Hackathon - IETF 116 Yokohama

25-26 March 2023

Ananda Maity and David Elkouss participated in the IETF 116 Hackathon at Yokohama. Link to program.

Preprint - Near-term n to k distillation protocols using graph codes

22 March 2023

arXiv:2303.11465. Link to preprint.

Talk - From the foundations of quantum mechanics to the future quantum internet

17 March 2023

Invited presentation in International School on Physics & Allied Disciplines (ISPAD). Link to program.

Publication - Quantum superposition of causal structures as a universal resource for local implementation of nonlocal quantum operations

Visitors - Guillermo Currás-Lorenzo and Margarida Pereira

20 February 2023 to 24 February 2023

Guillermo Currás-Lorenzo and Margarida Pereira from University of Toyama will be visiting the unit. On February the 20 they will present recent work in a double seminar (first seminar, second seminar)

Talk - Theoretical tools for near-term quantum communications

17 February 2023

OIST Internal Seminar Series. Ananda G. Maity: Theoretical tools for near-term quantum communications. Link to program.

Talk - Analytical and numerical bounds on entanglement delivery waiting times

31 January 2023

Invited presentation in SPIE Photonics West. Link to program.

Unit members - New rotation students

1 January 2023

Samuel Begumya is joining the unit as a rotation student. Samuel will work on quantum key distribution. Welcome!

Preprint - Quantum repeaters: From quantum networks to the quantum internet

22 December 2022

arXiv:2212.10820. Link to preprint.

Seminar - Open problems in CV QKD

19 December 2022

Title: Open problems in CV QKD

Speaker: Ryo Namiki

Abstract: In this blackboard seminar, I will start with some basic properties of the canonical coherent states, and share some of my views on CV QKD and CV quantum information.

Link to event.

Visitor - Ryo Namiki

16 December 2022 to 21 December 2022 

Ryo Namiki, researcher at Gakushuin University, is visiting the unit.

Talk - Optimizing entanglement distribution in near-term quantum networks

7 December 2022

Invited presentation in QIT47. Link to program.

Panel - Quantum Innovation

29 November 2022

Panel presentation in Quantum Innovation 2022. Link to program.

Visitor - Aditya Nema

14 November 2022 to 3 December 2022 

Aditya Nema, designate assistant professor at Nagoya University, is visiting the unit.

Visitor - Shota Nagayama

7 November 2022 to 9 November 2022 

Shota Nagayama, project associate professor at Keio University, is visiting the unit.

Unit members - Ananda Maity, new postdoc

1 November 2022

Ananda Maity joined as a new postdoc in the unit. Welcome!

Publication - Robust quantum-network memory based on spin qubits in isotopically engineered diamond

Unit members - new interns

4 October 2022

We have two new interns joining the networked quantum devices unit: Behrad Ahmadpour and Javier Pagán. Behrad will work on machine learning optimization of quantum repeaters and Javier on the surface code. Welcome!

Unit members - New rotation students

1 September 2022

New members joining the networked quantum devices unit. Shin Sun and Joshua Casapao will be joining the unit as rotation students. Shin will work on entanglement distillation and Joshua on the ZXXZ code. Welcome!

Talk - Optimizing small quantum networks

28 June 2022

4th Seefeld Workshops on Quantum Information Theory. Link to program.

Talk - Tools for designing quantum networks

2 June 2022

53rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics. Focus Session: Quantum Networks: Prospects and Challenges. Link to program.

Publication - Enumerating all bilocal Clifford distillation protocols through symmetry reduction

Publication - Improved analytical bounds on delivery times of long-distance entanglement

22 Jan 2022

Physical Review A 105, 012608 (2022). Editors' Suggestion. Link to publication. Link to preprint.