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Quantum BC Seminar Series – Dr. Andrew MacRae
April 8 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Quantum BC Seminar Series
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 2pm BC Time with Dr. Andrew MacRae
Title:
Atom-Based Quantum Memories and Sources for Telecom Integration
Abstract:
I will provide an overview of the emerging concept of the quantum internet, exploring its foundational building blocks, its exciting potential, and the daunting challenges to making it work. I will then delve into three projects underway at the University of Victoria, each attempting to address some of these challenges: (1) Benchmarking and testing the field-deployability of a commercial quantum memory, (2) developing a wavelength conversion scheme from rubidium to telecom wavelengths for integration quantum memories with existing fiber-optic networks, and (3) designing a cavity-enhanced source of squeezed light to boost the efficiency of quantum communication protocols.
Bio:
Dr. Andrew MacRae obtained his PhD in 2012 in the group of Alexander Lvovsky at the University of Calgary. There, he developed a technique for time resolved quantum tomography of single photons for the first time. He then worked as a postdoc in the group of Dan Stamper-Kurn at the University of California at Berkeley, studying ultracold atoms in a spinor Bose Einstein Condensate, and developing methods for reaching unprecedented low temperatures. Following this he worked in industry, designing control algorithms for ultra-precision CNC machines. He joined the University of Victoria in 2016 as a Lab instructor and has since become an adjunct professor where he runs an AMO research lab.
Join on Zoom:
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/69443327772?pwd=TGhhTXFIQ3ZiUmNrN0pUa3FObTNydz09
Meeting ID: 694 4332 7772
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