My research is in theoretical physics and is within the broad areas of quantum optics, quantum information processing, and foundations of quantum theory. More specifically, I am working on properties and methods of generating nonclassical states of light, high-resolution interferometry with nonclassical states of light and Bose-Einstein condensates, cavity quantum electrodynamics, quantum information processing with coherent states and their superpositions, tests of quantum mechanics against local realistic theories on a macroscopic scale.

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• Richard Birrittella, M. El Baz, and Christopher C. Gerry, Photon catalysis and quantum state engineering , J. Opt. Soc. Amer. B 35, 1514 (2018)
• Richard Birrittella, Kezi Cheng, and Christopher C. Gerry, Photon-Number Parity Oscillations in the Resonant Jaynes-Cummings Model, Opt. Comm. 354, 286 (2015)

• Professor, City University of New York, USA

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