Research Officer
Frédéric Bouchard

Contact
email: frederic.bouchard@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Bio
Frédéric Bouchard is a Research Officer at the National Research Council Canada. He completed his PhD in quantum optics at the University of Ottawa, with a focus on quantum cryptography and high-dimensional quantum information. He joined the Security and Disruptive Technologies Research Centre of the National Research Council in 2019 as a Research Associate working on photonic quantum information processing and became a Research Officer in 2022.
Publications
- M. Stasiuk, F. Hufnagel, X. Gao, A. Z. Goldberg, F. Bouchard, E. Karimi, K. Heshami “High-dimensional Encoding in the Round-Robin Differential-Phase-Shift Protocol,” Quantum 7, 1207 (2023).
- M Eriksson, AZ Goldberg, M Hiekkamäki, F Bouchard, G Leuchs, R Fickler, LL Sanchez-Soto “Sensing rotations with multiplane light conversion,” Physical Review Applied 20, 024052 (2023).
- G. S. Thekkadath, D. England, F. Bouchard, Y. Zhang, M. S. Kim, B. Sussman “Intensity interferometry for holography with quantum and classical light,” Science Advances 9, eadh1439 (2023).
- F. Bouchard, K. Bonsma-Fisher, K. Heshami, P. J. Bustard, D. England, B. Sussman “Measuring ultrafast time-bin qudits,” Phys. Rev. A 107, 022618 (2023).
- F. Bouchard, D. England, P. J. Bustard, K. Heshami, B. Sussman “Quantum communication with ultrafast time-bin qubits,” PRX Quantum 3, 010332 (2022).
- M. Hiekkamäki, F. Bouchard, R. Fickler “Photonic angular superresolution using twisted N00N states,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 263601 (2021).
- D. England, F. Bouchard, K. Fenwick, K. Bonsma-Fisher, Y. Zhang, P. J. Bustard, B. J. Sussman “Perspectives on all-optical Kerr switching for quantum optical applications,” Applied Physics Letters 119, 160501 (2021).
- L. Kopf, J. Ruano, M. Hiekkamäki, T. Stolt, M. J. Huttunen, F. Bouchard, R. Fickler “Spectral vector beams for high-speed spectroscopic measurements,” Optica 8, 930 (2021).
- F. Tamburini, B. Thidé, I. Licata, F. Bouchard, E. Karimi “Majorana bosonic quasiparticles from twisted photons in free space,” Physical Review A 3, 033505 (2021).
- F. Bouchard, D. England, P. J. Bustard, K. L. Fenwick, E. Karimi, K. Heshami, B. Sussman “Achieving ultimate noise tolerance in quantum communication,” Physical Review Applied 15, 024027 (2021).
- F. Bouchard, A. Sit, Y. Zhang, R. Fickler, F. M. Miatto, Y. Yao, F. Sciarrino, E. Karimi “Two-photon interference: the Hong-Ou-Mandel effect,” Reports on Progress in Physics 84, 012402 (2020).
- F. Hufnagel, A. Sit, F. Bouchard, Y. Zhang, D. England, K. Heshami, B. J. Sussman, E. Karimi “Investigation of underwater quantum channels in a 30 meter flume tank using structured photons,” New Journal of Physics 22, 093074 (2020).
- F. Brandt, M. Hiekkamäki, F. Bouchard, M. Huber, R. Fickler “High-dimensional quantum gates using full-field spatial modes of photons,” Optica 7, 98 (2020).
- R. Fickler, F. Bouchard, E. Giese, V. Grillo, G. Leuchs, E. Karimi “Full-field mode sorter using two optimized phase transformations for high-dimensional quantum cryptography,” Journal of Optics 22, 024001 (2020).
- S. Ecker, F. Bouchard, L. Bulla, F. Brandt, O. Kohout, F. Steinlechner, R. Fickler, M. Malik, Y. Guryanova, R. Ursin, M. Huber “Overcoming noise in entanglement distribution,” Physical Review X 9, 041042 (2019).
- F. Kong, C. Zhang, H. Larocque, F. Bouchard, Z. Li, M. Taucer, G. Brown, S. Severino, T. J. Hammond, E. Karimi, P. B. Corkum “Spin-constrained orbital-angular-momentum control in high-harmonic generation,” Physical Review Research 1, 032008 (2019).
- F. Hufnagel, A. Sit, F. Grenapin, F. Bouchard, K. Heshami, D. England, Y. Zhang, B. J. Sussman, R. W. Boyd, G. Leuchs, E. Karimi “Characterization of an underwater channel for quantum communications in the Ottawa River,” Optics Express 27, 26346 (2019).
- E. Cohen, H. Larocque, F. Bouchard, F. Nejadsattari, Y. Gefen, E. Karimi “Geometric phase from Aharonov–Bohm to Pancharatnam–Berry and beyond,” Nature Review Physics 1, 437 (2019).
- F. Bouchard, D. Koutný, F. Hufnagel, Z. Hradil, J. Řeháček, Y.-S. Teo, D. Ahn, H. Jeong, L. L. Sánchez-Soto, G. Leuchs, E. Karimi “Compressed sensing of twisted photons,” Optics Express 27, 17426 (2019).
- T. Bauer, P. Banzer, F. Bouchard, S. Orlov, L. Marrucci, E. Santamato, R. W. Boyd, E. Karimi, G. Leuchs “Multi-twist polarization ribbon topologies in highly-confined optical fields,” New Journal of Physics 21, 053020 (2019).
- F. Bouchard, F. Hufnagel, D. Koutný, A. Abbas, A. Sit, K. Heshami, R. Fickler, E. Karimi “Quantum process tomography of a high-dimensional quantum communication channel,” Quantum 3, 138 (2019).
- F. Kong, C. Zhang, H. Larocque, Z. Li, F. Bouchard, D. H. Ko, G. G. Brown, A. Korobenko, T. J. Hammond, R. W. Boyd, E. Karimi, P. B. Corkum “Vectorizing the spatial structure of high-harmonic radiation from gas,” Nature Communications 10, 1 (2019).
- D. Ahn, Y. Siah Teo, H. Jeong, F. Bouchard, F. Hufnagel, E. Karimi, D. Koutný, J. Řeháček, Z. Hradil, G. Leuchs, L. L. Sánchez-Soto “Adaptive Compressive Tomography with No a priori Information,” Physical Review Letters 122, 100404 (2019).
- F. Nejadsattari, Y. Zhang, F. Bouchard, H. Larocque, A. Sit, E. Cohen, R. Fickler, E. Karimi “Experimental realization of wave-packet dynamics in cyclic quantum walks,” Optica 6, 174 (2019).
- Y. Zhang, A. Sit, F. Bouchard, H. Larocque, F. Grenapin, E. Cohen, A. C. Elitzur, J. L. Harden, R. W. Boyd, E. Karimi “Interaction-free ghost-imaging of structured objects,” Optics Express 27, 2212 (2019).
- F. Bouchard, K. Heshami, D. England, R. Fickler, R. W. Boyd, B.-G. Englert, L. L. Sánchez-Soto, E. Karimi “Experimental investigation of high-dimensional quantum key distribution protocols with twisted photons,” Quantum 2, 111 (2018).
- F. Bouchard, N. H. Valencia, F. Brandt, R. Fickler, M. Huber, M. Malik “Measuring azimuthal and radial modes of photons,” Optics Express 26, 31925 (2018).
- A. Sit, R. Fickler, F. Alsaiari, F. Bouchard, H. Larocque, P. Gregg, L. Yan, R. W. Boyd, S. Ramachandran, E. Karimi “Quantum cryptography with structured photons through a vortex fiber,” Optics Letters 43, 4108 (2018).
- F. Bouchard, A. Sit, F. Hufnagel, A. Abbas, Y. Zhang, K. Heshami, R. Fickler, C. Marquardt, G. Leuchs, E. Karimi “Quantum cryptography with twisted photons through an outdoor underwater channel,” Optics Express 26, 22563 (2018).
- F. Bouchard, A. Sit, K. Heshami, R. Fickler, E. Karimi “Round-robin differential-phase-shift quantum key distribution with twisted photons,” Physical Review A 98, 010301 (2018).
- F. Bouchard, P. Hoz, G. Björk, R. W. Boyd, M. Grassl, Z. Hradil, E. Karimi, A. B. Klimov, G. Leuchs, J. Řeháček, L. L. Sánchez-Soto “Quantum metrology at the limit with extremal Majorana constellations,” Optica 4, 1429 (2017).
- V. Grillo, T. R. Harvey, F. Venturi, J. S. Pierce, R. Balboni, F. Bouchard, G. C. Gazzadi, S. Frabboni, A. H. Tavabi, Z.-A. Li, R. E. Dunin-Borkowski, R. W. Boyd, B. J. McMorran, E. Karimi “Observation of nanoscale magnetic fields using twisted electron beams,” Nature Communications 8, 1 (2017).
- A. Sit, F. Bouchard, R. Fickler, J. Gagnon-Bischoff, H. Larocque, K. Heshami, D. Elser, C. Peuntinger, K. Günthner, B. Heim, C. Marquardt, G. Leuchs, R. W. Boyd, E. Karimi “High-dimensional intracity quantum cryptography with structured photons,” Optica 4, 1006 (2017).
- H. Larocque, J. Gagnon-Bischoff, D. Mortimer, Y. Zhang, F. Bouchard, J. Upham, V. Grillo, R. W. Boyd, E. Karimi “Generalized optical angular momentum sorter and its application to high-dimensional quantum cryptography,” Optics Express 25, 19832 (2017).
- M. G. Rahimian, F. Bouchard, H. Al-Khazraji, E. Karimi, P. B. Corkum, V. R. Bhardwaj “Polarization dependent nanostructuring of silicon with femtosecond vortex pulse,” APL Photonics 2, 086104 (2017).
- V. Grillo, A. H. Tavabi, F. Venturi, H. Larocque, R. Balboni, G. C. Gazzadi, S. Frabboni, P.-H. Lu, E. Mafakheri, F. Bouchard, R. E. Dunin-Borkowski, R. W. Boyd, M. P. J. Lavery, M. J. Padgett, E. Karimi “Measuring the orbital angular momentum spectrum of an electron beam,” Nature Communications 8, 1 (2017).
- F. Kong, C. Zhang, F. Bouchard, Z. Li, G. G. Brown, D. H. Ko, T. J. Hammond, L. Arissian, R. W. Boyd, E. Karimi, P. B. Corkum “Controlling the orbital angular momentum of high harmonic vortices,” Nature Communications 8, 1 (2017).
- F. Bouchard, R. W. Boyd, E. Karimi “Observation of subluminal twisted light in vacuum: reply,” Optica 4, 207 (2017).
- F. Bouchard, R. Fickler, R. W. Boyd, E. Karimi “High-dimensional quantum cloning and applications to quantum hacking,” Science Advances 3, e1601915 (2017).
- F. Bouchard, H. Larocque, A. M. Yao, C. Travis, I. D. Leon, A. Rubano, E. Karimi, G.-L. Oppo, R. W. Boyd “Polarization shaping for control of nonlinear propagation,” Physical Review Letters 117, 233903 (2016).
- H. Larocque, J. Gagnon-Bischoff, F. Bouchard, R. Fickler, J. Upham, R. W. Boyd, E. Karimi “Arbitrary optical wavefront shaping via spin-to-orbit coupling,” Journal of Optics 18, 124002 (2016).
- H. Larocque, F. Bouchard, V. Grillo, A. Sit, S. Frabboni, R. E. Dunin-Borkowski, M. J. Padgett, R. W. Boyd, E. Karimi “Nondestructive measurement of orbital angular momentum for an electron beam,” Physical Review Letters 117, 154801 (2016).
- P. Woźniak, P. Banzer, F. Bouchard, E. Karimi, G. Leuchs, R. W. Boyd “Tighter spots of light with superposed orbital-angular-momentum beams,” Physical Review A 94, 021803 (2016).
- J. Harris, F. Bouchard, E. Santamato, W. H. Zurek, R. W. Boyd, E. Karimi “Quantum probabilities from quantum entanglement: experimentally unpacking the Born rule,” New Journal of Physics 18, 053013 (2016).
- F. Bouchard, J. Harris, H. Mand, R. W. Boyd, E. Karimi “Observation of subluminal twisted light in vacuum,” Optica 3, 351 (2016).
- S. A. Schulz, J. Upham, F. Bouchard, I. Leon, E. Karimi, R. W. Boyd “Quantifying the impact of proximity error correction on plasmonic metasurfaces,” Optical Materials Express 5, 2798 (2015).
- F. Bouchard, J. Harris, H. Mand, N. Bent, E. Santamato, R. W. Boyd, E. Karimi “Observation of quantum recoherence of photons by spatial propagation,” Scientific Reports 5, 1 (2015).
- A. A. Ahangary, F. Bouchard, E. Santamato, E. Karimi, H. R. Khalesifard “Dynamics of laser-induced radial birefringence in silver-doped glasses,” Optics Letters 40, 4062 (2015).
- F. Bouchard, H. Mand, M. Mirhosseini, E. Karimi, R. W. Boyd “Achromatic orbital angular momentum generator,” New Journal of Physics 16, 123006 (2014).
- F. Bouchard, I. Leon, S. A. Schulz, J. Upham, E. Karimi, R. W. Boyd “Optical spin-to-orbital angular momentum conversion in ultra-thin metasurfaces with arbitrary topological charges,” Applied Physics Letters 105, 101905 (2014).
- A. W. Walker, F. Bouchard, A. H. Trojnar, K. Hinzer “Inverted metamorphic III-V triple-junction solar cell with a 1 eV CuInSe2 bottom sub-cell,” International Journal of Photoenergy 2014, (2014).