Events
Quantum 2.0 Conference and Exhibition
13 June 2022 – 16 June 2022 Encore Boston Harbor, Everett, Massachusetts United States
Stimulating and facilitating the development of quantum information science and technology.
Quantum 2.0 is a new OSA conference focusing on the development and use of many-body quantum superposition, entanglement, and measurement to advance science and technology. Examples are quantum computing and simulation, quantum communications, and quantum sensing. New resulting technologies will potentially go far beyond the (quantum 1.0) capabilities offered by systems without the conceptual need for large-scale superposition or entanglement, examples of which are conventional semiconductor electronics, laser-based communication systems and magnetic-resonance medical imagers.
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Topics
1. Quantum Computing & Simulation
- quantum Algorithms and Software
- validation and error correction
- atomic qubits (neutrals and ions)
- spin and charge qubits in solid-state systems
- optical quantum dot qubits defined by impurities or other defects
- superconducting quantum circuitry
- optical- and microwave-controlled qubits
- optomechanical quantum systems
- all-optical quantum processing systems
- novel platforms and materials
2. Quantum Communication Systems
- Quantum Internet
- quantum repeaters
- quantum optical memory
- quantum key distribution
- quantum-enabling networking technologies
- new applications of quantum networks: e.g. quantum astrometry, quantum network sensing, distributed quantum computing
3. Quantum Metrology & Sensors
- matter-based quantum-enhanced sensors: e.g. magnetic and electric field sensors, gravimeters, accelerometers & clocks
- light-based sensors: e.g. quantum-enhanced imaging, spectroscopy and ranging
4. Hybrid Systems, Quantum Interconnects
- qubit transduction and interconversion
- photonic quantum frequency conversion
- quantum photon-device impedance matching
5. Quantum Photonic Sources & Detectors
- discrete (single- and multi-photon) sources
- continuous-variable quantum optical sources
- discrete and continuous-variable optical detectors
- theory of quantum detection & measurement
6. Integrated-Optics Quantum Platforms & Devices
- all-optical (passive) implementations
- matter-mediated (active) implementations
7. Optical & Laser Technology for QIST Systems
- lasers & optical frequency combs
- laser beam modulation and control
- photon detection electronics
- electronics and software for QIST control systems
8. New Scientific Horizons with QIST Applications
- time crystals
- applications of QIST in high-energy physics
- applications of QIST in biology
9. Space-Based QIS
- free-space entanglement distribution
- deep space communication
- quantum enhanced measurements (clocks and geodesy, gravitational waves, VLBI)
10. Quantum Ecosystem
- applications of QIST in finance
- venture capital in QIST
- QIST startups highlights
Speakers
- Nathalie de Leon, Princeton University, United States
New Material Systems for Superconducting Qubits Keynote - Jian-Wei Pan, Univ of Science and Technology of China, China
From Multi-Photon Entanglement to Quantum Computational Advantage Keynote - John Preskill, California Institute of Technology, United States
Making Predictions in a Quantum World Keynote - Christine Silberhorn, Universität Paderborn, Germany
Photonic Quantum Information Processing Keynote - Michael Totzeck, Carl Zeiss AG, Germany
Innovation Potentials of Quantum Technology of 2nd Generation for Optics and Photonics Keynote - Peter Zoller, Leopold-Franzens Universitat Innsbruck, Austria
Programmable Quantum Simulators with Atoms and Ions Keynote - Xiao-Hui Bao, Univ of Science and Technology of China, China
Quantum Repeater Tutorial - Kae Nemoto, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Quantum Internet Stack Tutorial - Naomi Nickerson, PsiQuantum, United States
Quantum Error Correction Tutorial - Nicolas Quesada, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada
Quantum Sampling from Continuous-Variable States of Light Tutorial - Mark Saffman, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
Quantum Computing with Rydberg Atoms: From Tweezers to Bottles Tutorial - Hannes Bernien, University of Chicago, United States
Building Quantum Networks Atom-by-Atom - Dominic Berry, Macquarie University, Australia
New Methods in Quantum Simulation of Chemistry - Charles Brown, University of California Berkeley
A Geometric Probe of Band Structure Singularities Using a Lattice-trapped Quantum Gas - Hugues de Riedmatten, ICFO -Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Spain
Quantum Networking with Solid-state Rare-earth Ion Based Quantum Nodes - Karin Fisher, Aosense, Inc., United States
An Atom Interferometer Gravity Gradiometer for Earth Science - Akira Furusawa, University of Tokyo, Japan
Optical Quantum Computers with Quantum Teleportation - Mustafa Gündogan, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Towards Quantum Repeaters in Space - Ronald Hanson, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft, Netherlands
Entanglement-based Quantum Network Using Solid-state Qubits - Mutsuko HaTano, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Potential of Diamond Solid-state Quantum Sensors - Murray Holland, University of Colorado at Boulder JILA, United States
Using Machine Learning for the Quantum Design of a Matter-Wave Inteferometer - Thomas Jennewein, University of Waterloo, Canada
Advances for Satellite Quantum Communication Channels - Sonika Johri, IonQ Inc, United States
Running Applications on IonQ Quantum Computers - Tobias Kippenberg, Swiss Federal Inst of Tech Lausanne , Switzerland
Ultra-Low Loss Silicon Nitride Integrated Photonic Circuits: From Chipscale Frequency Combs, Parametric Amplifiers to Frequency Agile lasers and Photonic Quantum Computing - Paul Kwiat, Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
Quantum Light Source Alchemy: Turning Lead into Gold Via Multiplexing - Julien Laurat, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, France
Quantum Interconnects: Storing and Converting Quantum Information - Huanqian Loh, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Scaling Up Atom Arrays - Nicholas Mayhall, Virginia Tech, United States
Outrunning Quantum Decoherence: Fast State Preparation for Variational Quantum Algorithms - Olivier Pfister, University of Virginia, United States
Measurement-based Photonic Quantum Computing Beyond NISQ - Shruti Puri, Yale University, United States
Quantum Error Correction for Next-Generation Qubit Technologies - Andreas Reiserer, Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics, Germany
Erbium Dopants - A Novel Platform for Quantum Networks - Pedram Roushan, Google LLC, United States
Toward discovering Novel Physics with a NISQ Processor - Amir Safavi-Naeini, Stanford University, United States
A Heterogeneously Integrated Quantum Transducer for Microwave-to-Optical Frequency Conversion - Roman Schnabel, Universität Hamburg, Germany
Squeezed Light- Now Exploited by All Gravitational-wave - Pascale Senellart, CNRS-C2N, France
Semiconductor Quantum Light Sources and Applications - Sarah Sheldon, IBM Almaden Research Center, United States
The Path to Quantum Advantage with Superconducting Qubits - Aephraim Steinberg, University of Toronto, Canada
How Much Time Do Atoms Spend in the Excited State While Failing to Absorb a Photon? - Shuo Sun, University of Colorado at Boulder, United States
Towards Realizing a Quantum Repeater based on a Spin-Photon Quantum Interface - Akihisa Tomita, Hokkaido University, Japan
Practical Methods for Security Certification of Quantum Key Distribution - Nicolas Treps, Sorbonne Université, France
Optical Time-frequency Modes for Continuous Variable Quantum Information - Ilan Tzitrin, Xanadu, Canada
Blueprint for a Scalable Photonic Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computer - Paolo Villoresi, Universita degli Studi di Padova, Italy
Novel Photonics Tools for Quantum Communications in Space
Committee
- Christopher Monroe, Duke University, United States, Chair
- Michael Raymer, University of Oregon, United States, Chair
- Sophia Economou, Virginia Tech, United States, Program Chair
- Eden Figueroa, SUNY Stony Brook, United States, Program Chair
- Ronald Holzwarth, Menlo Systems GmbH, Germany, Program Chair
- Konrad Banaszek, University of Warsaw, Poland
- Edwin Barnes, Virginia Tech, USA
- Garrett Cole, Thorlabs Inc., USA
- Kai-Mei Fu, University of Washington, United States
- Frederic Grosshans, Quantum Information Center Sorbonne, France
- Nobuyuki Imoto, University of Tokyo, Japan
- Hidetoshi Katori, University of Tokyo, Japan
- Alexander Ling, NUS, Singapore
- Thomas Monz, Alpine Quantum Technologies, Austria
- Prineha Narang, Harvard University, United States
- Taofiq Paraiso, Toshiba, United Kingdom
- Marina Radulaski, University of California, Davis, United States
- Alejandro Rodriguez, Princeton University, United States
- Martin Savage, University of Washington, United States
- Brian Smith, University of Oregon, United States
- Simon Stellmer, Physics Institute, Bonn University, Germany
- Mark Tolbert, TOPTICA, United States
- Rinaldo Trotta, Univ degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
- Mankei Tsang, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Janik Wolters, DLR, Germany
- Zheshen Zhang, University of Arizona, United States
Keynote Session
Nathalie de Leon
Princeton University
New Material Systems for Superconducting Qubits
Building large, useful quantum systems based on transmon qubits will require significant improvements in qubit relaxation and coherence times, which are orders of magnitude shorter than limits imposed by bulk properties of the constituent materials. However, significant improvements in the lifetime of planar transmon qubits have remained elusive for several years. We have fabricated planar transmon qubits that have both lifetimes and coherence times exceeding 0.3 milliseconds by replacing niobium with tantalum in the device. Following this discovery, we have parametrized the remaining sources of loss in state-of-the-art devices using systematic measurements of the dependence of loss on temperature, power, and geometry. This parametrization, complemented by direct materials characterization, allows for rational, directed improvement of superconducting qubits.
About the Speaker
Nathalie de Leon is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Princeton University. Her group focuses on building quantum technologies with solid state defects and new material systems for superconducting qubits. She is the materials thrust leader of the Co-design Center for Quantum Advantage, a DOE National Quantum Information Science Center. She was previously a postdoctoral fellow in the Harvard physics department, jointly supervised by Mikhail Lukin and Hongkun Park. Prior to that she received her BS in chemistry in 2004 from Stanford and her Ph.D. in chemical physics in 2011 from Harvard.
Jian-Wei Pan
University of Science and Technology of China
From Multi-Photon Entanglement to Quantum Computational Advantage
By developing high-performance quantum light sources, the multi-photon interference has been scaled up to implement boson sampling with up to 76 photons out of a 100-mode interferometer, which yields a Hilbert state space dimension of 1030 and a rate that is 1014 faster than using the state-of-the-art simulation strategy on supercomputers. Such a demonstration of quantum computational advantage is a much-anticipated milestone for quantum computing. The special-purpose photonic platform will be further used to investigate practical applications linked to the Gaussian boson sampling, such as graph optimization and quantum machine learning.
About the Speaker
Jian-Wei Pan, born on 11 March 1970, received his Bachelor (1992) and Master (1995) in Physics from the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, and his PhD (1999) from the University of Vienna. He is currently a Professor of Physics of the University of Science and Technology of China, an Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and a Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). He serves as the Director of the CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, and the Chief Scientist for the Quantum Science Satellite Project. Jian-Wei Pan’s research fields focus on quantum foundations, quantum optics and quantum information.
John Preskill
California Institute of Technology
Making Predictions in a Quantum World
I will review an experimentally feasible procedure for converting a quantum state into a succinct classical description of the state, its classical shadow. Classical shadows can be applied to predict efficiently many properties of interest, including expectation values of local observables and few-body correlation functions. Efficient classical machine learning algorithms using classical shadows can address quantum many-body problems such as classifying quantum phases of matter. I will also explain how experiments that exploit quantum memory can learn properties of a quantum system far more efficiently than conventional experiments.
About the Speaker
John Preskill is the Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology, and Director of the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter at Caltech. Preskill received his A.B. degree in physics in 1975 from Princeton University, and his Ph.D. in physics in 1980 from Harvard University, where he was a student of Steven Weinberg. He was a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows and Associate Professor of Physics at Harvard before joining the Caltech faculty in 1983. He became the John D. MacArthur Professor in 2002, and the Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics in 2010.
Christine Silberhorn
Paderborn University
Photonic Quantum Information Processing
High-dimensional quantum systems based on single and multi-photon states offer an attractive platform for quantum information and technology applications. Here we will discuss the challenges, potential and current progress for the experimental implementation of large photonic systems for scalable quantum information processing.
About the Speaker
Christine Silberhorn is a professor at Paderborn University and works in the field of experimental quantum photonics. She and her group develop novel integrated-optical quantum devices and build optical systems that lay the foundations for future quantum computers, in quantum communication and quantum metrology. Her research includes the fabrication of integrated optical waveguides, the construction of practical systems as well as the realization of complex experiments in the quantum optics laboratory.
Michael Totzeck
Carl Zeiss AG
Innovation Potentials of Quantum Technology of 2nd Generation for Optics and Photonics
Starting from the requirements in microscopy, health care, industrial metrology and optical lithography we analyze the potential of a range of quantum optical concepts in comparison to the classical state of the art. In particular we consider ghost imaging, imaging with undetected photons, the use of entangled photons for 2 photon imaging and optical coherence microscopy, NOON state metrology and lithography, antibunching microscopy and NVC magnetic field measurements.
About the Speaker
Michael Totzeck received his PhD in physics from the Technical University of Berlin in the year of the break of the Berlin Wall. After heading a group on high resolution microscopy at the University of Stuttgart he joined in 2002 Carl Zeiss where he was Appointed as Fellow in 2015. In parallel he teaches technical optics and was appointed as honorary professor by the University of Konstanz in 2013. He is author and coauthor of ~70 patent families and >30 papers in refereed journals. His research interests comprise any kind of science that has to do with innovations in optics, in particular imaging, metrology, lithography, quantum technology and digitalization.
Peter Zoller
University of Innsbruck
Programmable Quantum Simulators with Atoms and Ions
Quantum simulation aims at `solving' complex quantum many-body problems efficiently and with controlled errors on quantum devices. Here we discuss quantum simulation from the perspective of programmable analog quantum simulators, as realized in present cold atom and ion experiments, where the unique features are scalability to large particle numbers and programmability. The focus of this talk is to report work from a theory-experiment collaboration with a programmable trapped ion platform with up to fifty qubits/spins, with the goal to develop and demonstrate a toolbox of quantum protocols, addressing questions from fundamental quantum science to application as quantum technology. Examples include the demonstration of variational quantum algorithms preparing many-body ground states, and measurement protocols revealing the entanglement structure of the many-body wavefunction, e.g. as tomography of the entanglement Hamiltonian. In addition, we demonstrate `optimal' quantum metrology with variational quantum circuits, where quantum simulators act as `programmable quantum sensors'. Finally, we address the problem of verification of quantum simulators via Hamiltonian and Liouvillian learning as an experimental protocol, i.e. we `learn' the operator structure of both the many-body Hamiltonian and Lindbladian characterizing (Markovian) decoherence.
About the Speaker
Peter A. Zoller studied physics at the University of Innsbruck where he received his doctorate in February 1977. He became a lecturer at their Institute of Theoretical Physics. Zoller is best known for his pioneering research on quantum computing applications, quantum optics, and solid state physics. His theories on the model of a quantum computer, based on the interaction of lasers with cold ions confined in an electromagnetic trap, have been implemented in experiments and are considered the most promising concepts for the development of a scalable quantum computer. Zoller has earned numerous awards and honors during his career, including the Wolf Prize in Physics in 2013, the Franklin Institute’s 2010 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics, the Max Planck Medal from DPG in 2005, and the Max Born and Herbert Walther Awards. In addition to being a professor at the University Innsbruck, he is the Scientific Director at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Special Events
Welcome Happy Hour
Sunday, 12 June 17:00 – 18:00
Say hello to old and new colleagues before kicking off the week.
Let’s Talk Quantum
Tuesday, 14 June 12:00 – 13:30
We invite you to participate in a Professional Development & Networking Lunch Event at the Quantum 2.0 Conference and Exhibition on Tuesday, 14 June, from 12:00 – 13:30. This event will allow experienced scientists and industry executives to share their success stories and business experience with career professionals, recent graduates, and students. The lunch will be complementary, and there will be opportunities to chat with leaders in the field of QIS. RSVP is required for this event.
*This event is currently at capacity.
QIS Leaders include:
Ronald Holzwarth, Menlo Systems, Germany
John Preskill, California Inst. of Technology, USA
Michael Raymer, University of Oregon, USA
Sarah Sheldon, IBM Almaden Research Center, USA
Peter Zoller, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Conference Reception
Tuesday, 14 June 18:00 – 19:30
Enjoy food and drinks with your friends and colleagues during the conference reception.
Technology Showcase: Scalable Control Stacks for Quantum Networks
Wednesday, 15 June 15:30 – 15:50
A quantum internet aims to send quantum information, e.g., qubits, from one point to another over a large-distance network and enables quantum-communication applications that are not possible with the internet today. Current efforts by academia and industry investigate connecting computational quantum nodes via quantum links as well as classical links which are required for low-latency exchange of classical information. Thus, building such networks is a multifold challenge, not only including the development of quantum devices, but also the control hardware architecture and network software stack. Qblox supports this with distributed, ultralow-noise, and interconnected control stacks. We introduce the Cluster system which incorporates processors capable of sequencing pulses, their parameters, and exchanging measurement results in real time. The Cluster supports many qubit platforms with its wide frequency range from DC to 18.5 GHz while occupying less volume than 1 liter per controlled qubit. This full-stack approach opens a fast track for node optimizations and many-node scaling efforts towards realizing a quantum internet.
Movie Night: Quantum Shorts Film Festival
Wednesday, 15 June 20:00 – 21:30
Quantum physics has long provided inspiration for artists, writers, film-makers and philosophers. Join Optica and the Optica Foundation for a very special screening of nine films from past Quantum Shorts Film Festival which challenges writers and filmmakers to produce quantum-inspired creations. Huanqian Loh, National University of Singapore, will be our emcee for the evening to help us explore the films and discussion our reactions.
Our viewing will include 4 winning films from 2016-2020 and 5 films in the top-ten.
Quantum Shorts is an initiative of the Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT) that has run every year since 2012, alternating between calls for short films and flash fiction (shorts.quantumlah.org). The festival is also supported by media partners Scientific American and Nature, and scientific and screening partners around the world’. The Centre brings together physicists, computer scientists and engineers to do basic research on quantum physics and to build devices based on quantum phenomena.
Optica Ambassador Quantum Careers in Industry
Thursday, 16 June 12:30 – 13:30
What does a career in the quantum industry look like?
Join us for this lunch and learn session where four Optica Ambassadors present their career paths in quantum tech, share their insights into working at a range of differently-sized companies, and discuss the types of roles in quantum that these companies can offer. The presentations will be followed by a moderated Q&A and a chance to network with the speakers.
Speakers:
Dr Gabrielle Thomas, Menlo Systems GmbH (2019 Optica Ambassador)
Dr. Eric Zhang, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center (2019 Optica Ambassador)
Dr. Christian Reimer, Hyperlight Corp. (2020 Optica Ambassador)
Dr. Brandon Rodenburg, MITRE (2020 Optica Ambassador)
Moderator:
Dr. Catherine Lefebvre, PASQAL
