Dr Jorge Barreto
(BSc+MSc), PhD
Expertise
My experience spans applied physics and semiconductor technologies. I am interested in the integration of photonic circuits with single photon detectors, modulators and sources to form photonic quantum information processors.
Current positions
Associate Professor
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical EngineeringAssociate Professor (in Quantum Technologies)
School of Physics
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Biography
I have a degree in Physics from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. My PhD was on light-emission from silicon nanocrystals at the Barcelona Microelectronics Institute (CSIC). In 2009 I joined the University of Birmingham as a Research Fellow and worked on size-selected metallic nanoparticles, atomic-probe characterisation techniques and ultra-fast light-matter interaction processes in semiconductor nanostrctures. I joined the Quantum Photonics group in Bristol in 2012 as a Senior Research Associate and have been leading the effort in low temperature photonics since. In 2016 I became a Lecturer at the Quantum Engineering Centre for Doctoral Training.
Research interests
Dr Barreto is the Director of the Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Engineering and a Senior Lecturer at the Quantum Engineering Technology Labs. His experience covers applied physics and semiconductor technologies. Currently he is interested in the integration of photonic circuits with single photon detectors, modulators and sources to form optical quantum information processors.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
8101 - EPSRC - COVID 19 grant extension allocation Jorge Barreto - Replacing budget code R101613-121
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of PhysicsDates
01/02/2021 to 30/09/2021
Quantum Technology Capital: Quantum Photonic Integrated Circuits
Role
Other
Managing organisational unit
School of PhysicsDates
01/04/2016 to 01/04/2019
Engineering Photonic Quantum Technologies.
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of PhysicsDates
16/06/2014 to 15/06/2019
Thesis supervisions
High bandwidth homodyne detection for integrated quantum optics
Supervisors
Development of fabrication processes toward integrated photonics in III-V semiconductors - GaP and GaN
Supervisors
Silicon quantum photonic systems in the mid-infrared
Supervisors
Advances in Chip-Based Quantum Key Distribution
Supervisors
Optimization of Experimental Setups and Readout for Superconducting Qubits
Supervisors
Operating practical quantum devices in the pre-threshold regime
Supervisors
Engineering Photon Sources for Practical Quantum Information Processing
Supervisors
Publications
Selected publications
01/11/2020An integrated optical modulator operating at cryogenic temperatures
Nature Materials
Zero-Power Calibration of Photonic Circuits at Cryogenic Temperatures
ACS Photonics
Quantum-referenced spontaneous emission tomography
Quantum Science and Technology
High spectro-temporal purity single-photons from silicon micro-racetrack resonators using a dual-pulse configuration
Optics Letters
Recent publications
21/03/2024Generating Photon Pairs in a Hybrid Si-BTO Platform
Generating Photon Pairs in a Hybrid Si-BTO Platform
Photon-pair sources for chip-scale quantum technology
Quantum Sensing and Nano Electronics and Photonics XIX
Integrate and scale
Optica
Quantum-referenced spontaneous emission tomography
Quantum Science and Technology
Integrate and scale
Integrate and scale
Teaching
I am the unit director for the postgraduate modules of Topics in Quantum Engineering, Quantum Systems Engineering, Individual Project B ad Cohort Project. Before that I taught the units of Quantum Platforms and Nanofabrication for Quantum Technologies. These are all QECDT modules, although some are also offered in the MSc in Optoelectronics and Quantum Technologies degree.
