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Quantum Technologies with Professor Jeremy O'Brien, University of Bristol, UK
Date/Time: Thursday, 24 April 2014, 10:00 am to 11:30 am
Location: North Terrace Campus, Physics Building, Level 1, Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre
Cost: Free
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The impact of quantum technology will be profound and far-reaching: secure communication networks for consumers, corporations and government; precision sensors for biomedical technology and environmental monitoring; quantum simulators for the design of new materials, pharmaceuticals and clean energy devices; and ultra-powerful quantum computers for addressing otherwise impossibly large datasets for machine learning-artificial intelligence applications. However, engineering quantum systems and controlling them is an immense technological challenge: they are inherently fragile; and information extracted from a quantum system necessarily disturbs the system itself. Despite these challenges a small number of quantum technologies are now commercially available.
Delivering the full promise of these technologies will require a concerted quantum engineering effort jointly between academia and industry. We will describe our progress in the Centre for Quantum Photonics to delivering this promise using an integrated quantum photonics platform - generating, manipulating and interacting single particles of light (photons) in waveguide circuits on silicon chips.
Contact: Ms Olivia Towers , Email: olivia.towers@adelaide.edu.au, Executive Assistant to Professor Noel Lindsay Pro Vice Chancellor (Entrepreneurship) and Director , Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre (ECIC), The University of Adelaide, AUSTRALIA 5005 , Business: +61 8 8313 0767
