SIPQNP 2014

Dates: January 23-24, 2014
Location: BBN Technologies, Cambridge, MA
Sponsored by: Raytheon, BBN Technologies

Overview: The first SIPQNP was hosted by Saikat Guha at BBN Technologies, with help of Zac Dutton (then Business Unit lead of BBN’s Quantum Information Processing group) and Rich Lazarus (Program Manager at BBN). Light is inherently quantum, and wherever photons are the bearer of information–be it in communications, sensing, imaging, spectroscopy, lidars, computing, etc.–fundamental limits of precision are governed by laws of quantum mechanics. The “quantum enhancement” possible (and hence its purported impact) varies widely across use cases and operational regimes. Identifying the highest impact use cases, and working towards scalable realizations of those will require a concerted interdisciplinary effort. The objective of this 1st SIPQNP workshop was to bring together a group of 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. The workshop aims to develop a common language across these sub-communities, help set tangible goals, and provide an open forum for debates, discussions, and suggestions to help accelerate impactful progress.

Participants: Joe Altepeter, Karl Berggren, Josh Combes, Zachary Dutton, Dirk Englund, Phil Evans, Christopher Fuchs, Alexander Gaeta, Saikat Guha, Jonathan Habif, Yuping Huang, Hari Krovi, Prem Kumar, Ben Lawrie, Richard Lazarus, Marko Loncar, Michal Lipson, Mikhail Lukin, Alan Migdall, Shayan Mookherjea, Sae Woo Nam, Raphael Pooser, Monika Patel, Jeffrey H. Shapiro, Jagdeep Shah, Kartik Srinivasan, Hong Tang, Franco Wong, Chee Wei Wong, Michael Watts, Mark M. Wilde, Richard Willis

Agenda:

Thursday, January 23

8:00-8:30am Registration and breakfast

8:30-8:40am Welcome address [Zachary Dutton, Raytheon BBN Technolgies]

8:40-9:00am Introduction and overview of workshop objectives [Saikat Guha, Raytheon BBN Technologies]

9:00am-12:15pm Focus session 1: Nano-photonics I: Traditional platforms

  • 9:00-9:30am Kartik Srinivasan, National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • 9:30-10:00am Karl Berggren, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 10:00-10:15am Break
  • 10:15-10:45am Chee Wei Wong, Columbia University
  • 10:45-11:15am Michal Lipson, Cornell University
  • 11:15-11:45am Alexander Gaeta, Cornell University
  • 11:45am-12:15pm Michael Watts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

12:15-1:15pm Lunch break + poster session (BBN cafeteria)

1:15-2:15pm Moderated discussion: Challenges and goals in nano-photonics I [Moderator: Dirk Englund]

2:15-4:00pm Focus session 2: Nano-photonics II: Exotic platforms

  • 2:15-2:45pm Marko Loncar, Harvard University
  • 2:45-3:15pm Hong Tang, Yale University
  • 3:15-3:45pm Ben Lawrie, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • 3:45-4:00pm Break

4:00-5:00pm Moderated discussion: Challenges and goals in nano-photonics II [Moderator: Sae Woo Nam, National Institute of Standards and Technology]

6:00-9:00pm Dinner: John Harvard’s Brewery (invitation only), Cambridge MA

Friday, January 24

8:00-8:15am Badging and breakfast

8:15-10:30am Focus session 3: Quantum optics

  • 8:15-8:45am Franco Wong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 8:45-9:15am Shayan Mookherjea, University of California
  • 9:15-9:45am Yuping Huang, Northwestern University
  • 9:45-10:15am Mikhail Lukin
  • 10:15-10:30am Break

10:30-11:30am Moderated discussion: Challenges and goals in quantum optics [Moderator: Alan Migdall, National Institute of Standards and Technology]

11:30am-12:30pm Lunch break and poster session (BBN cafeteria)

12:30-2:45pm Focus session 4: Theory of quantum information processing

  • 12:30-1:00pm Mark M. Wilde, Louisiana State University
  • 1:00-1:30pm Jeffrey H. Shapiro, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 1:30-2:00pm Joshua Combes, University of New Mexico
  • 2:00-2:30pm Hari Krovi, Raytheon BBN Technologies
  • 2:30-2:45pm Break

2:45-4:00pm Moderated discussion: Challenges and goals for scalable QIP in nanophotonics [Moderator: Seth Lloyd]

4:00pm Vote of Thanks [Richard Lazarus, Raytheon BBN Technologies]