Farzad Qassemi, Université de Sherbrooke
Kristan Temme, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Linmei Liang, National University of Defense Technology, China
Juan Jose Garcia Ripoll, Instituto de Física Fundamental
Igor Radchenko, Russian Academy of Sciences
Eduardo Martin-Martinez, Institute for Quantum Computing
Chris Herdman, The University of Vermont
I will introduce the field of quantum simulations from a wide
scientific perspective. Then, I will discuss the relevance of quantum
simulations for reproducing different aspects of quantum physics:
nonrelativistic and relativistic quantum dynamics, physical and unphysical
quantum operations, as well as strong and ultrastrong light-matter
interactions. Finally, I will give examples in the context of trapped-ion
and circuit QED technologies.
The Institute for Quantum Computing's (IQC) Grad Student Association is screening the 7 Academy Award winning movie Gravity on April 2nd at 7 pm. The event will be followed by a short presentation and Q&A with IQC's associate member, astronaut, and former Canadian Space Agency president Steve MacLean.
Measurements based on the quantum properties of physical system have enabled many tasks which are not possible by any classical means. In this talk, I introduce two quantum receivers that discriminate nonorthogonal optical coherent states unconditionally surpassing the standard quantum limit, with mean photon numbers ranging from single photon level to many photons, thus bridging the gap between quantum information technology and state-of-the art coherent communications.