DANIEL J. GAUTHIER
Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Biomedical Engineering

Contact Information
139 Physics Bldg
919-660-2511 phone
919-660-2525 fax
gauthier@phy.duke.edu

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Education

	PhD	Instabilities and chaos of laser beams propagating through nonlinear optical media, Optics, University of Rochester 1989
	MS	Optics, University of Rochester 1983
	BS	Optics, University of Rochester 1982

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Experience

	2000-2002	Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Associate Professor of Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
	2001-present	Director, Quantum Optoelectronics Laboratory, The Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Optical Communication, Duke University
	2001-2002	Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Physics Duke University
	2000-2002	Associate Professor of Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
	1999-present	Associate Director, Center for Nonlinear and Complex Systems, Duke University
	1999-2000	Associate Professor of Physics and Assistant Research Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
	1997–1999	Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Physics Duke University
	1995-1999	Assistant Professor of Physics and Assistant Research Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
	1992–1995	Assistant Professor of Physics, Duke University
	1989-1991	Research Associate, University of Oregon

 

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Awards

	2002	Fellow of the American Physical Society
	1993-1999	National Science Foundation Young Investigator
	1992–1995	U.S. Army Research Office Young Investigator
	1987-1989	University Research Initiative Fellow

 

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Selected Publications

1. E. Tolkacheva, M.M. Romeo, and D.J. Gauthier, `Control of cardiac alternans in a mapping model with memory,' submitted for publication (2003).
2. D.J. Gauthier, `Resource Letter: Controlling Chaos,' an Invited Paper to appear in Am. J. Phys. (2003).
3. D.J. Gauthier, `Two-photon lasers,' an Invited Chapter to appear in Progress in Optics 45 (2003).
4. M.D. Stenner and D.J. Gauthier, `Pump-beam-instability limits to Raman-gain-doublet `fast light' pulse propagation,' to appear in Phys. Rev. A (2003).
5. A. Kul'minskii, D.J. Gauthier, R. Vilaseca, J.J. Fernández-Soler, J.L. Font, `Polarization behavior of a cascade/two-photon laser in the presence of an arbitrarily directed magnetic field,' to appear in J. Opt. Phys. B (2003).
6. D.J. Gauthier and M.D. Stenner, `Pulse propagation in a high-gain bichromatically-driven Raman amplifier,' to appear in Coherence and Quantum Optics VIII, N. P. Bigelow, J. H. Eberly, C. R. Stroud and I. A. Walmsley, Eds. (Plenum, New York, 2003).
7. D.J. Gauthier, O. Pfister, W.J. Brown, and M.D. Stenner, `Polarization dynamics of a two-photon laser,' to appear in Coherence and Quantum Optics VIII, N. P. Bigelow, J. H. Eberly, C. R. Stroud and I. A. Walmsley, Eds. (Plenum, New York, 2003).
8. E.G. Tolkacheva, D.G. Schaeffer, D.J. Gauthier, and W. Krassowska, `Condition for alternans and stability of the 1:1 response pattern in a ``memory'' model of paced cardiac dynamics,' Phys. Rev. E 67, 031904 (2003).
9. E.G. Tolkacheva, D.G. Schaeffer, D.J. Gauthier, and C.C. Mitchell, `Analysis of the Fenton-Karma model through approximation by a one-dimensional map,' Chaos 12, 1034 (2002).
10. D.J. Gauthier, G.M. Hall, R.A. Oliver, E.G. Dixon-Tulloch, P.D. Wolf, and S. Bahar, `Progress toward controlling in vivo fibrillating sheep atria using a nonlinear-dynamics-based closed-loop feedback method,' an Invited Article in the Theme Issue on Mapping and Control of Complex Cardiac Arrhythmias, Chaos 12, 952 (2002).
11. R.W. Boyd and D.J. Gauthier, ` ``Slow'' and ``Fast'' Light,' An Invited Chapter in Progress in Optics, E. Wolf, Ed. (Elseivier, Amsterdam, 2002), Ch. 6, pp. 497-530.
12. G.M. Hall and D.J. Gauthier, `Experimental control of cardiac muscle alternans,' Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 198102 (2002).
13. R.S. Bennik, V. Wong, A.M. Marino, D.L. Aronstein, R.W. Boyd, C.R. Stroud, Jr., S. Lukishova, and D.J. Gauthier, `Honeycomb pattern formation by laser-beam filamentation in atomic sodium vapor,' Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 113901 (2002).
14. J.J. Fernandez-Soler, J.L. Font, R. Vilaseca, D.J. Gauthier, A. Kul'minskii, and O. Pfister, `Two-photon amplification and lasing in laser driven potassium atoms: Theoretical analysis,' Phys. Rev. A (Rapid Communication) 65, 031803 (2002).
15. O. Pfister, W.J. Brown, M.D. Stenner, and D.J. Gauthier. Polarization instabilities in a two-photon laser. Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 4512 (2001).
16. O. Pfister, W.J. Brown, M.D. Stenner, and D.J. Gauthier. Two-photon stimulated emission in laser-driven alkali-metal atoms using an orthogonal pump-probe geometry. Phys. Rev. A (Rapid Communication) 60, R4249 (1999).
17. H.M. Concannon, W.J. Brown, J.R. Gardner, and D.J. Gauthier. Observation of large continuous-wave two-photon optical amplification. Phys. Rev. A 56, 1519 (1997).
18. D.J. Gauthier, Q. Wu, S.E. Morin, and T.W. Mossberg. Realization of a continuous-wave, two-photon-optical laser. Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 464 (1992).
19. W.J. Brown, J.R. Gardner, D.J. Gauthier, and R. Vilaseca. Amplification of laser beams counterpropagating through a potassium vapor: The effects of atomic coherence. Phys. Rev. A 56, 3255 (1997).
20. W.J. Brown, J.R. Gardner, D.J. Gauthier, and R. Vilaseca. Amplification of laser beams propagating through a collection of strongly-driven, Doppler-broadened two-level atoms. Phys. Rev. A(Rapid Communications)55, R1601 (1997).
    

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Short Research Interest Descriptor

Prof. Gauthier conducts research in the areas of nonlinear optics, quantum optics, nonlinear dynamics, control of chaos, and control and characterizing the dynamics of biological systems.

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Research Interest

Prof. Gauthier is interested in highly nonlinear matter-light interactions where standard perturbation techniques fail to adequately explain the observed behavior. He is studying various quantum optical systems that smoothly span the range in scale from microscopic (where quantum fluctuations are paramount) to macroscopic (where the behavior is nearly deterministic). He is currently developing an entirely new class of quantum oscillators, which are unique in that they are based on two- photon rather than one photon stimulated emission processes. Over the next several years, ongoing projects will explore two-photon lasers, controlling chaos in optical systems, and cavity quantum electrodynamics with cooled and trapped atoms. In addition, Prof. Gauthier has active programs on controlling chaos in the heart.

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