I would like to remind you that today (Friday, April 1st), the Postdoc candidate Jonathan Olson from Louisiana State University (Physics) will give a job interview to our group. The talk will be in the Division Room from 2pm to 3.30pm (the schedule is in attachment). Follows the abstract of the talk:

Abstract: Metrology deals with the task of measuring unknown quantities and determining how certain our measurements can be about the “true” value of a variable. Optical interferometry has been an incredibly useful resource for making precision measurements about the properties of many systems, recently culminating in the breakthrough discovery of gravity waves by the LIGO collaboration. In this talk, I will describe the evolution of quantum metrology, and give some examples of the way interferometers can exploit the quantum properties of light to make higher precision measurements than could ever be done in a classical world. Finally, I will describe my work in developing a new architecture -- inspired by Boson Sampling -- which hopes to make practical quantum sensors a reality.

On Mon, Mar 28, 2016, 14:56 Salvatore Mandrà <salvatore.mandra@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Everyone,

This Friday (April 1st), the Postdoc candidate Jonathan Olson from Louisiana State University (Physics) will give a job interview to our group. The talk will be in the Division Room from 2pm to 3.30pm (the schedule is in attachment). Follows the abstract of the talk:

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Title: The Ultimate Limits of Measurement --- Metrology from Single Photons

Abstract: Metrology deals with the task of measuring unknown quantities and determining how certain our measurements can be about the “true” value of a variable. Optical interferometry has been an incredibly useful resource for making precision measurements about the properties of many systems, recently culminating in the breakthrough discovery of gravity waves by the LIGO collaboration. In this talk, I will describe the evolution of quantum metrology, and give some examples of the way interferometers can exploit the quantum properties of light to make higher precision measurements than could ever be done in a classical world. Finally, I will describe my work in developing a new architecture -- inspired by Boson Sampling -- which hopes to make practical quantum sensors a reality.
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Kind regards,

Salvatore