Ivan Burenkov
PhD in Physics
Work: 100 Bureau Dr, Physics Building (221), Room A245, Gaithersburg, MD 20899
Home: 14317 Gate Dancer Lane, Boyds, MD 20841
Education
PhD, Department of Physics
Lomonosov Moscow State University Details
Thesis: “Role of coherence in electron and atomic interactions with strong classical and non-classical light fields”
Adviser: Prof. O.V. Tikhonova
B.Sc. + M.Sc. (equivalent)
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Physics
Teaching
Invited Short Course Lecturer, University of Colorado, Boulder
〈Q|School Single Photonics Short Course Details
- Course: “Practical Single Photon Detection and Autocorrelation Measurement Characterization of an SPD”
- Course: “Web widgets for detector characterization and photon-number resolved measurements (with live demo)”
- Lab: “Second-Order Correlation (g(2)) Measurement of Pseudo-Thermal Light”
Invited Short Course Lecturer, University of Colorado, Boulder
〈Q|School Single Photonics Short Course Details
- Course: “Practical Single Photon Detection and Autocorrelation Measurement Characterization of an SPD”
- Course: “Web widgets for detector characterization and photon-number resolved measurements (with live demo)”
- Lab: “Second-Order Correlation (g(2)) Measurement of Pseudo-Thermal Light”
Invited Lecturer, Independent Mathematical Institute
Course: “Introduction to Quantum Mechanics”
Assistant Lecturer, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Course: "Atomic physics" Details
- - Atomic physics experimental practice for students of Department of physics
- - Atomic physics seminars for students of Department of physics
Experience
Assistant Research Scientist Details
Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland and NIST, MD, USA
Research Directions:
- Experimental quantum optics
- Numerical simulations and theoretical modeling
- Quantum metrology and sensing
- Quantum Biophotonics
- Quantum Networks and Coexistence
- Group supervision (students and post-docs) and management
Key Achievements:
- Quantum Network Synchronization & Coexistence:
- Demonstrated "picosecond-level synchronization" of two actively mode-locked Ti:Sapphire lasers over 120 km of deployed optical fiber using the White Rabbit precision time protocol (WR-PTP).
- Experimentally demonstrated "phase locking of fiber spools" up to 100 km and a 120 km deployed optical link using faint coherent states (requiring less than 1 million photons at the receiver). (Provisional patent application filed by NIST/UMD in 2024).
- Achieved "entanglement distribution" over a fiber link up to 100 km while "coexisting with classical signals".
- Established fundamental and practical "coexistence limits" for quantum and classical signals in the telecom band in SMF-28 fiber.
- Quantum-Enhanced Sensing & Metrology:
- Invented and experimentally demonstrated a new "super-resolution technique": Super-Resolution Imaging via Photon Enumeration (S-RIPE). (Provisional patent application filed by NIST/UMD in 2024).
- Achieved "single-biomarker sensitivity" in the quantum-enhanced flow cytometer. Verified the prototype can identify cells with a single biomarker in populations with occurrence rates less than 1 in 10000 cells. (US Patent 11,768,147 (2023) and 11,022,538 (2021)).
- Quantum Communication & Information Processing:
- Invented a "Quantum receiver for coherent frequency shift keying" to provide bandwidth- and power-efficient communication for the “green internet”. (US patent 10,382,141 B2).
- Built a working prototype of the quantum receiver, demonstrating operation "beyond classical limits" for long alphabets.
- Demonstrated record improvement (40 dB below the classical limit) in "error correction efficiency" using single-shot quantum measurement accuracy estimates.
- Invented "ultra-low noise devices on a lithium niobate integrated platform", enabling "noiseless frequency transduction" (Patent granted in 2025).
Post-Doctoral Associate Details
Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland and NIST, MD, USA
Research Directions:
- Experimental quantum optics
- Data processing and simulations
- Quantum metrology and sensing
Key Achievements:
- Built a "record-low noise quantum frequency transducer" and performed a record high-accuracy faint light intensity measurement.
- Developed an algorithm for "full statistical mode reconstruction" of a light field via a photon-number-resolved measurement.
- Built a "quantum-enhanced working prototype of a flow cytometer". Demonstrated measurement of single biomarkers with high throughput (Patent pending).
Senior Scientist Details
Laboratory of Quantum Optical Technologies, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Research Directions & Activities:
- Managed the setup of a new experimental lab, including equipment purchases and assembly of optical and UHV systems.
- Performed simulations of dipole trapping in a tight focus regime.
- Designed and modeled plasmonic nanostructures for an atomic dipole nanotrap.
Junior Scientist Details
Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Research Focus:
- Theoretical research of atomic systems interacting with classical and non-classical optical fields.
Software Developer Junior (Contract) Details
Intel Corp., Moscow, Russia
Main Results:
- Parallelized the "KD-tree building algorithm" (IPPR library) using OpenMP.
- Developed and optimized a "Volume rendering (tomography) algorithm" using SSE SIMD.
- *Technologies: C, C with intrinsics (SIMD), C++.NET Application Forms, OpenMP.*
IT-specialist (Contract) Details
LifeNet Comp., Moscow, Russia
Main Responsibilities:
- Administration and support of servers and workstations based on Windows XP/2003 Server and Debian Linux.
- Installation, setup, and configuration of new workstations/servers.
- *Technologies: Active Directory, asterisk, administration tools for Windows and Linux OS's.*
Software Developer (Contract) Details
Neuroproject Comp., Moscow, Russia
Main Results:
- Developed the GUI for a Probabilistic Artificial Neural Network (ANN) application.
- Embedded a "Fuzzy logic decision algorithm" into an Ultrasonic Defectoscopy image processing application.
- *Technologies: VB, Neuroshell.*
Achievements & Awards
- NIH Quantum Sensing Technology Challenge, Stage 1 Winner (2025) with project “Quantum Flow Cytometer”.
- Record Improvement in Error Correction efficiency (40 dB below the classical limit) demonstrated using single-shot quantum measurement accuracy estimates.
- Metropolitan Synchronization: Experimentally demonstrated picosecond-level synchronization of lasers over 120 km of deployed optical fiber.
- Novel Super-Resolution Imaging: Invented and experimentally demonstrated Super-Resolution Imaging via Photon Enumeration (S-RIPE).
- Ultra-Low Noise Devices on lithium niobate integrated platform invented and patented.
- Single-Biomarker Sensitivity demonstrated in the quantum-enhanced flow cytometer.
- Phase Stabilization demonstrated over a 120 km deployed link using faint coherent states (displacement-enhanced photon counting).
- Invited Review prepared and published on “Practical quantum-enhanced receivers for classical communication” (AVS Quantum Science).
- Doctoral Degree: Awarded PhD in Physics from Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Inventions & Patents
- US Patent 10,382,141 (2019) Communication linker for communication linking
- US Patent 11,022,538 (2021) Quantum flow cytometer
- US Patent 11,768,147 (2023) Quantum flow cytometer
- US Patent 11,940,714 (2024) Ultra-low-noise, on-chip quantum devices
- US Patent 12,287,557 (2024) Ultra-low-noise, on-chip quantum devices
- US Patent 12,387,129 (2025) Systems and methods for quantum-enabled error correction
- US Patent App. 2025/0225615 (2025) Super-resolution imaging via photon enumeration
- US Patent App. 2025/0226881 (2025) System and method for monitoring optical communication channel
Selected Publications
- C Nunn, N Lal, I Burenkov, YS Li-Baboud, PS Kuo, T Gerrits, SV Polyakov "Picosecond synchronization of mode-locked lasers for metropolitan-scale quantum networks". Optics Express 33 (15), 31258-31268. (2025)
- MV Jabir, D Ahn, NFR Annafianto, IA Burenkov, A Battou, SV Polyakov "Enabling phase stabilization of quantum networks via displacement-enhanced photon counting". Optica 12 (5), 570-576. (2025)
- A Rahmouni, PS Kuo, YS Li-Baboud, IA Burenkov, Y Shi, MV Jabir, N Lal, ... "100-km entanglement distribution with coexisting quantum and classical signals in a single fiber". Journal of Optical Communications and Networking 16 (8), 781-787. (2024)
- IA Burenkov, NFR Annafianto, MV Jabir, M Wayne, A Battou, SV Polyakov "Experimental shot-by-shot estimation of quantum measurement confidence". Physical Review Letters 128 (4), 040404. (2022)
- IA Burenkov, MV Jabir, SV Polyakov. "Practical quantum-enhanced receivers for classical communication". AVS quantum science 3 (2), 025301. (2021)
- IA Burenkov, MV Jabir, A Battou, SV Polyakov. "Time-resolving quantum measurement enables energy-efficient, large-alphabet communication". PRX Quantum 1 (1), 010308. (2020)
- MV Jabir, IA Burenkov, NFR Annafianto, A Battou, SV Polyakov. "Experimental demonstration of the near-quantum optimal receiver". OSA continuum 3 (12), 3324-3331. (2020)
- IA Burenkov, OV Tikhonova, SV Polyakov. "Quantum receiver for large alphabet communication". Optica 5 (3), 227-232. (2018)
- IA Burenkov, AK Sharma, T Gerrits, G Harder, TJ Bartley, C Silberhorn, ... "Full statistical mode reconstruction of a light field via a photon-number-resolved measurement". Physical Review A 95 (5), 053806. (2017)
- IA Burenkov, AM Popov, OV Tikhonova, EA Volkova. "New features of interaction of atomic and molecular systems with intense ultrashort laser pulses". Laser Physics Letters 7 (6), 409-434. (2010)
- IA Burenkov, OV Tikhonova. "Features of multiphoton-stimulated bremsstrahlung in a quantized field". Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 43 (23), 235401. (2010)