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Edwin Hach

Associate Professor

School of Physics and Astronomy
College of Science

585-475-4537
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Edwin Hach

Associate Professor

School of Physics and Astronomy
College of Science

Education

BS, MS, St. Bonaventure University; Ph.D., University of Arkansas

585-475-4537

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Journal Paper
III, Edwin E. Hach,, et al. "SU(1,1) Parity and Strong Violations of a Bell Inequality by Entangled Barut-Girardello Coherent States." Journal of the Optical Society of America B35. (2018): 2433 -. Print.
Hach, Edwin E., et al. "A Quantum Optical Description of Losses in Ring Resonators based on Field Operator Transformations." Physical Review A. (2016): 1-26. Web.
Hach, Edwin E., et al. "Violations of a Bell Inequality for Entangled SU(1,1) Coherent States based on Dichotomic Observables." Physical Review A A93. (2016): 0421041--0421048. Print.
Hach, Edwin E., et al. "Violations of a Bell inequality for entangled SU(1,1) coherent states based on dichotomic observables." Physical Review A. (2015): --. Print.
Hach, Edwin E., et al. "Violations of a Bell inequality for entangled SU(1,1) coherent states based on dichotomic observables." Physical Review A. (2015): --. Print.
Published Conference Proceedings
Alsing, Paul M. and Edwin E. Hach, III. "An Optical Nonlinear Sign Shift Gate Using Mircoring Resonators." Proceedings of the Quantum Technologies and Quantum Information Science IV. Ed. Not Readily Available. Berlin, It was published in Germany!!: n.p., 2018. Print.
Hach, Edwin E. "Silicon Nanophotonic Networks for Quantum Optical Information Processing." Proceedings of the SPIE Defense+Security 2016. Baltimore, Maryland: SPIE, 2016. Print.

Currently Teaching

ASTP-790
1 - 3 Credits
Masters-level research by the candidate on an appropriate topic as arranged between the candidate and the research advisor.
PHYS-111
4 Credits
This is an introductory course in algebra-based physics focusing on mechanics and waves. Topics include kinematics, planar motion, Newton’s laws, gravitation; rotational kinematics and dynamics; work and energy; momentum and impulse; conservation laws; simple harmonic motion; waves; data presentation/analysis and error propagation. The course is taught using both traditional lectures and a workshop format that integrates material traditionally found in separate lecture, recitation, and laboratory settings.
PHYS-112
4 Credits
This course is an introduction to algebra-based physics focusing on thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, optics, and elementary topics in modern physics. Topics include heat and temperature, laws of thermodynamics, fluids, electric and magnetic forces and fields, DC electrical circuits, electromagnetic induction, opyics, the concept of the photon, and the Bohr model of the atom. The course is taught using both traditional lectures and a workshop format that integrates material traditionally found in separate lecture, recitation, and laboratory settings.
PHYS-207
1 Credits
This course is without exception only for students who have earned credit for PHYS-206. This is a course in calculus-based physics for science and engineering majors. Topics include mechanical oscillations and waves, and data presentation/analysis. The course is taught in a workshop format that integrates the material traditionally found in separate lecture and laboratory courses. This course together with PHYS-206 is equivalent to PHYS-211.
PHYS-275
1 Credits
This seminar will assist students in their preparation for the Physics Comprehensive Oral Exam (CORE) required at the end of the course by presenting a unified as opposed to topical approach to physics. Physics majors must pass this course before going on to 300-level Physics courses.
PHYS-320
3 Credits
This course serves as an introduction to the mathematical tools needed to solve intermediate and upper-level physics problems. Topics include matrix algebra, vector calculus, Fourier analysis, partial differential equations in rectangular coordinates, and an introduction to series solutions of ordinary differential equations.
PHYS-321
3 Credits
This course is a continuation of PHYS-320, serving to introduce additional mathematical tools needed to solve intermediate and upper-level physics problems. Topics include special functions, series solutions to ordinary differential equations, solutions to partial differential equations in curvilinear coordinate systems, matrix techniques, and the calculus of variations.
PHYS-408
3 Credits
This course covers the semi-classical theory of the operation of a laser, characteristics and practical aspects of various laser systems, and some applications of lasers in scientific research.
PHYS-498
1 - 3 Credits
This course is a faculty-directed tutorial of appropriate topics that are not part of the formal curriculum. The level of study is appropriate for student in their final two years of study.
PHYS-611
3 Credits
This course is a systematic treatment of electro- and magneto-statics, charges, currents, fields and potentials, dielectrics and magnetic materials, Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic waves. Field theory is treated in terms of scalar and vector potentials. Wave solutions of Maxwell's equations, the behavior of electromagnetic waves at interfaces, guided electromagnetic waves, and simple radiating systems will be covered.
PHYS-612
3 Credits
This course is an advanced treatment of electrodynamics and radiation. Classical scattering theory including Mie scattering, Rayleigh scattering, and the Born approximation will be covered. Relativistic electrodynamics will be applied to charged particles in electromagnetic fields and magnetohydrodynamics.
PHYS-790
1 - 4 Credits
Graduate-level research by the candidate on an appropriate topic as arranged between the candidate and the research advisor.
PHYS-791
0 Credits
Graduate-level research by the candidate on an appropriate topic as arranged between the candidate and the research advisor.
PHYS-799
1 - 4 Credits
This course is a faculty-directed tutorial of appropriate topics that are not part of the formal curriculum. The level of study is appropriate for a graduate-level student.

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