This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant agreement No 862644.
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Talks & seminars
Some of the basic principles and protocols explored in our project are explained in the slides below:
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Overview of bosonic quantum sensing [slides]
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Quantum state and channel discrimination [slides]
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Quantum Radar: its challenges and potential [slides]
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Quantum Reading and Quantum Conformance Test [slides]
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Stabilizer codes for open quantum systems [pdf]
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Below there is a list of talks and seminars held by the members of the consortium at various workshops and conferences. Due to the pandemic some of these have been given online.
J. M Fink, invited online talk: "Quantum-enabled operation of a microwave-optical interface"
Science and Technology Graduate University, Japan, October 27, 2021
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D. Vitali, conference talk: "Robust engineering of universal Gaussian cluster states for continuous variable measurement-based quantum computation"
iQIS, 13th Italian Quantum Information Science Conference, Napoli, Italy, October 10 – 15, 2021
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M. Genovese, conference talk: "New applications of twin beams: from quantum reading to quantum conformance test"
iQIS, 13th Italian Quantum Information Science Conference, Napoli, Italy, October 10 – 15, 2021
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M. Genovese, workshop: "Optical quantum imaging and sensing"
High-precision Quantum Sensing international workshop, Portsmouth, UK, October 8, 2021
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M. Genovese, seminar: "New applications of twin beams as a quantum tool: from quantum reading to quantum conformance test"
WE-Heraeus-Seminar #754 “Sensing with Quantum Light“, Physikzentrum, Bad Honnef, Germany, September 26 – 29, 2021
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I. Ruo-Berchera, online talk: "From Quantum Imaging to Quantum Reading (with photons)"
HADES consortium, workshop on New frontiers and applications for Quantum Technologies, September 9, 2021
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E. Losero, conference talk: "Quantum reading: from theoretical demonstration to experimental realization"
Quantum Optics X, Torun, Poland, September 5 – 11, 2021
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S. Mancini, invited online talk: "Polar codes from quantum reading"
SIAM conference on Applied Algebraic Geometry (AG21, held remotely), August 16 – 20, 2021
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F. Revson, online talk: "Polar Codes for Quantum Channel Discrimination"
SIAM conference on Applied Algebraic Geometry (AG21, held remotely), August 16 – 20, 2021
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F. Revson, conference talk: "Polar codes for Quantum Reading"
ICMP 2021, Geneva, Switzerland, July 29 – 31, 2021
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M. Genovese, online conference talk: "SC16 – Atomic Physics, Quantum Photonics and Quantum Information – Quantum sensing with twin beams: from quantum reading to quantum conformance test"
CIOP2021, 12th International Conference on Information, Optics and Photonics, Xi'an, China, July 23 – 26, 2021
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G. Ortolano, invited online talk: "Experimental Quantum Reading"
LPHYS'21, 29th Annual International Laser Physics Workshop (held remotely), July 22, 2021
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F. Revson, conference talk: "Polar Codes for Quantum Channel Discrimination"
IEEE-ISIT 2021, Melbourne, Australia, July 12 – 20, 2021
R. Sett, F. Hassani, D. Phan, S. Barzanjeh, A. Vukics and J. M. Fink, online poster presentation: "Approaching the thermodynamic limit of the photon blockade breakdown phase transition"
International Conference on Quantum Technologies 2021, Moscow, Russia, July 12 – 16, 2021
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J. M. Fink, online talk: "From circuit quantum electrodynamics to cavity quantum electro-optics"
15-year QSIT/Quantum Center, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland, July 1, 2021
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I. Ruo-Berchera, invited online talk: "From Quantum Imaging to Quantum Reading (with photons)"
Weekly meeting in quantum and nonlinear optics at Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel, June 23, 2021
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R. Sahu, W. Hease, A. Rueda, G. Arnold, L. Qiu and J.M. Fink, online poster presentation: "Quantum-enabled microwave optical detection interface with unity internal efficiency"
WE-Heraeus-Seminar #749 “Photonic Links for Quantum Technology Platforms“, Wilhelm und Elise Heraeus-Stiftung, Germany, May 31 – June 3, 2021
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D. Loi, P. Falthansl-Scheinecker, W. Hease, L. Qiu, R. Sahu and J.M. Fink, online poster presentation: "Fabrication of ultra high quality factor WGM resonator for two-mode squeezing of microwave and optical fields"
WE-Heraeus-Seminar #749 “Photonic Links for Quantum Technology Platforms“, Wilhelm und Elise Heraeus-Stiftung, Germany, May 31 – June 3, 2021
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G. Ortolano, online talk: "Experimental Quantum Reading with Photon Counting"
4th PitchD – the PhD’s IEEE pitch, Politecnico, Torino, Italy, April 28, 2021
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E. Losero, G. Ortolano, F. Saccomandi, I. Ruo-Berchera, S. Pirandola and M. Genovese, video on demand: "Quantum reading: the experimental set-up - Proc. SPIE. 11700, Optical and Quantum Sensing and Precision Metrology"
SPIE Photonics West 2021 Digital Forum (held remotely), March 5 – 11, 2021
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G. Ortolano, I. Ruo-Berchera, E. Losero, S. Pirandola and M. Genovese, online session presented by I. Ruo-Berchera: "Experimental quantum reading of a digital memory"
Quantum Technology International Conference – QTech 2020 (held remotely), November 2 – 4, 2020
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S. Barzanjeh, S. Pirandola, D. Vitali and J. M. Fink, invited talk presented by D. Vitali: "Microwave Quantum Illumination with a Digital Phase-Conjugated Receiver"
2020 IEEE Radar Conference (RadarConf20), Florence, Italy, September 21 – 25, 2020
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G. S. Paraoanu, online invited talk: "Majorana representation for adiabatic and superadiabatic processes in qutrits"
MIPT (PhysTech) – QUANT 2020, International conference on quantum technologies (held remotely), September 7 – 11, 2020
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U. Andersen, invited talk: "Quantum-enhanced Raman microscopy"
Sensing with Quantum Light 2020, Tagungshotel Kremmen, Berlin, Germany, September 6 – 9, 2020
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S. Pirandola, online workshop: "Bosonic quantum sensing"
NSF Workshop on Midscale Infrastructure for Quantum Photonic Science, Engineering and Technology (held by remote), August 13 – 14, 2020
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J. M. Fink, invited webinar: "Microwave two-mode squeezing and quantum illumination"
Quantum Radar Workshop, Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS), University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA, July 15 – 16, 2020
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S. Pirandola, invited talk: "Quantum Illumination Radars: Relaxed Assumptions and Limitations"
Quantum Radar Workshop, Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS), University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA, July 15 – 16, 2020
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T. Gehring, conference talk: "Tools @ DTU, ongoing experiments, such as Quantum State Discrimination; Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy"
QUARTET Kick-off meeting, York, UK, December 16 – 17, 2019
J. Engholm Pedersen, conference talk: "Koheras lasers and NKT Photonics product lines"
QUARTET Kick-off meeting, York, UK, December 16 – 17, 2019
G. S. Paraoanu, conference talk: "Tripartite CV coherence and entanglement from vacuum fluctuations"
QUARTET Kick-off meeting, York, UK, December 16 – 17, 2019
S. Mancini, conference talk: "Pieces for (a) quartet"
QUARTET Kick-off meeting, York, UK, December 16 – 17, 2019
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L. Banchi (U. of Florence), conference talk: "Optimal discrimination of Gaussian states and channels"
QUARTET Kick-off meeting, York, UK, December 16 – 17, 2019
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Z. Zhang (U. of Arizona), online talk: "Entanglement-enhanced sensing in presence of noise"
QUARTET Kick-off meeting, York, UK, December 16 – 17, 2019
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I. Ruo-Berchera, conference talk: "INRIM knowhow related to the objectives of QUARTET"
QUARTET Kick-off meeting, York, UK, December 16 – 17, 2019
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J. Fink, conference talk: "An experimental test of microwave quantum illumination using a digital phase conjugate receiver"
QUARTET Kick-off meeting, York, UK, December 16 – 17, 2019
G. Spedalieri (York/MIT), conference talk: "Discrimination of bosonic loss: Applications to biological samples and degradable materials"
QUARTET Kick-off meeting, York, UK, December 16 – 17, 2019
A. Karsa (York), conference talk: "Quantum illumination and quantum radar"
QUARTET Kick-off meeting, York, UK, December 16 – 17, 2019
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