Argonne Quantum Seminar: Poolad Imany, Icarus Quantum
- When:
- Monday, June 17, 2024 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- Where:
- Virtual (all times in Central)
- Speaker:
- Poolad Imany, Icarus Quantum
- Title:
- Deterministic entangled photon sources with semiconductor quantum dots
- Description:
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Quantum networks are on the brink of revolutionizing how we transmit and process data. Highly efficient entangled photon sources are needed to scale these networks to long distances; however, current entanglement generators are based on probabilistic processes and provide a maximum efficiency of 1%. In this talk, I will present Icarus Quantum’s approach to generate entanglement deterministically, with efficiencies surpassing 70%. Our technology is based on semiconductor quantum dots, which have been perfected by the Quantum Nanophotonics Group at NIST during the past 25 years. I will discuss the challenges in generating efficient and high-fidelity entanglement using quantum dots and how we are addressing these hurdles at Icarus.