Quantum Communication
Quantum communication technologies for a secure digital society and future quantum internet compatible with existing infrastructures.
Coordinator
Prof. Dr. Hugues de Riedmatten
ProjectsQuantum CommunicationMemory
Remote entanglement between a single photon and a quantum memory
The remote entanglement between a single photon and a quantum memory is a crucial resource for implementing quantum repeater links. The successful realization of a practical quantum repeater link at great distances requires that the photon be sent away from memory, while keeping its entanglement intact.
Coordinator
Hugues de Riedmatten is ICREA professor and head of the Quantum Photonics group at ICFO since 2010. He obtained his PhD from the University of Geneva in 2003, where he worked as a Principal Scientist until 2010 after a two-year post-doctorate at the California Institute of Technology. His research focuses on the science of experimental quantum information and quantum optics. His group is developing quantum technologies to implement quantum networks and quantum repeaters for long-distance quantum communication, including quantum memories for light, quantum light sources, and quantum frequency conversion (www.qpsa.icfo.es). His research was awarded the City of Barcelona Prize in Experimental Science and Technology in 2017, a Start-up Grant from the European Research Council and a research grant from the Moore Foundation.
Participants
Miquel Tarzan has been a Senior Researcher at i2Cat since 2012. Graduated in Physics (2006) and Master in Electronic Engineering (2008) from the University of Barcelona, where he joined until 2011 the Department of Electronics as a researcher, working in the area of computing inspired in biology, within the FP7 NEUROCHEM project. In 2012 he joined the i2CAT Foundation, working on new network architectures and transport protocols, contributing to their standardization in the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), within the FP7 IRATI, FP7 PRISTINE and H2020 ARCFIRE projects. His current research focuses on Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Networks, and Quantum Cryptography.
Xavier Jordan has been part of the Innovation Management Office at i2Cat since 2019. Telecommunications Engineer (1997) and Master in Photonics (2019) from the UPC, he has more than 11 years of experience in the telecommunications business, in technical and management aspects, and more than 6 years working in an industrial company in business management and commercial management.
