Single-photon detection and the future of quantum networks and computing
25 April 2024 10:00 - 11:00
Eastern Daylight/Summer Time (US & Canada) (UTC -04:00)
This talk will explore the role of single-photon detectors in advancing quantum technologies, with a focus on superconducting nanowire detectors (SNSPDs) and the benefits they offer for quantum computing and high-speed quantum communication. We will discuss the evolving needs of the field and describe IDQ’s user-focused detector solutions, including our innovative photon-number-resolving (PNR) SNSPDs and our new rack-mountable SNSPD system. We will show real-world experiments that have already benefited from the outstanding performances of our detectors, including an enhanced heralded single-photon source and high key-rate QKD implementation. We will conclude with our vision on the future of single-photon detection for quantum information and networking, and the exciting possibilities this can unlock.
Speakers
Félix Bussières
VP Research and Technology, ID Quantique (IDQ)
Félix Bussières is VP Research and Technology at ID Quantique (IDQ) and a renowned expert in the field of quantum communication. He joined IDQ in 2016 and took a leadership position with a focus on transforming cutting-edge research results to successful products. Félix and his team are responsible for the development of IDQ’s core technologies aspects. Under his leadership, IDQ has notably established itself as an innovative and successful company in the field of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors. IDQ’s technology is now enabling research groups, start-ups and mature technology companies in the fields of quantum communication, quantum computation and quantum photonics.
Email address: elix.bussieres@idquantique.com
Tyle Stelzig
Product Manager, QSensing
Tyle Stelzig is the Product Manager for Quantum Sensing at ID Quantique (IDQ), where he focuses on understanding and addressing the evolving needs of researchers, developers, and commercial users of single-photon technologies. Tyle received degrees in Physics and Math from the University of Rochester in 2011, then completed some graduate work at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, including time in an optics lab studying the elastic properties of biological materials. From there he found his way into product management, initially at an ed tech company. Tyle’s current portfolio at IDQ is centered around superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors, NIR SPADs, and high-performance timing electronics.
Email address: tyle.stelzig@idquantique.com
Giovanni Resta
R&D Scientist, ID Quantique (IDQ)
Giovanni V. Resta is R&D scientist at ID Quantique, Geneva, Switzerland, where he works on developing novel superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs). Giovanni received the joint M.Sc. degree in nanotechnologies from Politecnico di Torino, Italy, Grenoble INP, France in 2015 and the Ph. D. in microsystems and microelectronics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland in 2019. His current research interests include SNSDs, photonic integrated circuits, cryogenic electronics and optical quantum computing.
Email addess: giovanni.resta@idquantique.com
