Boyan Torosov's personal webpage

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Institute of Solid State Physics
72, Tsarigradsko chaussee
Phone: +359 88 8276445
Email: torosovphys.uni-sofia.bg

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Atomic and Molecular Physics
    Thesis title: Control of time-dependent dynamics of quantum systems: exact and approximate solutions (download)
    Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, 2007 – 2010
  • Master's Degree, Quantum Physics, 5.85 (grade average and thesis defence)
    Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, 2005 – 2006
  • Bachelor's Degree, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, 5.66 (grade average and thesis defence)
    Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, 2001 – 2005
  • Mathematics High School "Dr. P. Beron", Varna, 1996 - 2001

Work Experience

  • 2011-present, Chief Assistant Professor at Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  • 2014-2015, Postdoc researcher at Singapore University of Technology and Design (6 months)
    Collaborator: Dr Elica Kyoseva
    Research: Modular design of quantum transformations
  • 2012-2014, Postdoc researcher at Politecnico di Milano (18 months)
    Collaborators: Prof. Stefano Longhi and Dr. Giuseppe Della Valle
    Research: Quantum control via non-Hermitian Hamiltonians
  • 2012, Quantitative Analyst at CLOUDRISK Limited (5 months)
    Description: Mathematical models of Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDO) and Credit Default Swaps (CDS)
  • 2010, Marie-Curie fellow at the University of Burgundy (5 months)
    Collaborator: Prof. Stephane Guerin
    Research: Composite pulses in for adiabatic techniques
  • 2009-2010, Marie-Curie fellow at the University of Leeds (6 months)
    Collaborator: Dr. Almut Beige
    Research: Entangling atoms in a cavity by laser cooling
  • 2008, Research visit at the University of Turku (5 months)
    Collaborator: Prof. Kalle-Antti Suominen
    Research: Manipulation of Bose-Einstein condensates with external electromagnetic fields

Publications

  1. B. T. Torosov, E. Kyoseva and N. V. Vitanov
    Composite pulses for ultrabroad-band and ultranarrow-band excitation
    Phys. Rev A. 92, 033406 (2015) (download)
  2. B. T. Torosov, E. Kyoseva and N. V. Vitanov
    Fault-tolerant composite Householder reflection
    J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 48, 135502 (2015) (download)
  3. B. T. Torosov, S. Longhi and G. Della Valle
    Mixed Rabi Jaynes-Cummings model of a three-level atom interacting with two quantized fields
    Opt. Commun. 346, 110 (2015) (download)
  4. B. T. Torosov and N. V. Vitanov
    High-fidelity error-resilient composite phase gates
    Phys. Rev. A 90, 012341 (2014) (download)
  5. B. T. Torosov, G. Della Valle, and S. Longhi
    Non-Hermitian shortcut to stimulated Raman adiabatic passage
    Phys. Rev. A 89, 063412 (2014) (download)
  6. B. T. Torosov, G. Della Valle, and S. Longhi
    Imaginary Kapitza pendulum
    Phys. Rev. A 88, 052106 (2013) (download)
  7. B. T. Torosov, G. Della Valle, and S. Longhi
    Non-Hermitian shortcut to adiabaticity
    Phys. Rev. A 87, 052502 (2013) (download)
  8. B. T. Torosov and N. V. Vitanov
    Composite stimulated Raman adiabatic passage
    Phys. Rev. A 87, 043418 (2013) (download)
  9. B. T. Torosov, G. Della Valle, and S. Longhi
    Quantum simulation of the Riemann-Hurwitz ζ function
    Phys. Rev. A 87, 032103 (2013) (download)
  10. B. T. Torosov and N. V. Vitanov
    Adiabatic elimination of a nearly resonant quantum state
    J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 45, 135502 (2012) (download)
  11. G. T. Genov, B. T. Torosov, and N. V. Vitanov
    Optimized control of multistate quantum systems by composite pulse sequences
    Phys. Rev. A 84, 063413 (2011) (download)
  12. B. T. Torosov and N. V. Vitanov
    Evolution of superpositions of quantum states through a level crossing
    Phys. Rev. A 84, 063411 (2011) (download)
  13. J. Busch, S. De, S. S. Ivanov, B. T. Torosov, T. P. Spiller, and A. Beige
    Cooling atom-cavity systems into entangled states
    Phys. Rev. A 84, (2011) (download)
  14. B. T. Torosov, S. Guérin, and N. V. Vitanov
    High-Fidelity Adiabatic Passage by Composite Sequences of Chirped Pulses
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 233001 (2011) (download)
  15. B. T. Torosov and N. V. Vitanov
    Smooth composite pulses for high-fidelity quantum information processing
    Phys. Rev. A 83, 053420 (2011) (download)
  16. B.T. Torosov, G.S. Vasilev, N.V. Vitanov
    Symmetries and asymmetries in coherent atomic excitation by chirped laser pulses
    Optics Communications 283, 1338 (2010) (download)
  17. B. T. Torosov and N. V. Vitanov
    Design of quantum Fourier transforms and quantum algorithms by using circulant Hamiltonians
    Phys. Rev. A 80, 022329 (2009) (download)
  18. B. T. Torosov and N. V. Vitanov
    Phase shifts in nonresonant coherent excitation
    Phys. Rev. A 79, 042108 (2009) (download)
  19. B. T. Torosov and N. V. Vitanov
    Exactly soluble two-state quantum models with linear couplings
    J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 41 155309 (2008) (download)
  20. B. T. Torosov and N. V. Vitanov
    Coherent control of a quantum transition by a phase jump
    Phys. Rev. A 76, 053404 (2007) (download)
  21. P. A. Ivanov, B. T. Torosov and N. V. Vitanov
    Navigation between quantum states by quantum mirrors
    Phys. Rev. A 75, 012323 (2007) (download)

Computer skills

  • C, C#, Java, JavaScript
  • Wolfram Mathematica, MATLAB
  • Latex, HTML, CSS, MS Office

Awards

  • 2015, Nomination for best scientific achievement of the Institute of Solid State Physics
  • 2012, "Marin Drinov" award for best young scientist of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in the field of "nanosciences, new materials and technologies"
  • 2012, The publication "Adiabatic elimination of a nearly resonant quantum state" was selected for "Highlights of the year" of Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
  • 2012, Nomination for "John Atanasov" award of the President of Bulgaria
  • 2011, Nomination for best scientific achievement of the Institute of Solid State Physics

Conferences/Visits/Talks

  • International Symposium: Stimulated Raman Adiabatic Passage in Physics, Chemistry and Technology, Kaiserslautern, Germany, September 2015 (poster).
  • CAMEL 11, Control of Quantum Dynamics of Atoms, Molecules and Ensembles by Light, Nessebar, Bulgaria, June 2015 (talk).
  • Singapore University of Technology and Design, January 2015 (seminar).
  • International Workshop on Shortcuts to Adiabaticity, Shanghai, China, July 2014 (invited talk).
  • CAMEL 10, Control of Quantum Dynamics of Atoms, Molecules and Ensembles by Light, Nessebar, Bulgaria, June 2014 (talk).
  • CAMEL 9, Control of Quantum Dynamics of Atoms, Molecules and Ensembles by Light, Nessebar, Bulgaria, June 2013 (talk).
  • Politecnico di Milano, November 2012 (seminar).
  • Gordon Research Conference on Quantum Control Of Light and Matter, Stonehill College, Easton, USA, August 2012 (poster).
  • Workshop on Shortcuts To Adiabaticity (STA), Bilbao, Spain, July 2012 (poster).
  • CAMEL 8, Control of Quantum Dynamics of Atoms, Molecules and Ensembles by Light, Nessebar, Bulgaria, June 2012 (talk).
  • CAMEL 7, Control of Quantum Dynamics of Atoms, Molecules and Ensembles by Light, Nessebar, Bulgaria, July 2011 (talk).
  • University of Siegen, September 2010 (seminar).
  • 1st European Conference on Trapped Ions (ECTI 2010), Durham, UK, September 2010 (poster).
  • International Conference on Atomic Physics (ICAP XXII), Cairns, Australia, July 2010 (poster).
  • CAMEL 6, Control of Quantum Dynamics of Atoms, Molecules and Ensembles by Light, Varna, Bulgaria, July 2010 (talk).
  • University of Saarland, June 2010 (seminar).
  • University of Leeds, October 2009 (seminar).
  • QIPC 2009 International Conference on Quantum Information Processing and Communications, Rome, Italy, September 2009 (poster).
  • Gordon Research Conference on Quantum Control Of Light and Matter, South Hadley, USA, August 2009 (poster).
  • CAMEL 5, Control of Quantum Dynamics of Atoms, Molecules and Ensembles by Light, Nessebar, Bulgaria, June 2009 (talk).
  • 21st International Conference on Atomic Physics (ICAP XXI), Storrs, USA, July 2008 (poster).
  • CAMEL 4, Control of Quantum Dynamics of Atoms, Molecules and Ensembles by Light, Nessebar, Bulgaria, June 2008 (talk).
  • LII Annual Conference of the Finnish Physical Society, Turku, Finland, March 2008 (talk).
  • University of Turku, February 2008 (seminar).
  • CAMEL 3, Control of Quantum Dynamics of Atoms, Molecules and Ensembles by Light, Sozopol, Bulgaria, June 2007 (talk).

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