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Technology Investment and Mentorship

Researchers and early-stage companies may discover numerous investment options on their path to commercial success. While some mechanisms focus on a certain phase of technology development, others promise to fuel growth over a wide R,D&D spectrum, possibly independent of prior investment status. This panel covers a sampling of programs and investment strategies - from technology scouting to angel capital - for mobilizing intellectual property towards impactful deployment. 

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A Case Study in Patent Development

This presentation will delve into a practical example of a patent procedure associated to a specific quantum technology: a vectorial magnetometer. We will explore the specifics of the technology and its applications, review previously existing approaches and define the inventive step, explore the phrasing of the claims, and revisit the prior patents from the freedom-to-operate point of view.

David Layden - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Sensors based on quantum effects can measure various external quantities, such as magnetic fields, with high precision. Moreover, their sensitivity can scale more favourably with their size than is allowed classically — a property analogous to quantum speedups in computing. As with quantum computers, the performance of quantum sensors is limited by decoherence. Quantum error correction (QEC) has recently emerged as a promising approach to mitigate this decoherence, and therefore, to enhance sensitivity.

Xiaodong Ma: Topological insulator and the quantum anomalous Hall effect

The quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) is defined as a quantized Hall effect in a system without an external magnetic field. Its physical origin relies on the intrinsic topological inverted band structure and ferromagnetism.

Anqi Huang, Quantum Hacking after Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Cryptography

Supervisor: Christopher Wilson

Thesis is on display in the Engineering graduate office, DWE 3520C. Oral defence Monday, March 26, 12:30p.m., EIT 3142.

Stories of a Yale Professor turned Entrepreneur, turned Environmental Activist - what next?

Featured Speaker: Dr. Ron Dembo

Peter Zoller - University of Innsbruck

We start with an overview of chiral quantum optics as quantum light-atom interfaces with broken left- right symmetry and associated quantum optical phenomena and applications. While chiral quantum optics is traditionally discussed in context of nano-photonics and nano fibers , we propose here a novel ‘free-space’ chiral quantum optics realized as atoms in free space coupled to a ‘few-atom’ quantum antenna. In particular, we discuss free space photonic quantum links between atoms (qubits) equipped with sending and receiving quantum antennas.