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.

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 […]

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!

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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!

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News archive 2008

07/12/08 Our article Simplifying quantum logic using higher-dimensional Hilbert spaces was published in Nature Physics.

14/10/08 Our article Quantum-inspired interferometry with chirped laser pulses was published in Nature Physics and featured on the cover! ArXiv version

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News archive 2007

03/12/07 Our invited article “White light interferometer automatically cancels dispersion” has been published in Laser Focus World.

28/06/07 Our article Classical dispersion-cancellation interferometry was published in Optics Express.

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