SIPQNP 2015

Dates: March 12-13, 2015
Location: Cambridge, MA
Sponsored by: Raytheon BBN Technologies

Overview: The 2nd SIPQNP was held at the Cambridge, MA headquarters of BBN Technologies, with three half-day sessions—each comprising of short talks and moderated discussions—on the theory of quantum information, bulk quantum optics and detector technology, and integrated nanophotonics for quantum processing. The last half-day session featured shorter focused discussions on “hot topics” such as nonlinear quantum optics at single-photon levels, photonic quantum computing, scalable quantum repeaters, and optical-microwave inter-conversion.

Agenda:

Thursday, March 12

8:00-8:30am Registration and breakfast

8:30-9:00am Introduction and overview of workshop objectives [Saikat Guha, BBN]

9:00am-2:00pm Focus session 1: Theory of quantum information processing

9:00-9:20am Quantum random access memory [Seth Lloyd, MIT]

9:20-9:40am Causality, phase-noise, and nonlinear-optical quantum computing [Jeff Shapiro, MIT]

9:40-10:00am Quantum memories and QND detectors for quantum repeaters [Christoph Simon]

10:00-10:30am Break: Lab tours, poster session, sidebar discussions

10:30-10:50am Input-output theory for quantum networks, Fock states, and measurements [Josh Combes, Perimeter]

10:50-11:10am Accurate and precise characterization of linear optical interferometers [Barry Sanders, Calgary]

11:10-11:30am Optical realizations of quantum fingerprinting [Norbert Lütkenhaus, IQC]

11:30-11:50am Temporal modes of cavity outputs [Marcus P. da Silva, BBN]

11:50am-1:00pm Lunch break and poster session

1:00-2:00pm Moderated discussion [Moderator: Zac Dutton, BBN]

2:00-5:30pm Focus session 2: Experimental quantum optics: bulk processes and detectors

2:00-2:20pm – Characteristics of ideal photon sources for QIP [Franco Wong, MIT]

2:20-2:40pm – Superconducting nanowire single photon detectors [Rich Mirin, NIST]

2:40-3:00pm – Practical limits and trade-offs in superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors [Karl Berggren, MIT]

3:00-3:30pm – Break: Lab tours, poster sessions, sidebar discussions

3:30-3:50pm – Control of spin qubit registers in diamond [Paola Cappellaro, MIT]

3:50-4:10pm – What would graphene need to detect single photons? [Kin Chung Fong, BBN]

4:10-4:30pm – Prospects of diamond nanophotonics for quantum information processing [Marko Loncar, Harvard]

4:30-5:30pm Moderated Discussion [Moderator: Ryan Camacho, Sandia]

6:30pm Dinner Banquet: Scruta, Arlington MA

Friday, March 13

8:00-8:15am Badging and breakfast

8:30am-2:00pm Focus session 3: Integrated quantum photonics

8:30-8:50am Photon generation in silicon photonics: state of the art and future possibilities [Shayan Mookherjea, UCSD]

8:50-9:10am Towards scalable networks of solid state quantum memories in a photonic integrated circuit [Dirk Englund, MIT]

9:10-9:30am Leveraging CMOS manufacturing platforms for integrated optics [Jason Orkut, IBM]

9:30-9:50am Scalability and integration prospects of single-photon APDs [Mark Iltzer]

9:50-10:20am Break: Poster session and sidebar discussions

10:20-10:40am On-chip multiplexing for quantum applications [Michal Lipson, Cornell]

10:40-11:00am On-chip quantum dot single-photon source, and quantum frequency conversion [Kartik Srinivasan, NIST]

11:00-11:20am Coherent feedback in nanophotonic circuits with optical nonlinearities, for use in classical information processing [Jason Pelc, HP Labs]

11:20-11:40am Integrated photonics for quantum communication [Ryan Camacho, Sandia]

11:40am-12:00pm Cold atoms coupled to nanophotonic circuits [Jeff Thompson, Harvard University]

12:00-1:00pm Lunch break and poster session

1:00-2:00pm – Moderated Discussion [Moderator: Kristiaan De Greve, Harvard University]

2:00-4:30pm Focus session 4: Hot topic focused discussions: challenges and prospects

2:00-2:30pm Non-linear quantum optics [Alex Gaeta, Cornell]

2:30-3:00pm Scalable linear-optical quantum computing [Mark Thompson, University of Bristol]

3:30-4:00pm Quantum repeater networks [Jungsang Kim, Duke]

4:00-4:30pm Optical-microwave inter-conversion [Hong Tang, Yale]

4:30-5:00pm Wrap Up

5:00pm Closing remarks [Zac Dutton]