Welcome to QuIC!
The Centre for Quantum Information and Communication (QuIC) has been active in quantum information sciences for more than ten years, with research contributions ranging from fundamental questions such as quantum measurement, quantum entanglement, or quantum nonlocality, to more information-flavored issues such as quantum communication, quantum cryptography, or quantum algorithms. It has invented and contributed to the demonstration of the first continuous-variable (Gaussian) quantum cryptographic protocol. It currently holds two patents, and has published numerous scientific papers among which two in the journal Nature and one in Nature Photonics.
Nicolas J. Cerf, group leader.
VISITORS
| Past Visitors | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Duration | Home Institution |
| Raúl García-Patrón Sánchez | September 2011 | Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik |
| Carlos Navarrete-Benlloch | February 2011 | University of Valencia |
| Prof. Serge Haroche | June 2010 | Collège de France |
| Anita Eusebi | May-July 2010 | Università di Camerino |
| Christos Gagatsos | February 2010 | University of Athens |
COURSE
| Quantum Technologies and Quantum Information | |
| Series of seminars (in French) primarily addressed to ULB students of Ecole Polytechnique (BA3, MA1, MA2) during the academic year 2009-2010. | |
| Everybody is welcome! | |
| The seminars are independent of each other so that any of them can be followed separately. | |
| Organizers : | Edouard Brainis (OPERA) |
| Nicolas Cerf (QuIC) | |
COLLEGE BELGIQUE - 2009
| Introduction à l'information quantique et au calcul quantique | ||
| 1 October 16:00 - 18:00 | Nicolas Cerf | Concepts de l'information quantique |
|---|---|---|
| 21 October 16:00 - 18:00 | Philippe Grangier | Non localité quantique, paradoxe EPR et inégalités de Bell |
| 12 November 16:00 - 18:00 | Nicolas Cerf | Cryptographie quantique |
| 9 December 16:00 - 18:00 | Frédéric Magniez | Calcul quantique |
| Venue: | Palais des Académies, Rue Ducale 1, B-1000, Bruxelles | |
| Organized by: | Collège Belgique | |
Continuous-Variable Quantum Erasure-Correcting Code
QuIC suggested a new quantum erasure correcting code which has been successfully implemented experimentally in collaboration with Ulrik Andersen (Technical University of Copenhagen, Denmark) and Gerd Leuchs (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Erlangen, Germany). The results have been published in Nature Photonics 4, 700 - 705 (2010) and presented in ULB [intra]lettre no. 145.
Security by Quantum Randomness - QuIC announces the creation of its first Spin-off company, SQR
From 2010, SQR will commercialize the outcome of our research at QuIC in the field of Information Security, Quantum Cryptography, and Quantum Physics. See Newsletter of the Faculty. SQR is one of the 25 start-ups that have been selected, among 234 innovating companies, for the European Tech Tour Association (ETT) held in Lausanne on November 17-18, 2010.