Optica Quantum 2.0 Conference and Exhibition
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Optica Quantum 2.0 Conference and Exhibition
18 June 2023 – 22 June 2023 Hyatt Regency Denver, Optica Quantum 2.0 Conference, Colorado United States
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Topics
SC1 - 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
SC2 – Quantum Communications
- 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
- Free-Space entanglement distribution
- Deep space communication
- Quantum enhanced measurements (clocks and geodesy, gravitational waves, VLBI)
SC3 - 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
SC4 - Lasers, Optics, Integrated Photonics and Interconnects
- All-optical (passive) implementations
- Matter-Mediated (active) implementations
- Lasers & optical frequency combs
- Laser beam modulation and control
- Photon detection electronics
- Electronics and software for QIST control systems
- Qubit transduction and interconversion
- Photonic quantum frequency conversion
- Quantum photon-device impedance matching
SC5 - Quantum Sensors, Metrology and New Scientific Horizons
- Time crystals
- Applications of QIST in high-energy physics
- Applications of QIST in biology
- Matter-Based quantum-enhanced sensors: e.g., magnetic and electric field sensors, gravimeters, accelerometers and clocks
- Light-Based sensors: e.g., quantum-enhanced imaging, spectroscopy and ranging
SC6 - Quantum Ecosystems - Show Floor Programming Only
- Applications of QIST in finance
- Venture capital in QIST
- QIST startups highlights
Speakers
Optica Quantum 2.0 Conference and Exhibition
Keynote
- Alain Aspect, Institut d'Optique, France
From Einstein’s Doubts to Quantum Technologies: Entanglement in Action Keynote - Rainer Blatt, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Austria
Ion-Trap Based Quantum Computing Keynote - John Clauser, retired, United States
Proof that Nonlocal Quantum Entanglement is Real Keynote - Gerhard Rempe, Max-Planck-Institut fur Quantenoptik, Germany
Massively Entangled Photonic Graph States Keynote - Michelle Simmons, Silicon Quantum Computing, Australia
Engineering Qubits in Silicon with Atomic Precision Keynote - Anton Zeilinger, Universitat Wien, Austria
A Voyage through Quantum Wonderland And in Higher Dimensions Keynote
Invited
- Mercedes Gimeno-Segovia, PsiQuantum, United States
Quantum Photonics Processing Tutorial - Ronald Hanson, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft, Netherlands
The Quantum Internet: Concepts, Challenges and Progress Tutorial - Shruti Puri, Yale University, United States
Fusion Based Quantum Error Correction: Concepts and New Developments Tutorial - Giulia Acconcia, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
High Speed with High Performance SPADs: Architectures and Electronics Design Strategies - Daniel Blumenthal, University of California Santa Barbara, United States
Visible Light Photonics for Atomic and Quantum Sensing and Computation - Philippe Bouyer, France
Quantum Sensors for Mobile Gravimetry and Navigation - Antoine Browaeys, Institut d'Optique, France
Exploring Many Body Physics with Atoms in Tweezer Arrays - Sophia Economou, Virginia Tech, United States
Protocols for Cluster State Generation Using Quantum Emitters - Jörn Epping, QuiX Quantum B.V., Netherlands
Quantum Photonic Processors—Design, Development, and Applications - Andrei Faraon, California Institute of Technology, United States
Controlling Nuclear Spins with a Single Optically Addressable Rare-Earth Ion - David Leibrandt, University of California Los Angeles, United States
The Search for New Physics with Atoms and Molecules - Gerd Leuchs, Max-Planck-Inst Physik des Lichts, Germany
Mathematical Inseparability and Quantum Physical Entanglement - Peter Lodahl, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Spin-photon Interfaces with Quantum Dots - Sae Woo Nam, National Inst of Standards & Technology, United States
From Dark to Light: A Retrospective Look at How Ultrasensitive Photon Sensors Can Be Used in Fundamental Physics Experiments - Armando Rastelli, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria
Highly Entangled Photons from Semiconductor Quantum Dots - Jelmer Renema, QuiX Quantum B.V., Netherlands
Photonic Quantum Information Processing with Silicon Nitride Integrated Quantum Photonic Processors - Narayanan Rengaswamy, The University of Arizona, United States
Quantum Error Correction based Entanglement Purification - Heike Riel, IBM, Zurich, Switzerland
Super Conducting Platform - Martin Savage, University of Washington, United States
Toward Digital Quantum Simulations of Standard Model Physics - Some of Our Recent Results - Robert Schoelkopf, Yale University, United States
A Better Superconducting Qubit: Erasure Detection and Error Correction in a Microwave Dual-Rail Encoding - Daniel Stick, Sandia National Labs
Integrated Photonics for Trapped-ion Quantum Computing - Costanza Toninelli, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Italy
Organic Molecules in Photonic Quantum Technologies: Single Photon Sources and Nanoscale Sensors - Philipp Treutlein, Universitat Basel, Switzerland
Strongly-Coupled Atom-Optomechanical System - Mankei Tsang, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Quantum Enhanced Sensing of Incoherent Sources - Rupert Ursin, Quantum Technology Laboratory GmbH, Austria
200km Quantum Fiber Communication - Jelena Vuckovic, Stanford University, United States
Scalable Quantum Photonic Systems - Richard Warburton, University of Basel, Switzerland
A Bright Source of Coherent Single Photons Using a Quantum Dot in an Open Microcavity - Harald Weinfurter, Ludwig-Maximillians-Universität Munchen, Germany
From Bell to Device Independent Secure Communication - Zhiliang Yuan, Beijing Academy of Quantum Info Sciences, China
MDI-QKD vs TF-QKD: Overcoming the Repeaterless Bound - Zheshen Zhang, University of Michigan, United States
Continuous-Variable Distributed Quantum Sensing - Val Zwiller, Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan Kista, Sweden
Generation, Manipulation and Detection of Single Photons
Program Committee
Eden Figueroa, SUNY Stony Brook University, USA, Chair
Ronald Holzwarth, Menlo Systems GmbH, Germany, Chair
Hugues de Riedmatten, ICFO - Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Spain, Program Chair
Sonika Johri, IonQ, Inc., USA, Program Chair
Quantum Computing
Thomas Monz, Alpine Quantum Technologies GmbH, Austria, Subcommittee Chair
Keisuke Fujii, Osaka University, Japan
Anna Grassellino, Fermilab, USA
Kathleen Hamilton, ORNL, USA
Giulia Semeghini, Harvard University, USA
Quantum Communications
Eleni Diamanti, CNRS and Sorbonne University, France, Subcommittee Chair
Joseph Lukens, Arizona State University, USA
Taofiq Paraiso, Toshiba, UK
Andreas Reiserer, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Germany
Janik Wolters, German Aerospace Center, Germany
Quantum Photonic, Sources & Detectors
Paul Kwiat, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, Subcommittee Chair
Nathalie de Leon, Princeton University, USA
Klaus Jöns, Paderborn University, Germany
Carmen Palacios-Berraquero, nu Quantum, UK
Nick Vamivakas, University of Rochester, USA
Lasers, Optics, Integrated Photonics and Interconnects
Matt Eichenfield, University of Arizona, USA, Subcommittee Chair
Garrett Cole, Thorlabs, USA
Marina Radulaski, University of California, Davis, USA
Quantum Sensors, Metrology and New Scientific Horizons
Brian Smith, University of Oregon, USA, Subcommittee Chair
Murray Holland, JILA, USA
Hidetoshi Katori, University of Tokyo, Japan
Peter Rosenbusch, Exail, France
Quantum Ecosystems (Show Floor Programming)
Yuping Huang, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
Christophe Jurczak, Quantonation, France
Araceli Venegas-Gomez, Qureca, UK
Special Events
- Welcome Happy Hour
- Speed Networking in the Quantum World
- Tech Talk: Cryptocurrency Mining With Quantum Computers
- End User Workshop
- Conference Reception
- Tech Talk: Entangled Quantum Cellular Automata, Physical Complexity and Goldilocks Rules
- Tech Talk: Patents for Quantum-Related Inventions
- Tech Talk: Recent Advances in NISQ Quantum Optimization
- Meet and Greet: Optica Quantum Editor-in-Chief
- Tech Talk: Quantum Network Test Beds and New Applications They Enable
- Tech Talk: Quantum Systems Will Change the World (Again), But Not Without Lasers and Photonics
- Closing Toast
Welcome Happy Hour
Sunday, 18 June 17:00 – 18:00
Centennial Foyer
Say hello to old and new colleagues before kicking off the week.
Speed Networking in the Quantum World
Monday, 19 June 12:15 – 13:15
Agate Room
The Optica Technical Group on Applied Spectroscopy invites anyone interested in quantum and spectroscopy technologies to join them for a fun networking lunch on Monday. The event will start with a round of speed networking, allowing attendees to connect one-on-one in short meetings. We will then break for lunch, and attendees will have a chance to chat freely with colleagues.
Please RSVP to let us know you will be attending.
Tech Talk: Cryptocurrency Mining With Quantum Computers
Tuesday, 20 June 14:30 – 15:30
Exhibit Hall, Optica Booth 105
Recently quantum computers have started to rival the existing classical supercomputers in completing computationally hard tasks. Despite a handful of demos, available noisy intermediate scale quantum computers are looking for practical applications. Public cryptocurrency blockchains, such as Bitcoin, maintain an immutable, decentralized ledger of electronic transactions. To add a new block, one needs to win a competition in solving a computationally difficult cryptographic task, termed as Proof of Work (PoW). Here we demonstrate a quantum PoW (qPoW) protocol that can be accelerated with available quantum computers while maintaining all the required security properties.
Speaker
- Mikhail Shalaginov, Co-Founder, 2Pi Optics , USA
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End User Workshop
Tuesday, 20 June 16:00 – 18:30
Mineral DE
At the Optica End-User Workshop, speakers will be playing the roles of “end-users.” They will present their unmet needs necessary for their next steps of development. In a very interactive session moderated by Optica CTO Jose Pozo, the participants will explore some room for collaboration.
The Optica End-User workshop is attended primarily by industry representatives. The participant list will be circulated shortly before the meeting. Most of the companies will attend with either their CTO, Business Development Manager or Director of R&D.
Separate registration required.
Please RSVP and receive a detailed schedule. >
Conference Reception
Tuesday, 20 June 18:00 – 19:30
Enjoy food and drinks with your friends and colleagues during the conference reception.
Tech Talk: Entangled Quantum Cellular Automata, Physical Complexity and Goldilocks Rules
Wednesday, 21 June 11:00 – 12:00
Exhibit Hall, Optica Booth 105
Meet with quantum experts for 30-minute conversations on publications, technologies, professional journeys, industry trends and more. Tech Talks are a great way to get an overview of trending topics in quantum and to learn what those buzz words really mean.
Speaker
- Lincoln Carr, Colorado School of Mines , USA
Tech Talk: Patents for Quantum-Related Inventions
Wednesday, 21 June 12:15 – 13:15
Exhibit Hall, Optica Booth 105
Meet with quantum experts for 30-minute conversations on publications, technologies, professional journeys, industry trends and more. Tech Talks are a great way to get an overview of trending topics in quantum and to learn what those buzz words really mean.
Speakers
- Douglas Link , Cozen O'Connor, USA
- Dan Farkas, Cozen O'Connor, USA
Tech Talk: Recent Advances in NISQ Quantum Optimization
Wednesday, 21 June 15:00 – 16:00
Exhibit Hall, Optica Booth 105
Quantum optimization algorithms, such as QAOA, that implement parametrized stochastic optimization solvers attempt to identify low-energy solutions of Ising systems by exploiting available quantum effects in noisy-intermediate scale machines. In the NISQ era, engineering a well-performing parametrized quantum optimization circuit is indeed an exercise in balancing the trade-off between expressivity and implementation complexity. We discuss recent designs of hybrid variational quantum optimization algorithm and also discuss practical performance evaluation methods that include parameter setting strategy performance, showing results for experimental runs in superconducting chips in a regime beyond classical simulation (more than 50 qubits).
Speaker
- Davide Venturelli , Research Institute of Advanced Computer Science, Universities Space Research Association, USA
Meet and Greet: Optica Quantum Editor-in-Chief
Thursday, 22 June 10:00 – 11:00
Optica Booth 105
Stop by the Optica Booth to have a pastry and learn more about Optica Quantum, Optica Publishing Group’s newest journal (launching in September 2023). Dedicated to high-impact results in quantum information science and technology enabled by optics and photonics, Optica Quantum is now open for submissions.
Speak with Michael G. Raymer, Editor-in-Chief, about the Journal’s acceptance criteria, becoming a reviewer and more. All attendees are welcome!
Tech Talk: Quantum Network Test Beds and New Applications They Enable
Thursday, 22 June 11:30 – 12:30
Exhibit Hall, Optica Booth 105
A survey of quantum networking testbeds across the world and the technologies being deployed. Highlights of recent advances in multi-node quantum networks and a review of recently demonstrated quantum network enabled applications beyond QKD. I will review Quanet, the recently announced DARPA program, that looks to explore new quantum enabled features in existing classical networks.
Speaker
- Robert Broberg , University of Pennsylvania, USA
Tech Talk: Quantum Systems Will Change the World (Again), But Not Without Lasers and Photonics
Thursday, 22 June 13:30 – 14:30
Exhibit Hall, Optica Booth 105
When systems are engineered to relay or extend “quantum weirdness” from the nanoscopic scale of atoms to the macroscopic scale of humans amazing things can happen. Twentieth-century quantum systems (the transistor and the laser) ushered in the computer age and the information age, which changed the world. Twenty-first century quantum systems are just emerging, and the disruptive potential is equally tantalizing: Sensors that can see through walls, GPS-denied navigation, computers that scale differently than Moore’s law, truly secure communications and more. Almost all of these emergent quantum systems require lasers and photonics, representing both an opportunity and a challenge. In this talk I will discuss the complexity of the needed lasers-for-quantum, present the technical and economic landscape and pose possible paths forward for how lasers and photonics can usher in a new quantum age.
Speaker
- Scott Davis , CEO & Co-Founder, Vescent Photonics, LLC, USA
Closing Toast
Thursday, 22 June 18:00 – 19:00
Centennial Foyer
The conference concludes with a toast. It is a time to reflect on the week and discuss learnings with fellow attendees.
