Dr. Q Charles Su
Distinguished Professor
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- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
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Current Courses
PHY 390.012 Computational Research In Physics
PHY 299.012 Independent Honor Study
PHY 111.001 Physics For Science And Engineering II
PHY 111.002 Physics For Science And Engineering II
PHY 384.001 Quantum Mechanics II
PHY 290.012 Research In Physics
Research Interests & Areas
Dr. Su is a theoretical atomic, molecular and optical physicist. His specialty involves the interaction of laser light with atoms. He has recently discovered atomic stabilization effects in a super-strong field regime. His research includes laser fusion diagnosis, harmonic light generation, electron-electron correlation, laser pulse propagation in media and relativistic quantum dynamics of atoms in external fields. Recently novel cycloatoms have been demonstrated in his lab under the radiation of combined laser and magnetic fields. Prof. Su is the co-director of the Intense Laser Physics Theory Unit at Illinois State, a research center that promotes scientific exchange and actively involves undergraduate researchers. He is a prolific scholar with frequently cited publications and numerous invited presentations and conference organization activities. His research has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and Research Corporation. His research and teaching have been recognized with awards and feature articles.
Ph D
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Singular Exceptional Endeavors of Discovery
Research Corporation
2017
Distinguished Professor
2016
Fellow of the American Physical Society
2012
University Professor
2011
The Million Dollar Club inductee
Illinois State University
2009
College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Lecturer
Illinois State University
2006
Undergraduate Research Prize
American Physics Society
2006
Outstanding University Researcher Award
Illinois State University
2003
Teaching Initiative Award
Illinois State University
1998
Cottrell Scholar
Research Corporation
1996
Research Initiative Award
Illinois State University
1996
Grants and Contracts
Spatial and temporal dynamics of matter in intense laser fields
Qichang "Charles" Su, Rainer Grobe.
NSF. May 2021 - August 2024
Spatial and temporal dynamics of matter in intense laser fields
R. Grobe, Qichang "Charles" Su.
NSF. August 15 2021 - August 14 2024
Light scattering in random media
Qichang "Charles" Su.
Research Corporation (Cottrel College Science Award). - 2011
Super-critical laser field-vacuum interactions
Qichang "Charles" Su, Y Li.
National Science Foundation China (Overseas scholar collaborative research award). - 2012
Journal Article
Control of the laser-induced vacuum decay by electronic phases
Qichang "Charles" Su.
Phys. Rev. A 105, 105, 053114, (2022)
Decay mechanisms of ensemble averages of nonlinear oscillators
Qichang "Charles" Su.
Phys. Rev. A, 105, 052209, (2022)
Dynamical effects of Pauli blocking on resonant multi-electron ionization
Qichang "Charles" Su.
Phys. Rev. A, 105, 013110, (2022)
Evolutionary symbolic regression from a probabilistic perspective
Qichang "Charles" Su.
Springer Nature: Comp. Sci., 3, 209, (2022)
Exactly predictable functions for simple neural networks
Qichang "Charles" Su.
Springer Nature: Comp. Sci., 3, 64, (2022)
Exactly Predictable Functions for Simple Neural Networks
Jack Yost, Luis Rizo, Xing Fang, Qichang Su, Rainer Grobe.
SN Computer Science, (2021), https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-021-00949-2
Laser-induced level shifts and splittings in multiphoton pair creation
Qichang "Charles" Su.
Phys. Rev. D, 103, 074513, (2021)
Machine learning techniques in the examination of the electron-positron pair creation process
Qichang "Charles" Su.
JOSA B, 38, 3582, (2021)
Vacuum polarization is not a precursor for permanent pair creation
Qichang "Charles" Su.
J. Phy. B, 54, 135601, (2021)
Resolving rapidly chirped external fields with Dirac vacuum
Qichang "Charles" Su.
Phys. Rev. A, 101, 063405, (2020)
Symbiotic vs. non-symbiotic optimization for spatial and temporal degrees of freedom
J. Unger.
Phys. Rev. E, 101, 013310, (2020)
Transition between coherent and incoherent chirping mechanisms in electron-positron pair creation
C. Gong.
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, 37, 1098, (2020)
Universal scaling laws for optimally excited nonlinear oscillators
Cassie McGinnis, Daniel L Holland, Qichang "Charles" Su, Rainer Grobe.
Phys Rev E, (2020)
Dirac vacuum as a transport medium for information
Q. Su.
Phys. Rev. Lett., 122, 023603, (2019)
Infinite dimensional optimization applied to pair creation from the vacuum
J. Unger.
Phys. Rev. A, 99, 022128, (2019)
Optimal supercritical potentials for the electron-positron pair-creation rate
J. Unger.
Phys. Rev. A, 100, 012518, (2019)
Relationship of the pair creation yield during and after the interaction
J. Unger.
Laser Phys., 29, 065302, (2019)
Accumulation of bosons between fermions due to the Pauli exclusion principle
Q. Su, R. Grobe.
Euro. Phys. Lett., 120, 50004, (2018)
Manipulation of the vacuum to control its field-induced decay
Q. Su, R. Grobe.
Phys. Rev. Lett., (2018)
Quantum mechanical approach to the laser-assisted vacuum decay
Q. Su, R. Grobe.
Phys. Rev. A, 97, 053416, (2018)
Role of the spatial inhomogeneity on the laser-induced vacuum decay
Q. Su, R. Grobe.
Phys. Rev. A, 97, 022515, (2018)
Spatial evolution of quantum mechanical states
Q. Su, R. Grobe, N. Christensen.
Ann. Phys., 389, 239, (2018)
Superposition principle for the simultaneous optimization of collective responses
Q. Su, R. Grobe.
98, 012221, (2018)
Applications of the first digit law to measure correlations
Q. Su, R. Grobe.
Phys. Rev. E, 95, 042136, (2017)
Computation of diverging sums based on a finite number of terms
Q. Su, Rainer Grobe.
Comp. Phys. Comm., 219, 1, (2017)
Mass renormalization and binding energies in quantum field theory
Q. Su, R. Grobe.
Laser Phys., 27, 105301, (2017)
Optimization of spatially localized electric fields for electron-positron pair creation
Q. Su, R. Grobe.
Phys. Rev. A, 96, 032120, (2017)
Suppressed pair creation due to electron-positron attraction
Q. Su, R. Grobe.
Phys. Rev. A, 95, 023416, (2017)
Two-potential approach to the pair creation from the vacuum
Q. Su, R. Grobe.
Phys. Rev. A, 95, 022128, (2017)
Validity of One-Dimensional QED for a System with Spatial Symmetry
Neil Christensen, Rainer Grobe, Qichang "Charles" Su, Q Lv.
Physical Review A, 92, 052115, (2015)
Dynamics of two- and four- boson interactions in dressed vacuum states
R E Wagner, M R Ware, A M Vikartofsky, Qichang "Charles" Su, Rainer Grobe.
Int. J. Theor. Phys, 51, 3787-3804, (2012)
Local and non-local spatial densities in quantum field theory
Rainer Grobe, R E Wagner, M V Ware, E V Stefanovich, Qichang "Charles" Su.
Phys. Rev. A, 85, (2012)
Magnetic control of the pair creation in spatially localized supercritical fields
Qichang "Charles" Su, W Su, Q Z Lv, M Jiang, X Lu, Z M Sheng, Rainer Grobe.
Phys. Rev. Lett., 109, (2012)
Non-perturbative approach to bosonic multi-pair creation in arbitrary external fields
Qichang "Charles" Su, Y T Li, Rainer Grobe.
Laser Phys, 22, 745, (2012)
Pair creation enhancement due to combined external fields
M Jiang, W Su, Q Z Lv, X Lu, Y J Li, Rainer Grobe, Qichang "Charles" Su.
Phys. Rev. A, 85, 033408, (2012)
Pair creation for bosons in electric and magnetic fields
Q Z Lv, A C Su, M Jiang, Y J Li, Rainer Grobe, Qichang "Charles" Su.
Phys. Rev. A, 85, (2012)
Quantum fluctuations in the dressed vacuum of a bosonic model system
R E Wagner, S Acosta, S A Glasgow, Qichang "Charles" Su, Rainer Grobe.
J. Phys. A, 45, 1-21, (2012)
Suppression of pair creation due to a steady magnetic field
W Su, M Jiang, Q Z Lv, Y J Li, Z M Sheng, Rainer Grobe, Qichang "Charles" Su.
Phys. Rev. A, 86, (2012)
A space-time resolved approach for interacting quantum field theories
R E Wagner, M R Ware, B T Shields, Qichang "Charles" Su, Rainer Grobe.
Phys. Rev. Lett., 106 (023601), (2011)
Causality and relativistic localization in one-dimensional Hamiltonians
R E Wagner, B T Shields, M R Ware, Qichang "Charles" Su, Rainer Grobe.
Phys. Rev. A, 83 (062106), (2011)
Electron-positron pair creation induced by quantum mechanical tunneling
M Jiang, W Su, X Lu, Z M Sheng, Y T Li, Y J Li, J Zhang, Rainer Grobe, Qichang "Charles" Su.
Phys. Rev. A, 83 (053402), (2011)
Presentations
Optimal supercritical potentials for the electron-positron pair-creation rate
Qichang Su.
3rd International Conference on Extremely High Intensity Laser Physics, Stanford, CA, September, 2019
Hund conjecture for pair creation and its extensions
Q. Su.
International Laser Physics Workshop, Gyeongju, Korea, July, 2019
Pair creation rate, transmission coefficient and how to calculate them
Q. Su.
Physics Department, Beijing, China, July, 2019
Finite and infinite dimensional optimization in physics
Q. Su.
Department of Physics Colloquium, Beijing, China, June, 2019
Introduction to Extremely High Intensity Laser Physics
Q. Su.
Lectures, Institute of Physics, Beijing, China, June, 2019
Zero and infinity in physics
Q. Su.
Nuclear Science Lecture, Beijing, China, June 21, 2019
Optical properties of nanoparticles
Qichang "Charles" Su, P K Babu.
Physics Colloquium series, Online, November 27, 2012
Physics Education Research
Qichang "Charles" Su, Rebecca Rosenblatt.
Physics Colloquium series, Online, November 13, 2012
First Steps Toward the Development of an Exawatt Laser
Qichang "Charles" Su, Jack Glassman.
Physics Colloquium series, Online, November 6, 2012
Pair creation process by a time dependent potential well
M Jiang, Q Z Lv, Z M Sheng, Rainer Grobe, Qichang "Charles" Su.
International Conference on High Energy Density Physics, Beijing, October, 2012
Suppression of pair creation due to a steady magnetic field
Q Z Lv, W Su, M Jiang, Y J Li, Z M Sheng, Rainer Grobe, Qichang "Charles" Su.
International Conference on High Energy Density Physics, Beijing, October, 2012
The ins and outs of solar cells
Qichang "Charles" Su, Alain Chuzel.
(SPS sponsored talk), SunCat Solar, LLC, Online, October 30, 2012
Absorbing boundary regions for multi-particle wavefunctions
Qichang "Charles" Su, Samantha Norris.
Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates, Argonne, IL, October 26, 2012
Dynamics of two- and four- boson interactions in dressed vacuum states
Qichang "Charles" Su, Andrew Vikartofsky.
Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates, Argonne IL, October 26, 2012
Masking techniques in image inversion in turbid media
Qichang "Charles" Su, Alexander Su.
Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates, Argonne IL, October 26, 2012
Pauli exclusion principle and stimulated emission in quantum field theory
Qichang "Charles" Su, Matt Ware.
Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates, Argonne IL, October 26, 2012
Experimental studies of chaotic dynamics
Qichang "Charles" Su, Alfred Hubler.
Physics Colloquium series, Online, October 23, 2012
Laser induced ultrafast processes in molecules
Qichang "Charles" Su, Ramakrishna Sesha Shankar.
Physics Colloquium series, Online, October 16, 2012
Observation of supernova remnants
Qichang "Charles" Su, Randy McEntaffer.
Physics Colloquium series, Online, October 9, 2012
Numerical studies of strong field pair creation and QFT interactions
Qichang "Charles" Su, R Wagner, M Jiang, W Su, Q Lv, Rainer Grobe.
Workshop on Super Intense Laser Atom Physics, Suzhou City, China, September, 2012
Pair creation process in combined external fields
M Jiang, W Su, Q Z Lv, X Lu, Y J Li, Rainer Grobe, Qichang "Charles" Su.
Workshop on Super Intense Laser-Atom Physics, Suzhou China, September, 2012
Suppression of pair creation due to a steady magnetic field
Q Z Lv, W Su, M Jiang, Y J Li, Z M Sheng, Rainer Grobe, Qichang "Charles" Su.
Workshop on Super Intense Laser-Atom Physics, Suzhou China, September, 2012
Optics of rotating systems and relativity
Qichang "Charles" Su, Bahram Mashhoon.
Physics Colloquium series, Online, September 18, 2012
Modeling quantum field theory in full space-time resolution
Qichang "Charles" Su, Matt Ware.
APS LeRoy Apker finalist presentation, Washington DC, August, 2012
Imaging schemes based on scattered light in turbid media
Qichang "Charles" Su, Rainer Grobe.
LPHYS’12, Calgary, Canada, July, 2012