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Genuine three-photon interference selected as a 2017 breakthrough

qoqi — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 23:55:48 +0000

A collaborative work led by Thomas Jennewein’s group with our group, both at IQC and the Department of Physics & Astronomy, Gregor Weihs’ group from the University of Innsbruck, and Deny Hamel from Universite Moncton has been chosen as a Physics World Top 10 Breakthrough for 2017. The original paper was published in Physical Review Letters:

Observation of Genuine Three-Photon Interference. Sascha Agne, Thomas Kauten, Jeongwan Jin, Evan Meyer-Scott, Jeff Z. Salvail, Deny R. Hamel, Kevin J. Resch, Gregor Weihs, and Thomas Jennewein, Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 153602 (2017).

The citation from Physics World reads:

To Sascha Agne and Thomas Jennewein of the University of Waterloo and colleagues and Stefanie Barz, Steve Kolthammer and Ian Walmsley of the University of Oxford and colleagues for independently measuring quantum interference involving three photons. Seeing the effect is very difficult because it requires the ability to deliver three indistinguishable photons to the same place at the same time and also to ensure that single-photon and two-photon interference effects are eliminated from the measurements. As well as providing deep insights into the fundamentals of quantum mechanics, three-photon interference could also be used in quantum cryptography and quantum simulators.

Kent Fisher wins 2017 WP Pearson Medal and new group members

qoqi — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 17:56:52 +0000

Kent Fisher was awarded the WB Pearson medal for his outstanding PhD thesis, Photons & Phonons: A room-temperature diamond quantum memory. Congratulations Kent!

Also, welcome to Patrick who is (re)joining the group as an MSc candidate and welcome to Austin who is joining us for the summer after USEQIP!

About the Pearson award: This medal was created to honour Professor W.B. Pearson in recognition of his contribution to the University of Waterloo and to Canada as a research scientist and teacher. One medal will normally be awarded annually to a Doctoral student from each department in the Faculty of Science at the discretion of the department concerned in recognition of creative research as presented in the student’s thesis.

Photo: Kent Fisher and Dean of Science Bob Lemieux at the Science Award Ceremony held in conjunction with Convocation 2017.

Welcome Morgan and congratulations to Drs John and Kent

qoqi — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 13:48:28 +0000

Morgan Mastrovich has joined the group as an MSc candidate and wasted no time in publishing her first paper with us – Welcome Morgan!

John Donohue successfully defended his PhD thesis, Ultrafast manipulation of single photons using dispersion and sum-frequency generation. Congratulations Dr John!

Kent Fisher successfully defended his PhD thesis, Photons & Phonons: A room-temperature diamond quantum memory. Congratulations Dr Kent!

In other news:

…Morgan won a Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Scholarship

…Kent was awarded an NSERC PDF and an IQC achievement award

…Jean Philippe MacLean was awarded the IQC David Johnston Award for Scientific Outreach

Update Feb 13, 2017: Congratulations to Mike Mazurek for being selected for an IQC achievement award for his work on noncontextuality tests

Patrick joins the group

qoqi — Wed, 25 May 2016 14:25:26 +0000

Patrick Daley has joined us for the summer from McMaster University to work in the group and attend the USEQIP summer school. Welcome Patrick!

Light Illuminated

qoqi — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 13:06:03 +0000

Congratulations to Ian, Kent, Aimee, Sarah, Jean-Philippe, and Mike for their contribution to the exhibition ‘Light Illuminated: Celebrating Light & Light-based Technologies‘ at THEMUSEUM in Kitchener as part of the UN 2015 International Year of Light. The exhibit effectively, interactively, and accessibly describes the physical aspects of light such as polarization, interference, and the speed of light; light-based technologies such as fibre optics, thermal imaging; and applications such as the laser maze (my kids’ favourite), an infinity mirror, 3D orientation recognition and optical ‘painting’. The exhibition is on until March 28, 2016.

Congratulations

qoqi — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 18:20:13 +0000

…to JP for being awarded the NSERC Vanier scholarship!

…to Mike for winning the NSERC CGS-D scholarship!

…to John for being recognized with an IQC achievement award and the David Johnston Award for Scientific Outreach!

…to Kent for winning the Ontario Graduate Scholarship!

…to Jeff for being awarded the NSERC CGS-D scholarship!

Congratulations

qoqi — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:09:34 +0000

…to John for being awarded the NSERC CSG-D scholarship!

…to Mike for winning the Dean of Science Award for his MSc thesis!

…to Megan for being awarded the NSERC Vanier scholarship and completing the MSc!

…to Lydia for completing the MSc!

Jean-Phillipe wins prestigious prize

qoqi — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 01:55:04 +0000

Jean-Phillipe has won the 2013 NSERC André Hamer Postgraduate Prize.

The NSERC André Hamer Postgraduate Prizes are awarded to the most outstanding candidates in NSERC‘s master’s and doctoral scholarship competitions. Valued at $10,000 each, the prizes were established by Arthur McDonald, winner of the 2003 Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering, in memory of a very promising young scientist who passed away in 2003.

Congratulations Jean-Phillipe!

Citation on the NSERC website.

Congratulations

qoqi — Mon, 27 May 2013 00:52:04 +0000

…to Jonathan for being chosen for an NSERC PDF and an IQC achievement award!

…to Deny for being selected for a 2013 UW Physics Special Graduate Scholarship and an IQC achievement award!

…to Kent for winning the Governor General Gold Medal for his outstanding MSc work!

…to Mike for successful completion of his MSc!

Update June 17, 2013 …to Kent for also winning the Dean of Science Award for his MSc work!
Update August 9, 2013 …to Jonathan for successfully defending his PhD!

Lydia, Megan, and Madeleine join the group

qoqi — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:04:15 +0000

Lydia Vermeyden and Megan Agnew have joined the group as MSc students; Madeleine Bonsma is working with us for her co-op work term. Welcome all!