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SUMMARY:Quantum BC Seminar Series - Dr. Andrew MacRae
DESCRIPTION:Quantum BC Seminar Series \nTuesday\, April 8\, 2025 at 2pm BC Time with Dr. Andrew MacRae \nTitle: \nAtom-Based Quantum Memories and Sources for Telecom Integration \n  \nAbstract: \nI 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. \n  \nBio: \nDr. 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. \n  \nJoin on Zoom: \nhttps://ubc.zoom.us/j/69443327772?pwd=TGhhTXFIQ3ZiUmNrN0pUa3FObTNydz09 \nMeeting ID: 694 4332 7772 \nPasscode: 996727 \n 
URL:https://quantum-bc.ca/event/quantum-bc-seminar-series-dr-andrew-macrae/
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