

Search Professor Gerard Milburn’s works on UQ eSpace

499 works between 1981 and 2023
All (499) Journal Article (337) Book Chapter (4) Conference Publication (83) Book (3) Other Outputs (72)

41 - 60 of 499 works

2014

Journal Article

Editorial

Milburn, Gerard (2014). Editorial. EPJ Quantum Technology, 1 (1) 1. doi: 10.1140/epjqt1

Editorial

2014

Conference Publication

Nanoelectromechanical resonator temperature measurement and phonon number statistics through circuit QED

de Sá Neto, O. P., de Oliveira, Marcos C. and Milburn, Gerard J. (2014). Nanoelectromechanical resonator temperature measurement and phonon number statistics through circuit QED. Latin America Optics and Photonics Conference 2014, Cancun, Mexico, 16–21 November 2014. Washington, DC United States: Optical Society of America. doi: 10.1364/laop.2014.ltu3b.6

Nanoelectromechanical resonator temperature measurement and phonon number statistics through circuit QED

2014

Journal Article

Capacitive coupling of two transmission line resonators mediated by the phonon number of a nanoelectromechanical oscillator

De Sá Neto, O. P., De Oliveira, M. C., Nicacio, F. and Milburn, G. J. (2014). Capacitive coupling of two transmission line resonators mediated by the phonon number of a nanoelectromechanical oscillator. Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 90 (2) 023843. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.90.023843

Capacitive coupling of two transmission line resonators mediated by the phonon number of a nanoelectromechanical oscillator

2014

Journal Article

Superabsorption of light via quantum engineering

Higgins, K. D. B., Benjamin, S. C., Stace, T. M., Milburn, G. J., Lovett, B. W. and Gauger, E. M. (2014). Superabsorption of light via quantum engineering. Nature Communications, 5 (1) 4705, 4705. doi: 10.1038/ncomms5705

Superabsorption of light via quantum engineering

2014

Journal Article

Synchronization in a mechanical resonator array coupled quadratically to a common electromagnetic field mode

Aveleyra, G. Leon, Holmes, C.A. and Milburn, G. J. (2014). Synchronization in a mechanical resonator array coupled quadratically to a common electromagnetic field mode. Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 89 (6) 062912, 062912-1-062912-9. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.89.062912

Synchronization in a mechanical resonator array coupled quadratically to a common electromagnetic field mode

2014

Journal Article

Quantum and classical nonlinear dynamics in a microwave cavity

Meaney, Charles H., Nha, Hyunchul, Duty, Timothy and Milburn, Gerard J. (2014). Quantum and classical nonlinear dynamics in a microwave cavity. EPJ Quantum Technology, 1 (1) 7. doi: 10.1140/epjqt7

Quantum and classical nonlinear dynamics in a microwave cavity

2014

Journal Article

A classical channel model for gravitational decoherence

Kafri, D., Taylor, J. M. and Milburn, G. J. (2014). A classical channel model for gravitational decoherence. New Journal of Physics, 16 (6) 065020, 065020. doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/16/6/065020

A classical channel model for gravitational decoherence

2014

Journal Article

An all-optical feedback assisted steady state of an optomechanical array

Joshi, Chaitanya, Akram, Uzma and Milburn G.J. (2014). An all-optical feedback assisted steady state of an optomechanical array. New Journal of Physics, 16 (2) 023009, 023009.1-023009.21. doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/16/2/023009

An all-optical feedback assisted steady state of an optomechanical array

2014

Conference Publication

Non-absorbing high-efficiency counter for itinerant microwave photons

Fan, Bixuan, Milburn, G. J. and Stace, Thomas M. (2014). Non-absorbing high-efficiency counter for itinerant microwave photons. Quantum Information and Measurement, QIM 2014, Messe Berlin, Berlin, 18-20 March 2014. Washington, DC United States: Optical Society of America. doi: 10.1364/qim.2014.qw3b.6

Non-absorbing high-efficiency counter for itinerant microwave photons

2014

Journal Article

Quantum dissipative systems

Milburn, G. J. (2014). Quantum dissipative systems. Contemporary Physics, 55 (1), 46-47. doi: 10.1080/00107514.2013.861513

Quantum dissipative systems

2014

Journal Article

Nonabsorbing high-efficiency counter for itinerant microwave photons

Fan, Bixuan, Johansson, Goran, Combes, Joshua, Milburn, G. J. and Stace, Thomas M. (2014). Nonabsorbing high-efficiency counter for itinerant microwave photons. Physical Review B, 90 (3) 035132, 035132.1-035132.5. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.90.035132

Nonabsorbing high-efficiency counter for itinerant microwave photons

2014

Journal Article

Engineering dissipative channels for realizing Schrödinger cats in SQUIDs

Everitt, Mark J., Spiller, Timothy P., Milburn, Gerard J., Wilson, Richard D. and Zagoskin, Alexandre M. (2014). Engineering dissipative channels for realizing Schrödinger cats in SQUIDs. Frontiers in ICT, 1 (OCT) 1. doi: 10.3389/fict.2014.00001

Engineering dissipative channels for realizing Schrödinger cats in SQUIDs

2014

Book Chapter

Nonclassical States of Light and Mechanics

Hammerer, Klemens, Genes, Claudiu, Vitali, David, Tombesi, Paolo, Milburn, Gerard, Simon, Christoph and Bouwmeester, Dirk (2014). Nonclassical States of Light and Mechanics. Cavity Optomechanics: Nano- and Micromechanical Resonators Interacting with Light. (pp. 25-56) edited by Markus Aspelmeyer, Tobias J. Kippenberg and Florian Marquardt. Berlin Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-55312-7_3

Nonclassical States of Light and Mechanics

2013

Journal Article

Generation and stabilization of a three-qubit entangled W state in circuit QED via quantum feedback control

Huang, Shang-Yu, Goan, Hsi-Sheng, Li, Xin-Qi and Milburn G.J. (2013). Generation and stabilization of a three-qubit entangled W state in circuit QED via quantum feedback control. Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 88 (6) 062311, 062311.1-062311.11. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.88.062311

Generation and stabilization of a three-qubit entangled W state in circuit QED via quantum feedback control

2013

Journal Article

Entangled mechanical cat states via conditional single photon optomechanics

Akram, Uzma, Bowen, Warwick P. and Milburn, G. J. (2013). Entangled mechanical cat states via conditional single photon optomechanics. New Journal of Physics, 15 (9) 093007, 093007.1-093007.21. doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/15/9/093007

Entangled mechanical cat states via conditional single photon optomechanics

2013

Journal Article

Deterministic many-resonator W entanglement of nearly arbitrary microwave states via attractive Bose-Hubbard simulation

Gangat, A. A., McCulloch, I. P. and Milburn, G. J. (2013). Deterministic many-resonator W entanglement of nearly arbitrary microwave states via attractive Bose-Hubbard simulation. Physical Review X, 3 (3) 031009, 031009.1-031009.11. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevX.3.031009

Deterministic many-resonator W entanglement of nearly arbitrary microwave states via attractive Bose-Hubbard simulation

2013

Journal Article

Dynamical tunneling with ultracold atoms in magnetic microtraps

Lenz, Martin, Wüster, Sebastian, Vale, Christopher J., Heckenberg, Norman R., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina, Holmes, C. A., Milburn, G. J. and Davis, Matthew J. (2013). Dynamical tunneling with ultracold atoms in magnetic microtraps. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 88 (1) 013635, 013635.1-013635.13. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.88.013635

Dynamical tunneling with ultracold atoms in magnetic microtraps

2013

Journal Article

The 20th anniversary of quantum state engineering

Blatt, Rainer, Milburn, Gerard J. and Lvovksy, Alex (2013). The 20th anniversary of quantum state engineering. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 46 (10) 100201, 100201.1-100201.1. doi: 10.1088/0953-4075/46/10/100201

The 20th anniversary of quantum state engineering

2013

Journal Article

Quantum state preparation of a mechanical resonator using an optomechanical geometric phase

Khosla, K. E., Vanner, M. R., Bowen, W. P. and Milburn, G. J. (2013). Quantum state preparation of a mechanical resonator using an optomechanical geometric phase. New Journal of Physics, 15 (4) 043025, 043025.1-043025.11. doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/15/4/043025

Quantum state preparation of a mechanical resonator using an optomechanical geometric phase

2013

Journal Article

Demonstrating uncertainty

Milburn, Gerard J. (2013). Demonstrating uncertainty. Science, 339 (6121), 770-771. doi: 10.1126/science.1234109

Demonstrating uncertainty

Current funding

  • 2020 - 2024
    Information as fuel for a quantum clock (Foundational Questions Institute grant administered by TUQIA)
    Foundational Questions Institute
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2025
    ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQuS2)
    ARC Centres of Excellence
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2019 - 2021
    'Are Quantum agents possible?' by Silicon Valley Community Foundation
    The University of Queensland in America, Inc
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2019
    Quantum Causal Structures (Templeton Grant administered by Austrian Academy of Sciences)
    Austrian Academy of Sciences
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2020
    Engineered Quantum Systems
    Vice-Chancellor's Research and Teaching Fellowship
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    Advanced Superfluid Physics Facility
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2017
    Crossing quantum-classical boundaries in a single particle (ARC Discovery Project administered by The University of New South Wales)
    University of New South Wales
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2017
    The causal power of information in a quantum world
    Templeton World Charity Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2015
    Quantum enhanced technologies
    Vice-Chancellor's Senior Research Fellowship
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2017
    ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQuS)
    ARC Centres of Excellence
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2013
    Deriving spacetime as a relational consequence of thermodynamics
    Silicon Valley Community Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2013
    Atomic Quantum Technologies (AQUTE)/FP7
    European Commission 7th Framework Programme (FP7)
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2011
    Nonlinear quantum science with superconducting circuit quantum-electrodynamics
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2011
    Nonlinear quantum science with superconducting circuit quantum-electrodynamics (ARC Discovery Project Administered by UNSW)
    University of New South Wales
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2011
    Superfluidity and metrology with ring shaped Bose-Einstein condensates
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2009
    Ultracold facility for investigation of light-matter interactions
    UQ School/Centre Co-Funding
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2011
    Perimeter Institute - Australia Foundations (PIAF) Collaboration
    Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2013
    Decoherence, Time-Asymmetry and the Bohmian View on the Quantum World (ARC Discovery Project administered by the University of Sydney)
    University of Sydney
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2012
    Quantum Nanoscience
    ARC Federation Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2009
    Qubit Applications
    Department of Education, Science, and Training
    Open grant
  • 2004
    Australian Computational Molecular Science Network
    ARC Seed Funding for Research Networks
    Open grant
  • 2004
    Quantum Many-Body Systems Network: Breakthrough Science and Frontier Technologies
    ARC Seed Funding for Research Networks
    Open grant
  • 2003 - 2007
    Principles of Quantum Nanotechnology
    ARC Federation Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2003 - 2010
    ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computer Technology (UNSW lead institution)
    ARC Centres of Excellence
    Open grant
  • 2003 - 2007
    Quantum Atom Optics and Single Atom Detection with Micro-Bose-Einstein Condensates
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2002 - 2006
    Atomic Resolution, High Frequency MRFM (DARPA BAA 01-39)
    California Institute of Technology
    Open grant
  • 2001 - 2004
    Experimental Implementation of Efficient Linear Optics Quantum Computation
    United States Army Research Office
    Open grant
  • 2001 - 2003
    Quantum information processing in semiconductor interferometors
    ARC International Research Exchange Program (IREX)
    Open grant
  • 2000
    A Single Photon Source Using a Surface Acoustic Wave in Nanofabricated Semiconductors.
    ARC Australian Research Council (Small grants)
    Open grant
  • 2000
    Special Research Centre for Quantum Computer Technology
    University of New South Wales
    Open grant
  • 1999 - 2001
    Engineering Quantum Entanglement for Novel High Precision Measurements
    ARC Australian Research Council (Large grants)
    Open grant
  • 1999
    Killing of bacteria in adherent biofilms and planktonic forms by dye-coupled laser photosensitisation
    ARC Australian Research Council (Small grants)
    Open grant
  • 1999
    Laser cooling of solids
    ARC Australian Research Council (Small grants)
    Open grant
  • 1998
    Nonlinear quantum dynamics of a trapped ion and decoherence
    DIST Bilateral Science & Technology Collab.Program
    Open grant
  • 1998
    High precision measurements by quantum computation
    UQ External Support Enabling Grant
    Open grant
  • 1998
    Quantum Dynamics of Trapped Ions
    ARC Investigators - International Links
    Open grant
  • 1997 - 1998
    Laser cooling of solids
    Mosaic Information Technology Pty Limited
    Open grant
  • 1997 - 1999
    Experimental tests of quantum nonlinear dynamics in atom optics
    ARC Australian Research Council (Large grants)
    Open grant
  • 1997
    Nonlinear dynamics of an atomic Bose Einstein condensate
    ARC Australian Research Council (Small grants)
    Open grant
  • 1996 - 1997
    Improved fault determination in optical fibres/Location of buried marker tapes
    Optus Communications
    Open grant
  • 1996
    Collaboration with the Physics Department, University of Texas, Austin, USA.
    UQ Travel Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 1996 - 1997
    Mechanism of optical trapping for absorbing and reflecting particles
    ARC Australian Research Council (Small grants)
    Open grant
  • 1996 - 1998
    Nonlinear atom optics
    ARC Australian Research Council (Large grants)
    Open grant
  • 1995
    Nonlinear dynamics in atom optics
    UQ External Support Enabling Grant
    Open grant
  • 1995
    Quantum limits to state determination in quantum optics
    ARC Australian Research Council (Small grants)
    Open grant
  • 1995
    Quantum optics and atom optics.
    DITARD Bilateral Science & Technology Organisation
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Gerard Milburn is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Thermodynamic fluctuation relations for gravitating quantum systems

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Carolyn Wood, Dr Laura Henderson

  • Doctor Philosophy

    indefinite causal structures in quantum spacetime

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Superconducting circuits as quantum clocks

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Arkady Fedorov

Completed supervision

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