Alán Aspuru-Guzik | Associate Professor Harvard University | Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology 12 Oxford Street, Room M113 | Cambridge, MA 02138 (617)-384-8188 | http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Masoud Mohseni <mohseni(a)mit.edu> Date: Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 2:35 PM Subject: [Excitonics-Theory] Special quantum information seminar, Marco Bellini, Oct 05, 4-5 pm, MIT 34-401A To: qip(a)mit.edu, excitonics(a)chem-quantum.info, Jeffrey Shapiro <jhs(a)mit.edu>du>, vuletic(a)mit.edu, ncw(a)mit.edu, Raul Garcia-Patron Sanchez <rgarciap(a)mit.edu>du>, slloyd(a)mit.edu, "pscudo(a)gmail.com" <pscudo(a)gmail.com> Dear All, We have a special quantum information seminar on the next Tuesday at 4 pm. Marco Bellini, who is visiting us next week, will give a talk on "Manipulating the quantum nature of light by single-photon addition and subtraction". Please see below for more information on this event. Best, Masoud Title: “Manipulating the quantum nature of light by single-photon addition and subtraction“ Speaker: Marco Bellini (Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, INO-CNR, Firenze, Italy) Date of Event: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 Time: 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM Room: 34-401A Host: Seth Lloyd Event Type: Seminar Abstract: I will illustrate some of the recent activities carried out in our laboratory to investigate and control the quantum nature of light. The experimental implementation of some of the most basic quantum operations, like single-photon creation [1,2] and annihilation [3], has allowed us to generate and manipulate light at the most accurate levels. This, together with advanced techniques for the complete characterization of the generated light states, has allowed us to probe fundamental rules of quantum physics (like the commutation relations [4-6]), and develop novel tools (like noiseless linear amplification [7]) for quantum information processing and future quantum technologies. References: [1] A. Zavatta, S. Viciani, and M. Bellini, Science 306, 660 (2004). [2] A. Zavatta, V. Parigi, and M. Bellini, Phys. Rev. A 75, 052106 (2007) [3] A. Zavatta, V. Parigi, M. S. Kim, and M. Bellini, New J. Phys., 10, 123006 (2008) [4] V. Parigi, A. Zavatta, M.S. Kim, and M. Bellini, Science, 317, 1890-1893 (2007) [5] M. S. Kim, H. Jeong, A. Zavatta, V. Parigi, and M. Bellini, Phys. Rev. Lett., 101, 260401 (2008) [6] A. Zavatta, V. Parigi, M.S. Kim, H. Jeong, and M. Bellini, Phys. Rev. Lett., 103, 140406 (2009) [7] A. Zavatta, J. Fiurasek, and M. Bellini, arXiv:1004.3399v1 -- ************************************************************* Dr. Masoud Mohseni, Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT Center for Excitonics, Research Laboratory of Electronics 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA Room 26-359 Phone/Fax: 617-253-7811 / 617-258-7864 Email: mohseni(a)mit.edu ************************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Excitonics mailing list Excitonics(a)box577.bluehost.com http://box577.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/excitonics_chem-quantum.info