Events

Paper Review: The quantum pigeonhole principle and the nature of quantum correlations by Y. Aharonov et al., arXiv:1407.3194

Arash Ahmadi, IQC

Roland Esteban Hablützel Marrero, Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore

Three coupled harmonic oscillators with an interaction given by the trilinear Hamiltonian $a^{\dagger} b c + a b^{\dagger} c^{\dagger}$ can describe a wide range of physical processes. In this talk I will show how we implement the trilinear Hamiltonian utilizing a chain of three $^{171}$Yb$^+$ ions in a linear Paul trap.

PhD Thesis Presentation
Corey Rae McRae

Pardis Sahafi - London, Royal Holloway College

Semiconductor electron pump devices have shown promise for current standards due to their high accuracy current transport [1]. Further to this, at higher fields and frequencies these pumps demonstrate excitation states corresponding to energies in the microwave range [2]. This suggests possible applications in microwave and THz photonics, an emerging field with applications spanning from quantum information processing to medical imaging.

Colloquium: Xiaoting Wang, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China 

Quantum information processing (QIP) has been identified as one of the key future technologies that are crucial for communication, cryptography, computing, complex-system simulation, metrology, artificial intelligence and national security. Quantum control, on the other hand, provides a powerful tool to analyze and improve the physical performances of different QIP devices.

Robert F. McDermott, University of Wisconsin, Madison

One of the remarkable recent discoveries in information science is that quantum mechanics can lead to efficient solutions for problems that are intractable on conventional classical computers.

Join us at the Research Advancement Centre 2 Open House

RAC 2 Open House
Friday, December 8
2:00-5:00pm

Transformative Quantum Technologies (TQT) invites the University of Waterloo community to explore the Research Advancement Centre 2 (RAC 2) building and see first-hand where groundbreaking research in quantum information and science technology happens.

Pan Zheng

Creating and Measuring Two-Mode Cat States

IQC/Physics Special Seminar - Loren Swenson, D-Wave Systems

I will introduce quantum annealing as a technique for harnessing quantum mechanics to solve hard problems. The design of a quantum annealing processor based on superconducting flux qubits, some of the challenges we have encountered in constructing it, and measurements confirming the role of quantum mechanics in such processors will be presented. Finally, I will briefly discuss recent benchmarking and simulation results using the D-Wave 2000Q processor.

“He who is good with a hammer thinks everything is a nail.”

- Modified quote from the original by Abraham Maslow

How does one sell security? How does one commercialize such nebulous concepts such as “Trust”, “Security” and “Cryptography”?  Cryptography, which is just one building block of security, is based on other more abstract building blocks such as algorithms which have a foundation on hard mathematical problems.