Opened in 2012, the Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre offers some of the world’s most sophisticated laboratories for quantum science and nanotechnology research. Quantum research at Waterloo has the potential to change the way we share and secure information, and nanotechnology discoveries will influence everything from human health to alternative energy. These innovations include advances in cryptography that will keep our digital information safer and nano-materials than can help clean water.
People curious about the world of quantum science will be able to learn from University of Waterloo researchers when the doors to the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre open to the public on Saturday.
The University of Waterloo's Institute for Quantum Computing will host the third annual QCrypt conference August 5-9. More than 170 researchers will discuss research progress in the field of quantum cryptography, an important element in future cyber security.
WATERLOO, Ont. (Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013) - Researchers from the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo will present the latest research into quantum devices at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in Boston this week.
Quantum sensors introduce unprecedented exploration and control of the nanoscale world. Uniquely harnessing the laws of quantum mechanics, quantum sensors have the potential to achieve the highest possible sensitivity, efficiency and selectivity allowed by nature.
Researchers from the University of Waterloo will be among those sharing their discoveries when scientists from around the world gather at the prestigious annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) from February 14 to 18.
This year’s gathering of the world’s largest scientific society explores the Beauty and Benefits of Science.
It’s his way of patiently dealing with a question on a difficult topic: The Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) has been around for 10 years. How soon before we get a viable quantum computer?
WATERLOO, Ont. (Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012) - An international research team including several scientists from the University of Waterloo has achieved quantum teleportation over a record-breaking distance of 143 kilometres through free space.
The experiment saw the successful teleportation of quantum information — in this case, the states of light particles, or photons — between the Canary Islands of La Palma and Tenerife. The breakthrough is a crucial step toward quantum communications via satellite.
His official title is Sir Anthony Leggett, Nobel Prize winner in Physics.
But within the Institute for Quantum Computing, where he spends every summer as a visiting scholar, he is known by most simply as Tony.
Despite his many scientific achievements and accolades, Leggett is regarded as an approachable peer and helpful mentor during his summer sojourns as IQC’s Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Distinguished Research Chair.