Colloquium 10/6 and Vision Talk 10/7- Prof. Olivier Pfister

[Leonard, Ruth A.]

Dear Colleagues,

We are writing on behalf of the QIST Search Committee to invite you to attend two upcoming talks by Prof. Olivier Pfister:

Colloquium Talk: Thursday, 10/6, 11:00 am, PRB 1080 Quantum Computing Over the Rainbow
Vision Talk: Friday, 10/7, 2:00 pm, Dreese Lab 260 Quantum 2.0: Dawn of Quantum Technology

As a reminder, this search encompasses the departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Materials Science Engineering, and Physics, and faculty and students from all five departments are welcome.

Best wishes,
Zeke Johnston-Halperin, co-Chair, QIST Search Committee
Ron Reano, co-Chair, QIST Search Committee

Thursday, October 6 at 11am
Physics Research Building 1080
Colloquium title: "Quantum computing over the rainbow "
Colloquium abstract:
"Quantum light, already at the heart of quantum sensing and quantum communication, can also be key to implementing quantum simulation and computing. In this talk, I'll present how my research group pioneered the use of the optical frequency comb in quantum optics to encode quantum information in continuous variables (CV), i.e. quantum fields rather than qubits, and generate record-size cluster entangled states, an essential resource for measurement-based, universal quantum computing. I will also present how photon-number-resolving measurement of CV cluster states can yield fault-tolerant qubit cluster states, our current research effort. Finally, I will outline the next crucial transition from bulk optics to integrated quantum photonics."

Friday, October 7 at 2pm
Dreese Lab 260
Vision talk title: "Quantum 2.0: Dawn of Quantum Technology"
Vision talk abstract:
"While the first quantum revolution saw fundamental advances in quantum science (electrons in solids, interaction of matter with EM fields) yield breakthroughs in classical technology (transistor, laser, NMR/MRI), the second quantum revolution sees the coming of age of quantum technology, technology that obeys quantum rules. (An example is the use of quantum light to turn LIGO into a bona fide quantum sensor.) Inventing quantum technology will require mastering the transition from hero experiments in the protected environment of a discovery-based physics laboratory to practical, field-deployable quantum devices. Such advances require the full fledgling of the new field of quantum engineering, a hybrid of fundamental and applied science ripe with exciting technical and educational challenges, and a unique opportunity to explore new intellectual frontiers while building diverse quantum workforce and community of scholars. In this talk, I'll present my vision of the Quantum 2.0 landscape and of how a research university can lead in this transformational era."

Bio:
"Olivier Pfister received the B.S. in Physics from Université de Nice, France, in 1987, and the M.S. and the Ph.D. in Physics from Université Paris-Nord, France, in 1989 and 1993. In 1994, he was a lecturer at INM, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, in Paris. He was then a research associate with John L. Hall at JILA, University of Colorado (1994-97) and with Daniel J. Gauthier at Duke University (1997-99). In 1999, he joined the faculty of the University of Virginia, where he is a professor of physics.  Olivier Pfister is a fellow of the American Physical Society and a member of Optica, IEEE, and SPIE. His general research area is atomic, molecular, and optical physics, with past interests in quantum measurements at the ultimate precision, ultrahigh resolution laser spectroscopy, symmetry effects in small molecules, nonlinear optics for optical frequency chains, and two-photon lasers. His current research interest is quantum computing with light. He is a co-founder and CTO of quantum computing startup QC82, Inc."




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