SIPQNP

Scope

Whether be it in optical communications, sensing, imaging, spectroscopy, lidars, computing and more–fundamental precision limits are governed by a quantum treatment of light. The quantum enhancement possible, and hence its impact, varies widely across use cases and regimes of loss, distance, and complexity of the task. Identifying the highest impact use cases, and working towards scalable realizations will require a concerted interdisciplinary effort.

The objective of the SIPQNP workshop is to bring together leading researchers spanning the fields of nano-photonics, optical physics, quantum optics, and quantum information, to brainstorm important research questions to realize quantum enhanced photonic information processing at scale. SIPQNP aims to foster a common language across these sub-communities, help set tangible research goals, and provide an open forum for debates, discussions, and suggestions to help accelerate truly impactful and meaningful progress in the field.

SIPQNP workshops are by invitation only, and organized typically in half-day sessions with a theme. Each session is typically organized as one to two talks providing an overview and posing important challenges and questions, then flash talks highlighting relevant recent results, followed by a moderated interactive discussion that are sometimes organized as panels.

The first SIPQNP workshop was held at BBN Technologies in Cambridge MA, in January 2014. Subsequent ones were held in 2015 (BBN, Cambridge MA), 2016 (Raytheon, Waltham MA), 2017 (MIT, Cambridge MA), 2019 (Biosphere, Tucson AZ), 2022 (Snowbird, UT), and 2023 (Biosphere, Tucson AZ).