Introduction

We are an experimental quantum optics group run by Kevin Resch, based in the Department of Physics & Astronomy and the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo.

Kent wins NSERC Vanier Scholarship

Kent Fisher won the prestigious NSERC Vanier Fellowship to fund his graduate studies. Congratulations Kent! From NSERC website:

The Vanier CGS program aims to attract and retain world-class doctoral students by supporting students who demonstrate both leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement in graduate studies in the natural sciences and engineering, social […]

Chris, John, and Crystal join the group

Chris Erven has joined the group as a post-doctoral fellow; John Dengis (University of Waterloo) and Crystal Noel (MIT) have joined the group as undergraduate researchers for the summer. Welcome all!

John joins the group

John Donahue has joined us for graduate studies from the University of Windsor. Welcome John!

Kurt wins NSERC Vanier scholarship

Kurt Schreiter has been award NSERC’s top fellowship for pursuing his doctoral studies. Congratulations Kurt!

From NSERC’s website: The Vanier CGS program aims to attract and retain world-class doctoral students by supporting students who demonstrate both leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement in graduate studies in the social sciences and humanities, natural […]

Deny wins Dean of Science Award

Deny Hamel has been awarded the 2011 University of Waterloo Dean of Science Award for his MSc thesis, Realization of novel entangled photon sources using periodically-poled materials. Congratulations Deny!

The Dean of Science Award is given in recognition of outstanding performance in the Master of Science program. One certificate will normally be awarded annually to […]

Mike, Logan, and Laura join the group

Mike Mazurek has joined the group as an MSc student. Laura Richards and Logan Wright have joined us for the summer as NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Assistants. Welcome All!

Krister Shalm and Kent Fisher join the group

Krister Shalm has joined IQC as a post-doctoral fellow to work with the Quantum Optics and Quantum Information group and the Quantum Photonics Laboratory. Krister has just finished his PhD (or will have by next week) with Aephraim Steinberg at the University of Toronto. He brings with him a CIFAR Junior Fellowship. Welcome […]

UW Dean of Science Award won by Jonathan Lavoie

Jonathan Lavoie has been selected for the 2010 University of Waterloo Dean of Science Award for his MSc thesis, Chirped-Pulse Interferometry: Classical dispersion cancellation and analogues of two-photon quantum interference.

The Dean of Science Award is given in recognition of outstanding performance in the Master of Science program. One certificate will […]

Deny Hamel wins top NSERC graduate scholarship

Soon to be PhD candidate Deny Hamel has won the NSERC Vanier scholarship for his proposal, “Realization of an efficient source of multiphoton entangled states using novel nonlinear materials”. Congratulations Deny!

[…]

News archive 2009

11/12/09 Our article Cluster-state quantum computing enhanced by high-fidelity generalized measurements was published in Physical Review Letters.

Fall 2009 Devon Biggerstaff and Jonathan Lavoie successfully defend their MSc degrees. Congratulations!

[…]