Future graduate students

Superchiral Field, Phase Modulation, Optical Cloaking

Joseph Choi, University of Rochester

Quantum mechanical or classical interactions between light and matter can demonstrate interesting effects even in simplified models. I will present three such works. The first is a semi-classical theory that corrects the enhancement from a "superchiral" field, by including the magnetic susceptibility term which is usually ignored because of how small it is.

Single-photon implementation of an indefinite causal order

Lorenzo M. Procopio, University of Vienna

Investigating the role of causal order in quantum mechanics has recently revealed that the temporal distribution of events may not be a-priori well-defined in quantum theory. Although this has triggered a growing interest on the theoretical side, the existence of processes without a causal order is an experimental question. In this talk, I will present an optical implementation of an indefinite causal-order structure called quantum switch for two purposes; to execute an algorithm and to verify a causally non-separable process.

Chiral Atomically Thin Films

Cheol-Joo Kim, Cornell University

Chiral materials possess left- and right-handed counterparts linked by mirror symmetry. These materials are useful for advanced applications in polarization optics[1,2], stereochemistry[3,4] and spintronics[5]. In particular, the realization of spatially uniform chiral films with atomic-scale control of their handedness could provide a powerful means for developing nanodevices with novel chiral properties.

The Quantum Neutron

Dmitry Pushin

The neutron, one of the most common building blocks of matter, is also a unique probe for studying materials and fundamental interactions. The only electrically-neutral nucleus, the neutron passes through most materials with ease, even at the lowest energies. Nowadays neutrons, even with their ~ 15 minute lifetime, are used to study problems ranging from charging and discharging of common batteries to cosmological dark energy. Here I will focus on the neutron as a quantum particle.

Title TBA

If you're coming from the Lazaridis Centre, take the 11:35am shuttle from QNC to RAC1, and they can return to QNC from RAC1 @ 1:15pm.

A light lunch will be provided.

Title TBA

If you're coming from the Lazaridis Centre, take the 11:35am shuttle from QNC to RAC1, and they can return to QNC from RAC1 @ 1:15pm.

A light lunch will be provided.

Title TBA

If you're coming from the Lazaridis Centre, take the 11:35am shuttle from QNC to RAC1, and they can return to QNC from RAC1 @ 1:15pm.

A light lunch will be provided.

Tentative title: Experiments in Si:P Defects with NMR

If you're coming from the Lazaridis Centre, take the 11:35am shuttle from QNC to RAC1, and they can return to QNC from RAC1 @ 1:15pm.

A light lunch will be provided.

On the geometry of entanglement

Rotem Liss, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Entanglement is an important concept in quantum information and computing. In this talk, I present a simple geometrical analysis of all rank-2 quantum mixed states. The analysis is complete for all the bipartite states, and is partial for all the multipartite states.

Nonlocal Correlations between Frequency Entangled Two-Qudit States

Sacha Schwarz, University of Bern

In my talk, I will demonstrate our method to experimentally encode qudits in the energy spectrum of broadband entangled photons generated by parametric down-conversion and detected in coincidence by sum frequency generation. Employing techniques from ultrafast optics to shape fs-laser pulses, the two-photon spectrum is discretized into frequency bins.