2nd International Symposium on “Single Photon based Quantum Technologies”

Researchers from all over the world will meet in Berlin for a scientific exchange on recent topics in single photon based quantum technology.

After the resounding success of the first symposium edition, PicoQuant proudly announces that the second edition of the three day event will take place in Berlin, Germany from May 22 to 24, 2019. The symposium on “Single Photon based Quantum Technologies” provides an interdisciplinary platform for exchanging experience and information on recent findings in the field of single photon based quantum technologies.

Invited speakers

• Rainer Blatt (University of Innsbruck, Austria)
"Quantum information processing with trapped ions"

• Tommaso Calarco (University Ulm, Germany): "Quantum control for quantum technologies"

• Fedor Jelezko (University Ulm, Germany): "Quantum sensing with single spins in diamond"

• Giovanna Morigi (University Saarbrücken, Germany): "Dynamics of quantum crystals of photons and atoms“

• Mark Thompson (University of Bristol, UK): tba

• Rinaldo Trotta (Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy): "Quantum teleportation using photons from quantum dots"

• Edo Waks (University of Maryland, USA): "Quantum photonics with strongly interacting photons"

• Hugo Zbinden (Université de Genève, Switzerland): "Single photon detectors for long distance and high rate quantum key distribution"

• Val Zwiller (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden): "High performance single photon detectors based on superconducting nanowires"

Excerpt of topics

• Single-photon detectors and sources

• Quantum metrology and sensing

• Quantum correlations and entanglement

• Quantum information processing, communication and QKD

• Integrated photonic quantum circuits

Deadline for submission of abstracts: January 28, 2019
Deadline for early bird registration: January 28, 2019
Final deadline for symposium registration: April 22, 2019