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Sergey Polyakov (Fed)
Dr. Sergey V. Polyakov is a physicist in the Quantum Optics group in the Quantum Measurement Division of the Physical Measurement Laboratory. Before becoming a staff member at NIST in 2013, Dr. Polyakov served as a guest researcher at NIST and JQI since 2005 and held a post-doctoral position at Caltech with H. Jeff Kimble, where he built and characterized an atomic ensemble-based quantum memory.
Research Interests
- Single-photon sources and detectors
- Quantum-enabled telecommunications
- Quantum measurement
- Quantum biophotonics
- Hybrid quantum computing
- Quantum networks
Professional Service
- Chair of the Sub-Committee on Fundamental Science: Quantum Optics of Atoms, Molecules and Solids, CLEO/QELS, 2016, 2015-2016
- Member of the Sub-Committee on Fundamental Science: Quantum Optics of Atoms, Molecules and Solids, CLEO/QELS, 2013-2015
- Member of the Organization Committee, Conference Series on Quantum Foundations, Vaxjo, Sweden, 2012-2015
- Editor of a book "Single Photon Generation and Detection Physics and Applications", 2013-2014
- Guest co-editor of Journal of Modern Optics special issue devoted to Single Photon Workshop 2009, 2011
- Member of the Organizing Committee, Single Photon Workshop, 2009
- Member of Optical Society of America's Leadership Council, 2001-2002
Awards
- Review of Scientific Instruments' Top Downloaded Article in 2012, 2013 (Invited Review Article: Single-photon sources and detectors, M. D. Eisaman, J. Fan, A. Migdall and S. V. Polyakov, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82, 071101 (2011))
- Feature researcher in "Optics and Photonics News", Vol. 13, p. 6, July, 2002
- New Focus Award of Optical Society of America: Grand Prize, $10000, honoring three students annually for the outstanding research in Optics, 2002
- CREOL/School Of Optics' Student of the Year 2002 and a Finalist's award in 2001
- Order of Pegasus of UCF, honoring one or two graduate students and eight undergraduate students a year out of the population of about 35,000 for excellence in academics, leadership and service, 2002
- Three Soros Student and Soros Graduate Student awards, International Soros Science Education Program 1995, 1997 and 1998
- Academician Vernov's honor stipend, honoring one student a year out of about 1500 students at Physics Faculty, Moscow State University for excellence in academics and research, 1997
- Moscow Mayor's honor stipend, 1996
