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Stephen Hughes

ResearcherPhysics, Engineering Physics & AstronomyQueen's University

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Stephen Hughes

Researcher

Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy

Engineering

Queen's University

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
9 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 6 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (6 NSERC), most recently in 2020.

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Research

Cavity-QED Electron-Phonon Interactions Light-Matter Interactions Optomechanics Photonic Crystals Quantum Optics Quantum Plasmonics Quasinormal Modes

Latest papers

Dissipation in the broadband and ultrastrong coupling regimes of cavity quantum electrodynamics: an ab initio quantized quasinormal mode approach.
Light, science & applications · 2026 · senior author
What Is the Spectral Density of the Reservoir for a Lossy Quantized Cavity?
Physical review letters · 2025 · senior author
Floquet Engineering the Quantum Rabi Model in the Ultrastrong Coupling Regime.
Physical review letters · 2025 · senior author

All 14 publications

Latest funding

Network for Ultrafast Computing with Light on Emerging Unconventional Semiconductors (NUCLEUS)
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$144,500
Quantum dot photonics for large-scale entanglement generation
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$1,000,000
Dissipative mode theories and reservoir engineering in quantum nanophotonics
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$305,000

All 9 grants and awards

14 publications.

Dissipation in the broadband and ultrastrong coupling regimes of cavity quantum electrodynamics: an ab initio quantized quasinormal mode approach.

Gustin C, Ren J, Franke S, Hughes S

Light, science & applications2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41377-026-02406-2 PMID: 42649136

What Is the Spectral Density of the Reservoir for a Lossy Quantized Cavity?

Gustin C, Ren J, Hughes S

Physical review letters2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.134.123601 PMID: 40215507

Floquet Engineering the Quantum Rabi Model in the Ultrastrong Coupling Regime.

Akbari K, Nori F, Hughes S

Physical review letters2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.134.063602 PMID: 40021156

Strong Coupling of Two-Dimensional Excitons and Plasmonic Photonic Crystals: Microscopic Theory Reveals Triplet Spectra.

Greten L, Salzwedel R, Göde T, Greten D, Reich S, Hughes S, Selig M, Knorr A

ACS photonics2024

DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.3c01208 PMID: 38645994

Erratum to: Gauge-independent emission spectra and quantum correlations in the ultrastrong coupling regime of open system cavity-QED.

Salmon W, Gustin C, Settineri A, Di Stefano O, Zueco D, Savasta S, Nori F, Hughes S

Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany)2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1515/nanoph-2022-0795 PMID: 39633640

Coupling Perovskite Quantum Dot Pairs in Solution using a Nanoplasmonic Assembly.

Zhang H, Moazzezi P, Ren J, Henderson B, Cordoba C, Yeddu V, Blackburn AM, Saidaminov MI, Paci I, Hughes S, Gordon R

Nano letters2022

DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01222 PMID: 35767329

All-Optical Tuning of Indistinguishable Single Photons Generated in Three-Level Quantum Systems.

Dusanowski Ł, Gustin C, Hughes S, Schneider C, Höfling S

Nano letters2022

DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c04700 PMID: 35486678

Enhanced TEMPO Algorithm for Quantum Path Integrals with Off-Diagonal System-Bath Coupling: Applications to Photonic Quantum Networks.

Richter M, Hughes S

Physical review letters2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.167403 PMID: 35522504

Gauge-independent emission spectra and quantum correlations in the ultrastrong coupling regime of open system cavity-QED.

Salmon W, Gustin C, Settineri A, Di Stefano O, Zueco D, Savasta S, Nori F, Hughes S

Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany)2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1515/nanoph-2021-0718 PMID: 39635277

Fermi's Golden Rule for Spontaneous Emission in Absorptive and Amplifying Media.

Franke S, Ren J, Richter M, Knorr A, Hughes S

Physical review letters2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.013602 PMID: 34270314

Network for Ultrafast Computing with Light on Emerging Unconventional Semiconductors (NUCLEUS)

Co-investigatorNSERC2024Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Shastri, Bhavin BJ

Keywords: artificial intelligence; inverse design; machine learning; nanophotonics; neuromorphic photonics; optimization; photonic computing; photonic integrated circuits; quantum neural networks; silicon photonics

$144,500

Quantum dot photonics for large-scale entanglement generation

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Rotenberg, Nir N

Keywords: cluster states; entanglement generation; photonic engineering; quantum communication; quantum devices; quantum dots; quantum photonics; solid-state quantum emitters

$1,000,000

Dissipative mode theories and reservoir engineering in quantum nanophotonics

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Hughes, Stephen

Keywords: light-matter interactions; quantum optics; theoretical nanophotonics; optomechanics; cavity-qed; semiconductor quantum dots; electron-phonon interactions; photonic crystals; quantum plasmonics; quasinormal modes

$305,000

CREATE-Materials for Advanced Photonics and Sensing

Co-investigatorNSERC2018Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Fraser, James JM

Keywords: advanced manufacturing; functionalized materials; laser processing; nanoplasmonics; organic light emitters; photonics; photovoltaics; research-based pedagogy; sensors; spectroscopy

$1,649,185

Fundamental Studies of Light-Matter Interactions in Quantum Nanophotonics

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Hughes, Stephen

$385,000

Fundamental Studies of Light-Matter Interactions in Quantum Nanophotonics

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Accelerator Supplements

Principal investigators: Hughes, Stephen

$120,000

Cavity-QED enabled light sources and disorder-induced light localization in photonic crystal chips

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Hughes, Stephen

$205,000

Nanostructured single and entangled photon sources for quantum information processing

Principal investigatorNSERC2007NRC-NSERC-BDC Nanotechnology Initiative

Principal investigators: Hughes, Stephen

$257,550

Physics and applications of light-matter interactions in photonic nanostructures

Principal investigatorNSERC2006Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Hughes, Stephen

$106,134

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Stephen Hughes

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Dissipation in the broadband and ultrastrong coupling regimes of cavity quantum electrodynamics: an ab initio quantized quasinormal mode approach.

What Is the Spectral Density of the Reservoir for a Lossy Quantized Cavity?

Floquet Engineering the Quantum Rabi Model in the Ultrastrong Coupling Regime.

Strong Coupling of Two-Dimensional Excitons and Plasmonic Photonic Crystals: Microscopic Theory Reveals Triplet Spectra.

Erratum to: Gauge-independent emission spectra and quantum correlations in the ultrastrong coupling regime of open system cavity-QED.

Coupling Perovskite Quantum Dot Pairs in Solution using a Nanoplasmonic Assembly.

All-Optical Tuning of Indistinguishable Single Photons Generated in Three-Level Quantum Systems.

Enhanced TEMPO Algorithm for Quantum Path Integrals with Off-Diagonal System-Bath Coupling: Applications to Photonic Quantum Networks.

Gauge-independent emission spectra and quantum correlations in the ultrastrong coupling regime of open system cavity-QED.

Fermi's Golden Rule for Spontaneous Emission in Absorptive and Amplifying Media.

Network for Ultrafast Computing with Light on Emerging Unconventional Semiconductors (NUCLEUS)

Quantum dot photonics for large-scale entanglement generation

Dissipative mode theories and reservoir engineering in quantum nanophotonics

CREATE-Materials for Advanced Photonics and Sensing

Fundamental Studies of Light-Matter Interactions in Quantum Nanophotonics

Fundamental Studies of Light-Matter Interactions in Quantum Nanophotonics

Cavity-QED enabled light sources and disorder-induced light localization in photonic crystal chips

Nanostructured single and entangled photon sources for quantum information processing

Physics and applications of light-matter interactions in photonic nanostructures

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Reuven Gordon