IQC / University of Waterloo Stories

Below is a selection of articles featured on the Institute for Quantum Computing and University of Waterloo websites.

2023

03/03/2023: Connecting Canada and Europe through Quantum Satellite Communication 

2022

28/07/2022: “Photon detector module gearing up for International Space Station”

11/04/2022: “IQC PhD student Pablo Palacios-Avila honoured for excellence in scientific outreach”

15/02/2022: “Unlocking high-dimensional quantum optics”

16/02/2022: “UK-Canada research partnership aims to expand global quantum network”

2021

31/12/2021: “2021: A year of quantum”

29/10/2021: “Hot and cold: controlling noise in a quantum satellite”

12/10/2021: “Quantum detectors to be laser-healed in space”

09/06/2021: IQC, UW – “New research enables non-line-of-sight quantum communication, imaging”

11/05/2021: “Testing quantum-secure communication in space

Impact Report 2021 “Every detail matters, Taking quantum to space”

Impact Report 2021 “Canada’s Quantum Internet”

2020

6/11/2020: “Joint Canada-UK funding boosts quantum technology projects”

2019

19/06/2019: Honeywell funding launches QEYSSat into orbit

28/03/2019: Taking quantum key distribution out of the lab

2017

19/12/2017: “Canadian Space Agency awards IQC $1.5M for encryption mission”

6/06/2017: “Study proves viability of quantum satellite communications”

23/01/2017: “A new calibration-free cavity measurement technique”

28/04/2017: Canada’s support will help Waterloo launch quantum research into space

10/04/2017: Experiment lays foundation for applications in quantum communication

2016

“We’ve got photons!”

“Researchers successfully demonstrate prototype for space-based quantum-secured communication”

“IQC researchers successfully conduct airborne demonstration of quantum key distribution”

IQC researcher awarded CSA contract to advance crucial technology for future quantum space mission

“IQC researchers detect single photons without destroying them”

2015

 27/10/2015: “KIST funds IQC researchers to make advances towards hybrid quantum  networks”

“Quantum key distribution gets ready for satellite uplinks”

“Experiment puts 80-year entanglement debate to rest”

“UN Year of Light: Waterloo grad students create light exhibit”

IQC completes project that points the way to future quantum space mission

“IQC Advances Quantum Satellite Mission” February 19th, 2015

“Waterloo Invention Advances Quantum Computing Research” February 13th, 2015

“Taking Quantum Into Space”

2014 and prior

18/09/2014: “Three’s a charm: NIST detectors reveal entangled photon triplets”

“Waterloo Physicists Propose Experiment To Define The Fundamental Nature of Light” November 13th, 2014

“Quantum Satellite One Step Closer to Space Flight” May 22nd, 2014

“IQC Researcher Awarded Canadian Space Agency Contract” December 2nd, 2013

“Quantum Teleportation Goes Distance” September 5th, 2012