IC Monday Seminar : Challenges in Quantum Information and Communication
Event details
| Date | 05.12.2011 |
| Hour | 16:15 |
| Speaker | Prof. Nicolas Gisin, University of Geneva - Invited by Prof. Michael Gastpar |
| Location |
INM 202
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Abstract Quantum communication is the art of transferring a quantum state from one location, Alice, to a distance one, Bob. The main application, Quantum Key Distribution relies on the no-cloning theorem to check the absence of any eavesdropper. The most fascinating aspect of quantum communication is the presence of non-locality, that is of correlations that cant be described as resulting from previously shared randomness nor from classical communication. Nonlocality is demonstrated in tests of Bell inequality and in quantum teleportation. After an introduction to quantum communication and nonlocality, two big challenges will be presented: 1. Exploit nonlocal correlation as a resource. 2. Exploit quantum teleportation and quantum memories for future continental scale quantum network. Biography Prof. Nicolas Gisin was born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1952. He received his Ph.D. degree in theoretical physics from the University of Geneva in 1981. After a post-doc at the University of Rochester, NY, and four years in the industry, he joined the Group of Applied Physics at the University of Geneva where he is head of the optics section since 1988. His activities range from foundations of quantum physics (e.g. in 2009 he was awarded the John Stewart Bell prize) to applications in quantum communications (e.g. he co-founded id Quantique, the world leading company in Quantum cryptography).
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Contact
- Simone Muller