Diamond Photonics: Connecting Quantum Systems with Light and Sound
Hosted By: Nanophotonics Technical Group
24 January 2023 15:00 - 16:00
Eastern Time (US & Canada) (UTC -05:00)Diamond is emerging as one of the most promising optical materials for implementing quantum technologies for sensing and communication. Its potential hinges upon the diamond's ability to host "atom-like" defects whose quantum states can be used to store information. Recent advances in the fabrication of nanophotonic devices--waveguides and cavities--that enhance the coupling of light to diamond defects are crucial to creating scalable implementations of these technologies. Breakthroughs in fabrication have also enabled the realization of diamond optomechanical devices. These structures have an intrinsic ability to connect to a broad range of quantum systems, further expanding the toolbox available to quantum researchers.
In this webinar hosted by the Nanophotonics Technical Group, Dr. Paul Barclay will review diamond quantum systems' fundamental properties and applications and discuss approaches for fabricating photonic and optomechanical devices from this material. It will highlight key challenges and opportunities and discuss the physics underlying recent advances in the field, including the use of diamond optomechanical devices for creating novel interfaces to quantum memory.
Subject Matter Level: Intermediate - Assumes basic knowledge of the topic
What You Will Learn:
• Review of diamond quantum photonics
• Approaches for diamond photonic device fabrication
• Introduction to spin-optomechanical quantum interfaces
Who Should Attend:
• Students
• Early-stage researchers/post-doctoral fellows
• Quantum technology engineers and research scientists
About the Presenter: Paul Barclay from the University of Calgary
Paul Barclay received his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from the California Institute of Technology in 2007. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Calgary, Canada, where since 2011, he has been leading the Quantum Nanophotonics lab. He performed postdoctoral work at Hewlett Packard Labs. He has been awarded the CAP Herzberg Medal and an NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement, among other awards, in recognition of his pioneering work in diamond quantum photonics and optomechanics.
