Quantum Technology: Theory Research at Strathclyde
John Jeffers, University of Strathclyde
I will provide a short overview of the UK national Quantum Technology Hubs and the theoretical involvement at Strathclyde in two Hubs: the Quantum Communications Hub and the Quantum Imaging Hub.
Work at Strathclyde in Quantum Communications has concentrated on two areas, quantum digital signatures and quantum coherent state amplification. We have devised protocols for these two tasks and have implemented them experimentally with fellow team members at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh.
In Quantum Imaging we have devised a means of protecting imaging from jamming and noise based on switching of the state of the light. This could have uses in autonomous vehicle safety. An alternative strand of research focuses on rapid recognition of images in a single pixel camera.