Biographical Sketch:
Jack Harris is Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Yale University. Harris is both a member of the Yale Quantum Institute and of Yale’s Wright Lab.
Since joining the Yale faculty in 2004, his group has developed novel approaches to the field of quantum optomechanics, including the “membrane-in-the-middle” device, and various means for combining high-finesse optical cavities with superfluid helium.
Harris was a Lecturer for the Yale Warrior-Scholar Project and a mentor for the Research Experience for Veteran Undergraduates. He is the faculty advisor for Queer Affiliated fRiends of physiKs (QuARK) in the Yale Department of Physics.
Previous to his time at Yale, Prof. Harris was a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard/MIT Center for Ultracold Atoms, where he worked with John Doyle and Wolfgang Ketterle on a cryogenic atom-trapping experiment.
Harris received his Ph.D. from UCSB, where he developed ultrasensitive micromechanical sensors and used them to study quantum Hall systems in the group of David Awschalom.
Harris received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University.
Research:
Jack Harris explores the influence of quantum mechanics and topological effects upon the motion of macroscopic objects. He studies these phenomena in experiments that combine high-finesse optical cavities, ultrasensitive mechanical oscillators, and superfluid helium.
Education:
Ph.D., University of California - Santa Barbara, 2000
Honors & Awards:
Harris is an American Physical Society (APS) Fellow and a Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow. He was awarded the Arthur Greer Memorial Prize, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
(DARPA) Young Faculty Award, a Yale University Junior Faculty Fellowship, and the Sloan Research Fellowship.
Selected Publications:
- Quantum optomechanics in a liquid, A.B. Shkarin, A.D. Kashkanova, C.D. Brown, S. Garcia, K. Ott, J. Reichel, J.G.E. Harris. Phys. Rev. Lett 122, 153601 (2019).
- Nonreciprocal control and cooling of phonon modes in an optomechanical system, H. Xu, L. Jiang, A.A. Clark, J.G.E. Harris. Nature 568, 65-69 (2019).
- Cavity Optomechanics in a Levitated Helium Droplet, L. Childress, M.P. Schmidt, A.D. Kashkanova, C.D. Brown, G.I. Harris, A. Aiello, F. Marquardt, J.G.E. Harris. Phys. Rev. A 96, 063842 (2017) .
- Topological energy transfer in an optomechanical system with an exceptional point, H. Xu, D. Mason, L. Jiang, J. G. E. Harris. Nature 537, 80-83 (2016).
- Author’s list of publications
- INSPIRE publications
