Quantum research

Research at the Quantum Information Institute spans mathematics, physics, and engineering and is driven by two major research groups: the Quantum Information Theory (QIT) group, which specialises in theoretical advancements, and the Quantum Engineering Technology Labs (QET Labs), which focuses on experimental research.

Research areas

Quantum Communication and Networks

  • Alex Clark - Quantum Memories; Molecular Photon Sources; Quantum Frequency Conversion.
  • Edmund Harbord - Telecommunication-band Quantum Dot Photon Sources.
  • Siddarth Joshi - Entanglement Networks; Satellite Quantum Communications; Quantum Key Distribution.
  • Ruth Oulton - Quantum Dot Source
  • John Rarity - Quantum Networking; Quantum Key Distribution; Space-based QKD.
  • Giulia Rubino - Quantum Key Distribution; Quantum Cryptography.

Quantum Computing

  • Krishna Balram - Quantum Transduction. Microwave-to-Optical Conversion.
  • Nikolas Breuckmann - Quantum Fault-Tolerance, Quantum Error Correction
  • Alex Clark - Active Integrated Photonics; Squeezed Light Generation and Detection; Photonic Interfaces for Distributed Quantum Computing
  • Anthony Laing - Quantum Simulation; Integrated Photonic Quantum Computing.
  • Noah Linden - Algorithms; Foundations of Quantum Computing
  • Ashley Montanaro - Quantum Algorithms; Theory of Quantum Computation
  • Ruth Oulton - Quantum Dot Cluster States
  • Giulia Rubino - Quantum Machine Learning

Quantum Information and Foundations

  • Nikolas Breuckmann - Quantum Complexity Theory
  • Noah Linden - Entanglement Theory; Measurement; Theory of Quantum Information.
  • Ruth Oulton - Decoherence in Non-Markovian systems.
  • Sandu Popescu - Foundations of Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information.
  • Giulia Rubino - Indefinite Causality; Quantum Thermodynamics.
  • Tony Short - Quantum Foundations; Quantum Thermodynamics & Equilibration; Particle Physics in Discrete Space-Time
  • Paul Skrzypczyk - Quantum Nonlocality; Quantum Measurements; Quantum Thermodynamics; Quantum Resource Theories

Quantum Sensing and Imaging

  • Krishna Balram - NV Centre Sensors.
  • Alex Clark - Nonlinear Interferometry; Single-Photon Range Finding; Photonic Gas Sensing.
  • John Rarity - Remote Gas Sensing; Single-Photon LiDAR; NV Centre Sensors.
  • Carrie Weidner - Ultracold Atom Interferometry; Magnetic Field Imaging, Chip-Scale Atom Trapping & Cooling, Robust Quantum Control