by Robert Thew | Sep 10, 2024 | Announcement
2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology // The United Nations proclaimed 2025 the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. This marks 100 years since the initial development of quantum mechanics. The UN declaration highlights the...
by Robert Thew | Aug 28, 2024 | Special events
Student Visits at the GQC // The GQC is always happy to welcome the next generation of quantum scientists to our labs. Recently, we were visited by Kira and Leyla, high school students from Stowe School in the UK. They got to see all the labs in the Centre and were...
by Robert Thew | Jul 1, 2024 | Special events
Cryptography in a quantum world // GQC Colloquium: Gilles Brassard, Université de Montreal, Canada. Location: Ancienne École de Médecine, 074, Friday July 5th, 2024 – 2:15 pm Although practised as an art and science for ages, cryptography had to wait until the mid-...
by Robert Thew | Jun 3, 2024 | Special events
A quantum-dot-based single-photon source // GQC Colloquium: Richard Warburton, University of Basel. Location: Ancienne École de Médecine, 074, Friday June 7th, 2024 – 2:15 pm A semiconductor quantum dot is a potentially excellent source of coherent single photons. To...
by Robert Thew | May 24, 2024 | Special events
Practical Quantum Computing with Trapped Ions // GQC Colloquium: Jungsang Kim, Duke University & Co-founder IonQ. Location: Ancienne École de Médecine, 074, Friday May 31st, 2024 – 2:15 pm The hyperfine qubits in trapped atomic ions represent an ideal physical...
