Events

Colloquium featuring Heejeong Jeong - Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Optical precursors are transient electromagnetic wave packets propagating precisely at the speed of light in vacuum through a dispersive and absorptive dielectric. Even though its existence was conjectured by Sommerfeld and Brillouin 100 years ago, the detection seemed to be impossible due to its exceedingly small amplitude and femtosecond time scale in ordinary linear dispersive media. 

Helen Percival of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is presenting her thesis:

Characterization of Lambda Systems Using Superconducting Qubits

Helen is supervised by IQC faculty member Christopher Wilson.

Christopher Pugh of the Department of Physics and Astronomy is presenting his thesis:

Free Space Quantum Key Distribution to Moving Platforms

Christopher is supervised by IQC faculty member Thomas Jennewein.

Yongchao Tang of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is presenting his thesis:

Superconducting Resonator with Composite Film and Circuit Layout Design for Quantum Information.

Youngchao is supervised by IQC faculty members Guo-Xing Miao and David Cory.

Sascha Agne of the Department of Physics and Astronomy is presenting his thesis:

Exploration of Higher-Order Quantum Interference Landscapes

Sascha is supervised by IQC faculty member Thomas Jennewein.

Chris Ferrie: Quantum Physics for Babies 

The international Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) Summer School is a five-day program focused on theoretical and experimental aspects of quantum communication with a focus on quantum cryptography. Established in 2008, QKD occurs every other year and was last held in 2015.

Hsi-Sheng Goan - Department of Physics and Center for Quantum Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei

An essential prerequisite for quantum information processing is precise coherent control of the dynamics of quantum systems or quantum bits (qubits). Most of the control sequences implemented in quantum experiments are developed and designed based on the assumption of having ideal (closed) quantum coherent systems.

Behrooz Semnani, PhD candidate, Department of  Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo  

Recent rapid advancements in nanofabrication technologies have widened the realm of possibilities in nanophotonics, nonlinear and sub-wavelength optics. Realizing nonlinear optics in subwavelength scale paves the way for low cost integrated photonics. Ultra-high-Q photonic crystal nanocavities and nanostructured materials are examples of such structures. Those structures offer very small mode volume guaranteeing highly enhanced field intensity.

Hugo Zbinden, Université de Genève

An approach to quantum random number generation based on unambiguous quantum state discrimination (USD) is developed. We consider a prepare-and-measure protocol, where two non-orthogonal quantum states can be prepared, and a measurement device aims at unambiguously discriminating between them.