Ivan B. Djordjevic, Ph.D.

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Professor
ECE - Electrical & Computer Engineering
idjordjevic@eng.famu.fsu.edu
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Educational History
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Nis, Nis, Yugoslavia, 1999
M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Nis, Nis, Yugoslavia, 1997
Dipl. Ing. Electrical Engineering, University of Nis, Nis, Yugoslavia, 1994
Research Interests
Quantum communications and networks
Quantum sensing, radars, and LiDARs
Quantum information processing and quantum error correction
Optical communication over turbulent channels
Physical-layer security, PQC, and QKD
LPI and covert communications

Teaching Interests

  • Quantum communications, quantum sensing, quantum networks
  • Optical communications, photonics, quantum optics
  • Channel coding, wireless communications, digital communications, DSP

 

Awards, Honors, and Memberships

IEEE Fellow

Optica (OSA) Fellow

NSF CAREER award 2010

Publications

I. B. Djordjevic, “On the Atmospheric Turbulence-Based Cryptosystems with High Secret-Key Rate,” IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 184574 -184582, 27 October 2025, https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3625777.

I. B. Djordjevic, I. A. Rojas, “SLM Steering-Based Covert Communication over Strong Atmospheric Turbulence Channels,” Optics Express, vol. 33, no. 21, pp. 44622-44630, October 13, 2025; https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.576881.

I. B. Djordjevic, I. A. Rojas, “Entanglement Assisted LPI and Covert Communications with SLM-based Beam Steering over Turbulent Optical Channels,” IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 174658-174663, 07 October 2025, https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3618973.

I. Kuk, I. B. Djordjevic, I. R. Gabitov, K. Runge, A. S. Ige, P. A. Deymier, "Quantum logic gate analogies in nonlinear acoustics," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., vol. 157, no. 6, pp. 4437–4448, June 2025, https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0036901.

L. Hanzo, Z. Babar, Z. Cai, D. Chandra, I. Djordjevic, B. Koczor, S-X. Ng, M. Razavi, O. Simeone, “Quantum Information Processing, Sensing and Communications: Their Myths, Realities and Futures,” Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 113, pp. 1-51, 06 January 2025, doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/JPROC.2024.3510394.

V. Nafria, I. B. Djordjevic, “Amplified Entanglement Assisted Communication Systems Operated in Desert Environment and Strong Atmospheric Turbulence Regime,” Optics Express, vol. 32, no. 26, pp. 47561-47573,13 Dec. 2024. [Available at: https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.543021 ]

V. Nafria, I. B. Djordjevic, “Low Probability of Intercept (LPI) Free-Space Optical Communication with Wavelength Diversity in Strong Atmospheric Turbulence Regime,” Optics Express, vol. 32, no. 26, pp. 47270-47284, 11 Dec. 2024. [Available at: https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.547978 ]

I. B. Djordjevic, V. Nafria, “Entanglement Based Detection, Networking, Sensing, and Radars,” IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 16, no. 1, p. 7300610, Feb. 2024 (published: 25 January 2024). (10 pages) [Available: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10414015]

I. B. Djordjevic, “Hybrid CV-DV Quantum Communications and Quantum Networks,” IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 23284-23292, 2022.

I. B. Djordjevic, Advanced Optical and Wireless Communications Systems, 2nd Edition. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Switzerland, July 2022.

I. B. Djordjevic, Physical-Layer Security, Quantum Key Distribution, and Post-quantum Cryptography, 2nd Ed., Springer Nature Switzerland, July 2025.

I. B. Djordjevic, Quantum Communication, Quantum Networks, and Quantum Sensing. Elsevier/Academic Press, July 2022.