David Fattal

Researcher
Intelligent Infrastructure Lab
Palo Alto

Biography

David is a researcher in the Information and Quantum Systems Lab, focused on creating the mathematical and physical foundations for the technologies that will form a new information ecosystem aimed at revolutionizing human interaction with the earth. His expertise is in nanophotonics and quantum information science. He holds a PhD in Physics from Stanford University ('05) and a BS in Mathematical Physics from Ecole Polytechnique, France ('01).

 

Research interests

  • Optical Interconnects: how light will replace electricity for data communication between chips in future generation computers.
  • Theoretical Electromagnetism: resonance phenomena in dielectric and metallic nano-structures.
  • Quantum Information, especially its potential applications to economics.

Awards

  • Prize of the Carnot Foundation ('01)
  • Pierre Faurre Award ('10)

Publications

Most recent

  • Flat dielectric reflectors with focusing abilities, D. Fattal, J. Li, Z. Peng, M. Fiorentino and R.G. Beausoleil, Nature Photonics 4, 466 (2010).
  • Design of an efficient light-emitting diode with 10 GHz modulation bandwidth, D. Fattal, M. Fiorentino, M. Tan, D. Houng, S.Y. Wang and R.G. Beausoleil, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 243501 (2008).   
  • Silicon microring resonators with 1.5-um radius, Q. Xu, D. Fattal and R.G. Beausoleil, Optics Express 16, 4309 (2008).
Selection of past publications
  • Coherent population trapping with a single spin in diamond, C. Santori, P. Tamarat, P. Neumann, J. Wrachtrup, D. Fattal, R. G. Beausoleil, J. Rabeau, P. Olivero, A. Greentree, S. Prawer, F. Jelezko, P. Hemmer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 247401 (2006).
  • Controlling the Spontaneous Emission Rate of Single Quantum Dots in a 2D Photonic Crystal, D. Englund, D. Fattal, E. Waks, G.S. Solomon, B. Zhang, T. Nakaoka, Y. Arakawa, Y. Yamamoto, J. Vuckovic, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 013904 (2005).
  • Quantum teleportation with a quantum dot single photon source,  D. Fattal, E. Diamanti, K. Inoue and Y. Yamamoto, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 037904 (2004).
  • Entanglement formation and violation of Bell's inequality with a semiconductor single photon source,  D. Fattal, K. Inoue, J. Vuckovic, C. Santori, G. S. Solomon, and Y. Yamamoto, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 037903 (2004).
  • Indistinguishable photons from a single-photon device, C. Santori, D. Fattal, J. Vuckovic, G. S. Solomon, and Y. Yamamoto, Nature 419, 594, (2002). See also the review of this article by Philippe Grangier: Single photons stick together, Nature 419, 577 (2002).
Textbook
  • Single photon devices and applications, C. Santori, D. Fattal and Y. Yamamoto, Wiley (2010)

Patents

16