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Advancing the Science and Technology of Light

Quantum Information and Measurement (QIM)

19 March - 21 March 2012, Laser Optics Berlin, Berlin, Germany



Invited Speakers

Plenary Speakers

Quantum Information Processing and Quantum Simulations with Trapped Ions, Ian Walmsley, University of Oxford, UK
Elements of a Practical Quantum Network Rainer Blatt, Leopold-Franzens Universitat Innsbruck, Austria

Invited Speakers

Quantum-Optomechanics: Quantum Experiments with Massive Mechanical Systems, Markus Aspelmeyer, University of Vienna, Austria

Emission and Absorption of Single Photons by Single Atoms, Jürgen Eschner, Univ. of Saarland, Germany

Ultimate Sensitivity in Precision Optical Measurements Using Intense Gaussian Quantum Light: A Multi-modal Approach, Claude Fabre, Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, France

Quantum Key Distribution Using Hyper Entanglement, Dan Gauthier, Duke University, USA

Quantum Information Storage in Atomic Media, Elisabeth Giacobino, University of Paris, France

Compressive Sensing in the Quantum Domain, John Howell, University of Rochester, USA

Single-qubit Laser: Generation of Nonlinear Coherent State, Sergei Kilin, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Belarus

Advanced Quantum Communication via Hyperentanglement, Paul Kwiat, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Quantum Images from 4-Wave Mixing in Atomic Vapors, Paul Lett, NIST, USA

Strong Atom-Photon Coupling in Free Space, Gerd Leuchs, University of Erlangen, Germany

Directions in Optical Implementations of Quantum Key Distribution, Norbert Lutkenhaus, Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Canada

Integrated Quantum Photonics, Jeremy O'Brien, University Of Bristol, UK

Quantum Feedback Experiments with Atoms and Cavities, Jean-Michel Raimond, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France

Quantum Networking with Individual Qubits of Light and Matter, Gerhard Rempe, MPQ, Germany

Adaptive Quantum Measurement via Swarm-Intelligence Machine Learning, Barry Sanders, University of Calgary, Canada

Complementarity Revisited, Wolfgang Schleich, Universitat Ulm, Germany

Coherent Coupling of a Superconducting Flux Qubit to an Electron Spin Ensemble in Diamond, Kouichi Semba, NTT Basic Research Laboratories, Japan

Quantum Information Processing with Integrated Optics and Pulsed Light, Christine Silberhorn, University of Paderborn, Germany

Quantum Interferometry, Augusto Smerzi, Univ. of Trento, Italy

Experimental Tradeoffs in Quantum Measurement: Uncertainty Relations, Weak Measurements and Quantum Metrology, Aephraim Steinberg, Univ. of Toronto, Canada

Nano Optical Fibers for Photonic Quantum Information, Shigeki Takeuchi, Hokkaido Univ., Japan

Single Photons, Entanglement Swapping and Heralded Photon Amplification for Device Independent Quantum Key Distribution, Robert Thew, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Experimental Studies Toward the Quantum Communications with Orbiting Terminals, Paolo Villoresi, University of Padova, Italy

Entangling Two Remote Rb-87 Atoms, Harald Weinfurter, Univ. of Munich, Germany

Exploiting the Quantum Advantage, Andrew White, University of Queensland, Australia

Coherent Coupling of a Superconducting Flux Qubit to an Electron Spin Ensemble in Diamond, Kazuya Yuasa, Waseda Univ., Japan

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