Contact Details

Office: Rm. 410, Physics Annexe
Tel: (+61 7) 3346 9826
Fax: (+61 7) 3365 1242
Personal Webpage
Email: mkophysics.uq.edu.au

Research Interests

• Quantum dynamics of BEC
• Quatum optics
• Phase space simulations
  
  

Selected Publications

• OLSEN, M. K., OLIVEIRA, F. D. Mean field dynamics of Bose-Einstein superchemistry. Optics Communications., 234, 235, (2004).
• OLSEN, M. K. Quantum superchemistry: Role of trapping profile and quantum statistics. Physical Review A., 69, 013601, (2004).
• OLSEN, M. K., PLIMAK, L., COLLET, M. J., FLEISCHHAUER, M. Quantum field-theoretical approach to phase-space techniques: Generalising the positive-P representation. Physical Review A., 67, 013812, (2003).
• OLSEN, M. K., PLIMAK, L. Role of quantum statistics in the photoassociation of Bose-Einstein condensates. Physical Review A., 68, 031603, (2003).
• OLSEN, M. K., PLIMAK, L., FLEISCHHAUER, M. Quantum theoretical treatments of three-photon processes. Physical Review A., 65, 053806, (2002).
• OLSEN, M. K., LAMPRECHT, C., RITSCH, H., Drummond P.D. The positive-P and Wigner representations for quantum optical systems with non-orthogonal modes. Physical Review A., 65, 053813, (2002).
• OLSEN, M. K., COLLET, M. J., PLIMAK, L., FLEISCHHAUER, M. Beyond the Fokker-Planck equation: stochastic simulation of complete Wigner representation for the optical parametric oscillator. Europhysics Letters., 56, 372, (2001).
• OLSEN, M. K., V.I. Kruglov Effects of $\chi^{(3)}$ nonlinearities in travelling wave second harmonic generation. Physical Review A., 64, 053802, (2001).
• OLSEN, M. K. Effects of chi(3) nonlinearities in second harmonic generation. Physical Review A., 63, 033801, (2001).
• OLSEN, M. K., LAMPRECHT, C., COLLET, M. J., RITSCH, H. Excess noise enhanced parametric downconversion. Physical Review A., 64, 033811, (2001).
• OLSEN, M. K., PLIMAK, L., COLLET, M. J. Generalised positive-P with third order noises in intracavity coherent photoassociation of Bose-Einstein condensates. Physical Review A., 64, 063601, (2001).
• OLSEN, M. K., PLIMAK, L., COLLET, M. J. Langevin equations for interacting fermions and Cooper-like pairing in trapped 1-D fermions. Physical Review A., 64, 063409, (2001).
• OLSEN, M. K., Hope J.J., Plimak, L.I. Multimode model of formation of molecular Bose-Einstein condensates by Bose stimulated Raman adiabatic passage. Physical Review A., 63, 043603, (2001).
• OLSEN, M. K., PLIMAK, L., COLLET, M. J. Optimisation of the positive-P representation for the anharmonic oscillator. Physical Review A., 64, 025801, (2001).
• OLSEN, M. K., J.J. Hope, PLIMAK, L. Photon blockade and quantum dynamics in intracavity coherent photoassociation of Bose-Einstein condensates. Physical Review A., 64, 013601, (2001).
• OLSEN, M. K., Dechoum, K., Plimak, L.I. Predictions of quantum mechanics and stochastic electrodynamics in travelling wave second harmonic generation. Optics Communications., 190, 261, (2001).
• OLSEN, M. K., J.J. Hope Quantum superchemistry: dynamical quantum effects in coupled atomic and molecular Bose-Einstein condensates. Physical Review Letters., 86, 3220, (2001).
• OLSEN, M. K., PLIMAK, L., TREPS, N., FABRE, C., HOROWICZ, R. J. Quantum-noise-induced macroscopic revivals in second-harmonic generation, Physical Review A., 021803 (2000).
• OLSEN, M. K., PLIMAK, L., COLLET, M. J., WALLS, D. F. Quantum-nondemolition criteria in traveling-wave second-harmonic generation, Physical Review A., 023802, (2000).
• OLSEN, M. K., STEEL, N. J., PLIMAK, L., DRUMMOND, P. D., TAN, S. M., COLLET, M. J., WALLS, D. F., GRAHAM, R. Dynamical quantum noise in trapped Bose-Einstein condensates. Physical Review A., 58, 4824 - 4835, (1998).