Workshop "Bits, Quanta, and Complex Systems: modern approaches to photonic information processing" |
Wednesday 30 April 2008 |
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| 9:00 - 9:15 | "Opening" by Marc Henneaux (PDF) & Nicolas Cerf (PDF) | ||
| Session 1: Quantum non-locality, entanglement, Bell tests, foundations of quantum mechanics Theme leader : Thomas Walther |
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| 9:15 - 10:00 | "Quantum non-locality, entanglement, Bell tests, foundations of quantum mechanics (setting the scene / present day challenges)" | by Thomas Walther (PDF) | |
| 10:00 - 10:45 | "Recent results on Bell tests and gravitationally-induced collapse" | by Nicolas Gisin (PDF) | |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | "From atomic Hanbury Brown and Twiss to atom entanglement: Perspectives in Quantum Atom Optics" | by Alain Aspect (PDF) | |
| 12:00 - 12:45 | "Surprises in quantum and post-quantum cryptography" | by Artur Ekert (PDF) | |
Session 2: Nonlinear optical systems, synchronization, consistency, biomimetic photonics |
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| 14:30 - 15:15 | "Synchronization of a chaotic array : from lasers to neurons (setting the scene / present day challenges)" | by F. Tito Arecchi (PDF) | |
| 15:15 - 16:00 | "Nonlinear dynamics and chaos in Lasers: synchronization and communication" | by Rajarshi Roy (PDF) | |
| 16:30 - 17:15 | "Synchronization and consistency in chaotic lasers" | by Atsushi Uchida | |
| 17:15 - 18:00 | "Synchronization in neuronal networks: The basis for temporal codes" | by Wolf Singer (PDF) | |
Thursday 1 May 2008 |
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| Session 3: Communication and cryptography based on quantum physics Theme leader : Philippe Grangier |
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| 9:00 - 9:45 | "Communication and cryptography based on quantum physics (setting the scene / present day challenges)" | by Philippe Grangier (PDF) | |
| 9:45 - 10:30 | "Faint laser QKD : technical challenges for a high bit rate prototype" | by Hugo Zbinden (PDF) | |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | "Communication, amplification, and noise filtering with continuous variables" | by Gerd Leuchs (PDF) | |
| 11:45 - 12:30 | "Quantum key distribution with untrusted devices" | by Serge Massar (PDF) | |
| Session 4: Communication and cryptography based on nonlinear classical physics Theme leader : Claudio Mirasso |
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| 14:30 - 15:15 | "Chaos-based communications : the concept becomes reality (setting the scene / present day challenges)" | by Claudio Mirasso (PDF) | |
| 15:15 - 16:00 | "Integrated photonic device for chaotic communication" | by Daan Lenstra (PDF) | |
| 16:30 - 17:15 | "Optical chaos-based cryptography" | by Laurent Larger (PDF) | |
| 17:15 - 18:00 | "Information-theoretic approach: chaos synchronization and Hilbert's Tenth Problem" | by Ido Kanter (PDF) | |
| Reception Speech | "Quantum information in Europe : an entangled world" | by Elisabeth Giacobino (PDF) | |
Friday 2 May 2008 |
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| Session 5: Advanced quantum photonic states processing (cat states, squeezed states, singlephoton states), cavity QED Theme leader : Serge Haroche |
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| 9:00 - 9:45 | "Generating and reconstructing non-classical photonic states in Cavity QED: present stage and perspectives" | by Serge Haroche (PDF) | |
| 9:45 - 10:30 | "Cavity QED : from single atoms to two photons" | by Gerhard Rempe (PDF) | |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | "Continuous-variable quantum information processing with squeezed states of light" | by Akira Furusawa (PDF) | |
| 11:45 - 12:30 | "Reconstructing the evolving Wigner function of a Schrödinger cat trapped in a cavity: a movie of decoherence" | by Michel Brune | |
| Session 6: Linear optics quantum computing, optical networks, quantum information processing, q. memory Theme leader : Gerard Milburn |
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| 14:30 -15:15 | "Linear optics quantum computing, quantum information processing, quantum memory (setting the scene / present day challenges)" | by Gerard Milburn (PDF) | |
| 15:15 - 16:00 | "Optical quantum computing: science fiction, horror story or news?" | by Andrew White (PDF) | |
| 16:30 - 17:15 | "Gaussian and non-Gaussian quantum interface with atomic ensembles" | by Eugene Polzik (PDF) | |
| 17:15 - 18:00 | "Quantum networking with atomic ensembles" | by Julien Laurat (PDF) | |
Saturday 3 May 2008 |
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| Session 7: Main outcomes of the workshop, conclusions, and perspectives Theme leader : David Miller |
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| 9:00 - 9:45 | "Main outcomes of the workshop" | by David Miller (PDF) | |
| 9:45 - 10:30 | "Fundamental physics and practical applications: a two way street" | by John Dudley (PDF) | |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | "The interplay between quantum optics and quantum information: quantum resources and quantum exploitation" | by Sir Peter Knight | |
| 11:45 - 12:30 | "Quantum Information and the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics" | by Anton Zeilinger | |
| 12:30 - 12:45 | Final conclusions and perspectives | by David Miller (PDF) | |