Adriana Lita

Adriana Eleni Lita is a materials scientist. She works in the Faint Photonics Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology,[1] where her research has included Bell test experiments and the practical implementation of quantum key distribution.[2][3][4] She completed a Ph.D. at University of Michigan in 2000. Her dissertation was titled Correlation between microstructure and surface structure evolution in polycrystalline films. Her doctoral advisor was John E. Sanchez, Jr.[5]

Adriana Eleni Lita
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Scientific career
FieldsMaterials science
InstitutionsNational Institute of Standards and Technology
ThesisCorrelation between microstructure and surface structure evolution in polycrystalline films (2000)
Doctoral advisorJohn E. Sanchez, Jr.

Selected publications
  • Marsili, F.; Verma, V. B.; Stern, J. A.; Harrington, S.; Lita, A. E.; Gerrits, T.; Vayshenker, I.; Baek, B.; Shaw, M. D.; Mirin, R. P.; Nam, S. W. (March 2013). "Detecting single infrared photons with 93% system efficiency". Nature Photonics. 7 (3): 210–214. arXiv:1209.5774. Bibcode:2013NaPho...7..210M. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2013.13. ISSN 1749-4893. S2CID 54905458.
  • Lita, Adriana E.; Miller, Aaron J.; Nam, Sae Woo (2008). "Counting near-infrared single-photons with 95% efficiency". Optics Express. 16 (5): 3032–40. Bibcode:2008OExpr..16.3032L. doi:10.1364/OE.16.003032. ISSN 1094-4087. PMID 18542389.
  • Rosenberg, Danna; Lita, Adriana; Miller, Aaron; Nam, Sae (17 June 2005). "Noise-free high-efficiency photon-number-resolving detectors". Physical Review A. 71 (6): 061803. arXiv:quant-ph/0506175. Bibcode:2005PhRvA..71f1803R. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.71.061803. ISSN 1050-2947. S2CID 58907453.

See also

References
  1. Lita, Adriana (30 July 2019). "Adriana Lita". NIST. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. "Photons run out of loopholes". Space Daily. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. Aspect, Alain (16 December 2015). "Viewpoint: Closing the Door on Einstein and Bohr's Quantum Debate". Physics. 8. doi:10.1103/Physics.8.123. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  4. "New Technologies Enhance Quantum Cryptography". ScienceDaily. 2 February 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  5. Lita, Adriana Eleni (2000). Correlation between microstructure and surface structure evolution in polycrystalline films. ISBN 9780599832626. OCLC 714662597.

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