Prof. Markus Aspelmeyer
University of Vienna
Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI)

"Quantum Optical Control of Levitated Solids: a novel probe for the gravity-quantum interface"

The increasing level of control over motional quantum states of massive, solid-state mechanical devices opens the door to an hitherto unexplored parameter regime of macroscopic quantum physics. I will report on our recent progress towards controlling levitated solids in the quantum regime. I will discuss the prospects of using...

Prof. Margaret Reid, Swinburne University of Technology
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The Prospects for Scalable Quantum Computing with Superconducting Circuits

Dramatic progress has been made in the last decade and a half towards realizing solid-state systems for quantum information processing with superconducting quantum circuits. Artificial atoms (or qubits) based on Josephson junctions have improved their coherence times more than a million-fold, have been entangled, and used to perform simple quantum algorithms. The next challenge for the field is demonstrating quantum error correction that actually improves the lifetimes, a necessary step...

Quantum Internet: Vision or Fiction?

Quantum mechanics is useful: it allows us to understand nature and develop technologies that are not possible within classical mechanics. An example is the quantum computer that, once realized, needs a quantum communication environment – a quantum internet. With this in mind, the talk will discuss a unique toolbox for distributed quantum computation and quantum communication with photonic qubits that travel between atomic quantum memories localized in optical resonators as quantum interfaces.

Prof. Pablo Jarillo-...

Prof. Tilman Pfau (Universität Stuttgart, Germany)

"Novel quantum devices based on atomic vapour cells"

Photonic quantum devices based on atomic vapours at room temperature combine the advantages of atomic vapours being intrinsically reproducible and highly nonlinear – even on the single photon level - with scalability and integrability. We show the integration of photonic and electronic components into vapour...