2009
- 30/10/2009: Perimeter Institute has signed an agreement with the Universities of Queensland and Sydney, and Griffith University,
to strengthen collaborative research in quantum foundations. Excellent, extra theorists to bother!
- 28/10/2009: Our paper on Anti-symmetrisation reveals hidden entanglement was published today
in the New Journal of Physics. It's also been selected for
inclusion in IOP Select— that's twice in one month! Nice work Alessandro, Marco, and
Thomas!
- 20/10/2009: Ben Lanyon, or as I should now say, Doctor Ben Lanyon was awarded his PhD today. Many congratulations
Ben, it is thoroughly well deserved!
- 17/10/2009: Tonight is the Canadian premiere of The Quantum Tamers,
a documentary sponsored by the Perimeter Institute that features a dozen or so quantum folk from around the world,
including our very own Gerard Milburn and Andrew—who are both waiting
to see the film with some trepidation! Update. It was both fun and good! Whew, now for some drinks...
- 17/10/2009: For the Institute of Quantum Computing's open day,
Andrew was part of a 6-person panel discussion on Quantum Information. A big thanks to
Joseph Emerson for great moderation, film-clip DJ'ing and audience interaction.
- 15/10/2009: As part of the Perimeter Institute's 10th anniversary celebrations,
Andrew was one of a 7-person panel discussing "Quantum to Cosmos", at the Mike Lazaridis Theatre in Waterloo. It was recorded
by TVO and webcast. A big thanks to Australia's own Wilson da Silva for MC'ing, although he could have spared Andrew the
"Crocodile Dundee" reference!
- 15/10/2009: Andrew was one of a 10-person panel discussing "The 10 Biggest Questions in Physics", at the Glenn
Gould Theatre in Toronto. It was recorded by CBC's Quirks and Quarks—which, along with ABC's Science Show are the two longest-running science shows
in at least the English-speaking world—and will be broadcast sometime in the New Year. A big thanks to
Jim Handman and Bob
McDonald who made the entire event a lot of fun!
- 01/10/2009: Our article on Complementarity in variable strength quantum nondemolition
measurements has been selected for inclusion in IOP Select! What does this mean? Well
firstly it's very nice because articles are chosen by the editors, and secondly, for the next 365 days the article is free
(as in beer), so go grab it now. Kudos to Marco and the team for writing such a good paper!
- 25/09/2009: There's a nice article today in New Scientist on work by Netanel Lindner and Terry Rudolph (another UQ Alumnus!),
Photon 'machine gun' could power quantum computers . A fun read, and not just because of the comments from Terry and Andrew. (Gosh, that didn' take long, it's been
slash-dotted already).
- 14/09/2009: Our paper on Complementarity in variable strength quantum non-demolition
measurements was published today in the New Journal of Physics.
- 04/09/2009: There's a nice article today in New Scientist on some work by Jeremy O'Brien (a QT Lab Alumnus! We should get T-shirts made), and his team at
Bristol, where they have repeated our 2007 Shor's algorithm experiment, replacing the free-space circuitry with
integrated-optics. There's comments
from Jeremy—of course!—and also from Dan Browne and Andrew, who were authors on the two earlier Shor papers.
- 28/08/2009: There's a great article today in The Quantum Times on
Quantum information for chemistry and biology by Alán Aspuru-Guzik, which
is a lovely intro—and I'm not just saying that because it briefly mentions our work!
- 25/08/2009: Ross McKenzie has a blog entry on Andrew's
talk today at the CQIQC III in Toronto, entertainingly titled
James Bond meets Niels Bohr. Nice one Ross!
- 18/06/2009: Ben Lanyon is the subject of a nice article today by Machines Like Us,
"A quantum leap". (I've often wondered when people use this expression—do they
realise it can refer to the smallest possible leap?). Look for the cool photo and the even cooler description of banging things!
- 24/04/2009: Our collaborator Alán Aspuru-Guzik was
interviewed today in the Nature blog, The Sceptical Chymist and
discussed our recent work on quantum chemistry on a quantum computer. Cool!
- 24/04/2009: Sven Ramelow, returns today to the University of Vienna, after a valiant research visit.
It was lots of fun, Sven, and we hope you can come back soon!
- 27/02/2009: Our paper on Parametric downconversion and optical quantum gates: two's company, four's
a crowd was published today in the Journal of Modern Optics.
- 07/02/2008: Well that went all too quickly. After a great visit, Prof. Aephraim Steinberg
is returning to the University of Toronto—enjoy the spring weather Aephraim, and we'll have to get you back again soon!
- 02/02/2009: The dead-tree version of our paper on Quantum computing using shortcuts through higher
dimensions appeared today in Nature Physics.
- 07/01/2009: Our paper on Experimentally generating and tuning robust entanglement between
photonic qubits appeared today in the New Journal of Physics.
- 01/01/2009: Sven Ramelow, from the University of Vienna, has started a three month research visit.
Welcome Sven!
2008
- 07/12/2008: Our paper on Quantum computing using shortcuts through higher dimensions appeared online
today in Nature Physics.
- 06/12/2008: Oh this is lovely. Look at the article listed immediately before ours on PhysOrg—can you
believe we ranked more highly? Who knew we were more interesting than promiscuous Arts students?
- 05/12/2008: Today's PhysOrg has a nice article on our recent mixed-state quantum computing experiment:
Quantum computing: Entanglement may not be necessary. Love the opening line: "It is a truth universally
acknowledged that quantum computing must have entanglement."
- 01/12/2008: Matthew Broome has joined the QT Lab from the University of Warwick. Welcome Matthew!
- 13/11/2008: What a busy day! Our paper on
Experimental Quantum Computing without Entanglement appeared today in Physical Review Letters.
- 13/11/2008: Our workshop on Integrated Quantum Photonics begins today at Couran Cove. Should be fun!
- 09/11/2008: Prof. Aephraim Steinberg, from the University of Toronto, has started a
three month visit. Welcome Aephraim!
- 07/11/2008: Andrew has been made a Fellow of the Optical Society of
America. Goodness!
- 20/10/2008: Bojan Škerlak, from ETH Zurich, has started a five month research visit.
Welcome Bojan!
- 30/09/2008: Again, that just flew past! After another great visit, Dr Thomas Jennewein
is returning to the University of Vienna—come back soon Thomas!
- 01/09/2008: Alessandro Fedrizzi has joined the QT Lab from
the University of Vienna. Welcome Alessandro!
- 14/08/2008: Dr Thomas Jennewein from University of Vienna, begins the second of two three-
month visits with the QT Lab. Welcome back Thomas!
- 30/07/2008: After a most enjoyable 6 months with us, Dr Michael Goggin is returning to Truman State
University—come back soon Mike!
- 29/06/2008: Quantum Information and Control in Queensland begins today in Palm Cove. Good
physics, good folk and hopefully good weather!
- 24/06/2008: There is a write-up of our shrimp paper in Optics and Photonics Focus,
Super-Vision for Mr. Shrimp.
- 20/06/2008: Andrew's profile is being featured on the front page of Nature Asia this week.
- 24/05/2008: There is a simply wonderful write-up of our shrimp paper by Andrew's favourite blogger, PZ Myers of Pharyngula fame,
The superior eyes of shrimp. (And yes, he was Andrew's
favourite blogger even before he wrote about our paper!)
- 23/05/2008: The New York Times reported on our shrimp paper! See
A different viewpoint in the Science Section.
- 20/05/2008: Jeepers creepers! Scientific American reports again on the shrimp paper,
Mantis Shrimp Has Built-In Shades.
- 19/05/2008: Well we're tickled pink that our shrimp paper has made been reported in the National Geographic, or at least
their website! See,
"Weird Beastie" Shrimp Have Super-Vision.
- 19/05/2008: Well that was fun! Andrew was just interviewed about the shrimp by
Red Symons for ABC Melbourne's morning radio show. Best, and most unexpected,
question: "What would you do if you had genital-fingers?..." :)
- 17/05/2008: Sonja's got a great interview with Bob McDonald on the Canadian radio show, Quirks and Quarks,
Mantis Shrimp's Super Sight, have a
listen!
- 15/05/2008: ...And now there's a Softpedia article on our shrimp vision paper,
Shrimp See All Types of Polarized Light. It's nicely
written, but gets the same quote wrong as the Physics World article ... hmm!
- 15/05/2008: Gosh, a lot of people are interested in shrimp. There's an article in today's Science Daily,
Weird Shrimp Has Astounding Vision, a lovely and comprehensive
article in today's Physics World and Optics.org
(although they do get one quote wrong!), Shrimp see a polarized world, and even a report in MSNBC,
Giant shrimp can see beyond the rainbow.
- 14/05/2008: There's an article on our shrimp paper in the Nature blog The Great Beyond,
Shrimp's super sight (also see the
Scintilla link); at The Press Association,
Shrimp with super-vision revealed; at
UnderwaterTimes.com, Scientists: Mantis Shrimps See Beyond The
Rainbow; 'A Completely New Concept Of Polarization Vision'; at Scientific Frontline,
Scientists find weird shrimp has astounding vision; and even at
The Today Show, Giant shrimp can see beyond the rainbow.
- 14/05/2008: Well that's nice! Our paper on optimal polarisation vision in shrimp is
the number one pick in the blog by the PLoS ONE online
manager, A blog around the clock.
- 14/05/2008: Our paper on
The Secret World of Shrimps: Polarisation Vision at Its Best appeared today in PLoS ONE. Weird little beasties they are!
- 20/05/2008: Jeepers creepers! Scientific American reports again on the shrimp paper,
Mantis Shrimp Has Built-In Shades.
- 13/05/2008: There's a nice article in the Discover magazine blog on our shrimp paper,
Freaky Shrimp Species Has Singular
Sight, and in Reuters,
Shrimp can see beyond the
rainbow, which has also been picked up by
Scientific American.
- 24/04/2008: We seem to be tickling Dave Bacon's title bone, he once again
quite likes the title of one of our recent arxiv
papers, this time The secret world of shrimps: polarisation vision at its best. (He also thinks it's fascinating, which again is nice!)
- 23/04/2008: Today's Nature Photonics features our qutrit-qubit experiment in a very nice Research Highlight,
Higher-level control, doi:10.1038/nphoton.2008.39.
- 04/04/2008: Today's Physics Arxiv Blog has a nice discussion of our higher dimension quantum computing paper: Qutrit breakthrough brings quantum computers closer.
- 03/04/2008: Dave Bacon (aka the Quantum Pontiff) quite likes the title of our recent arxiv paper Quantum
computing using shortcuts through higher dimensions. (He also likes the paper as well, which is nice!)
- 26/02/2008: Today's PhysOrg has a nice article on our qubit-qutrit experiment:
Physicists Demonstrate Qubit-Qutrit Entanglement.
- 14/02/2008: Our paper on
Manipulating Biphotonic Qutrits appeared today in Physical Review Letters: who said scientists aren't romantic?
- 03/01/2008: Dr Michael Goggin from Truman State University, has started a
six-month sabbatical with the QT Lab, hot on the heels from one with Prof. Paul Kwiat at Illinois. Welcome Mike!
2007
- 19/12/2007: Happy Eid ul-Adha! Our paper on Experimental
demonstration of Shor's algorithm with quantum entanglement appeared today in Physical Review Letters.
- 15/12/2007: Despite what you may
read, quantum computing will
not enable anyone to transmit information faster than the speed of light. You can find an overview of our experiment and its possible implications at
quantum.info/shors.
- 14/12/2007: ZDNet in Asia and
Australia have an article our on
Shor's experiment. Some corrections: it's more correct to say that the information needed to describe n entangled qubits grows exponentially, not the
number of states; and we are funded in part by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, IARPA, not by DARPA. It's easy to see how these things can get
confused!
- 14/12/2007: Cool! Our work our Shor's experiment made it into Neatorama!
- 11/12/2007: Today's PhysOrg has a nice article on our Shor's experiment: Physicists perform the
first ever quantum calculation.
- 8/12/2007: There's a nice article by Davide Castelvecchi on our Shor's experiment in today's
Science News.
- 30/11/2007: An article has appeared in today's Innovations
Report on our forthcoming Physical Review Letter on an Experimental demonstration of Shor's algorithm with quantum entanglement.
- 17/10/2007: Happy International Dadaism month! Marco's paper on
Effects of frequency correlation in linear optical entangling gate operated
with independent photons appeared today in Physical Review A.
- 30/09/2007: Well that just flew! After a 3 month visit, Dr Dr Thomas Jennewein is returning to
the University of Vienna. See you next year Thomas!
- 26/9/2007: Great news! Our Discovery Project on "Biomolecular optoelectronic materials and
devices" has been funded by the Australian Research Council. Roll on cold black photon counters!
- 18/9/2007: Gosh, more coverage! There's an article about our paper on Shor's algorithm in today's
Brisbane Times,
Sydney Morning Herald and
The Age. As we say below, our experiment is
interesting in that it demonstrates every stage of Shor's algorithm, particularly the entangling step. It is not scalable in itself, but there is a in-
principle path to scalability which we and our colleagues are investigating to see if and when that's going to be feasible. As Ben Lanyon says "it was incredibly
hard to do" ... so RSA Security don't need to worry just yet!
- 14/9/2007:
Despite the title of today's Ars
Technica article, we'd just like to make it clear that we have never burnt through any graduate students, although we have on occasion fed them too much
coffee. (Indeed, working in a dark lab we try not to let our researchers near bright light, get them wet, and most importantly, never feed them after
midnight...)
- 14/9/2007: The Register in the UK have a slightly breathless view of our Shor's
paper. Our work does not pose a threat to current, everyday, cryptography, since the time scale for such quantum computation is closer to decades than months,
and may not even be based on our research! It's just too early to tell for sure. You only need to worry about quantum computation today if you are prime-number
encrypting and publicly sending messages that you still want to be secret 20 years from now (i.e. you are paranoid or a government ... ahem.) On the other hand, this
is the first time our work has been directly compared to a James Bond film ...
- 13/9/2007: Well that didn't take long! Slashdot covers the New Scientist article
which covers our arXiv paper which is still with the referees...
- 13/9/2007: In today's New Scientist there is an article,
Quantum threat to our secret data, prompted in
part by our recent arXiv paper, Experimental demonstration of Shor's algorithm with quantum entanglement. It's probably
far too soon to talk about threats! What's interesting is that our experiment demonstrated every stage of Shor's algorithm. It is not scalable in itself, but
there is a in-principle path to scalability which we and our colleagues are investigating to see if and when that's going to be feasible.
- 12/9/2007: There's a nice write-up of our work in today's New Scientist blog,
How a quantum computer factorises numbers, which says
"Today, New Scientist reveals details of a device that may go down in history as the forerunner of the quantum computer." Gosh!
- 20/7/2007: After a successful (and amazingly quick) year, Devon Biggerstaff has finished his Fulbright and is starting a Masters with Kevin Resch at the
University of Waterloo. Good luck Devon, and come back soon!
- 30/06/2007: Dr Dr Thomas Jennewein from University of Vienna, begins the first of two three-
month visits with the QT Lab. Welcome Thomas!
- 15/6/2007: Happy Magna Carta Day! In PhysOrg today there's a nice interview with Kevin Resch,
Super resolution phase measurements – without entanglement.
- 31/5/2007: Happy Vesak! Our paper on Time-Reversal and Super-Resolving
Phase Measurements appeared today in Physical Review Letters.
- 16/5/2007: Happy Dunghri Mela! Our paper on Entanglement
Generation by Fock-State Filtration appeared today in Physical Review Letters.
- 4/5/2007: After 5 fabulous years, Doctor Nathan Langford (sounds great doesn't it Nathan!) is leaving
us to work as a Postdoctoral Scientist at the University of Vienna. Good luck Nathan, and thank you for all the fun!
- 13/3/2007: Wonderful news today - after competitive review, the Australian
Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computer Technology has been renewed until the end of 2010!
- 14/2/2007: Happy Valentine's Day! Devon Biggerstaff is one of 5 Fulbright scholars at UQ this
year - a record for an Australian university.
- 26/1/2007: Happy Australia Day! Our paper on Measuring two-qubit
gates appeared today in the Journal of the Optical Society of America B.
- 11/1/2007: Happy New Year! Our paper on a Source of triggered entangled
photon pairs? appeared today in Nature.
2006
- 28/11/2006: Marcelo Pereira de Almeida has joined the QT Lab from the Federal University of Rio de
Janeiro. Welcome Marcelo!
- 7/11/2006: Marco Barbieri has joined the QT Lab from the University of Rome "La Sapienza". Welcome
Marco!
- 11/10/2006: We've received an Australian Research Council
International Fellowship for Dr Thomas Jennewein to join us from the University of Vienna for 6 months.
Great news!
- 3/10/2006: Cool! There's a nice article about Devon and his work in today's
Sydney Morning Herald and
The Age.
- 2/10/2006: Susan Grantham has joined the QT Lab as our new Laboratory Administrator. This is great news
both for us, and any of our collaborators who suffered through our previous attempts at admin. Welcome Susan!
- 25/8/2006: After 1½ years, Kevin Resch is leaving us to start his own laboratory at the Institute for Quantum Computing and the University of
Waterloo. Congratulations Kevin, and have fun with all your new toys!
- 28/7/2006: Devon Biggerstaff has joined the QT Lab. Welcome Devon!
- 23/6/2006: We're advertising 3 more Postdoctoral Fellow positions. Please
contact us if you are interested!
- 11/5/2006: Andrew has been awarded one of twenty-five
Australian Research Council
Federation Fellowships. This is great news - it allows us to establish a research program in
Integrated Quantum Photonics, to make optical quantum information technology more robust and better performing.
- 30/3/2006: After 4½ years, Jeremy O'Brien is leaving us to start his own laboratory at the University of Bristol. Congratulations Jeremy, and have
fun setting up in the UK!
- 28/2/2006: Ben Lanyon has joined the QT Lab. Welcome Ben!
- 6/2/2006: After 4 years, Geoff Pryde is leaving us to start his own laboratory at Griffith University. Congratulations Geoff, now the fun begins anew!
- 20/1/2006: We received a generous International Science Linkage grant from the
Department of Education, Science, and Training for our project on Optical Quantum Computing.
