MIT's Quantum Photonics & Artificial Intelligence Group, led by Prof Dirk Englund

Cambridge, MA
Joined May 2020
Optical interconnection needs are exploding — and reliability is a huge issue when you are at 1.5M transceivers. Really interesting Google talk on this at @OpticaWorldwide ‘s PECC today.
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The @IonQ Quantum Innovation Centre is now open at the Ray Dolby Centre! 💻 🔬 Marking a new phase of the University's strategic partnership with IonQ, the Centre will bring together researchers from Cambridge and IonQ across a programme of collaborative quantum research, all the heart of the @DeptofPhysics. phy.cam.ac.uk/news/first-fun…
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Excited to share my first paper as senior author, led by the brilliant Maor Ben-Shahar! We formalized an end-to-end security proof for quantum cryptography (BB84 protocol) in Lean, down to the mathematical axioms. To our knowledge, the first machine-checked proof of its kind
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Object recognition at the speed of light 🔍 Sandia researchers are using light to teach optical materials to quickly recognize objects with an approach inspired by the human eye. The tech could help satellites and other systems instantly process images. ➡️ bit.ly/4s6TNUO
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To leverage quantum computing's potential, @ENERGY announced 8 key aspects of the Quantum Computing National Challenges. These questions will guide the Quantum Genesis Mission's goal of developing fault-tolerant, scientifically-relevant quantum computers. energy.gov/science/articles/…
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From Earth to orbit 🛰️ Sandia’s Laser Applications facility, LAZAP, directs high-powered laser beams into space to test and calibrate optical sensors on U.S. reconnaissance and GPS satellites. ➡️ bit.ly/3VAiDQz #SpaceWeek
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Yesterday, we were excited to announce the Quantum+X Grand Research Challenge: Where quantum possibility becomes quantum reality. Thanks to our industry partners—including @bp_america, Citi, @mastercard, @moderna_tx, SLB, and @Visa for joining us to tackle real-world challenges in biotech, energy, and finance. Prize challenge launches later this year alongside even more industry partners—get ready! nsfquantumxchallenge.com/
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Grateful for the founding partners of the NSF X-Labs Consortium! Together, @AsteraInstitute; @ginkgo; Tom Secunda at the @secundafund, @SloanFoundation, and other national philanthropic partners; and @MattCimaglia with @OccamFoundry and the @FLQuantumCenter will help NSF X-Labs launch a new generation of independent research organizations accelerating the pace of scientific discovery. nsf.gov/news/nsf-lays-founda…
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MIT QPAI retweeted
Did you know that light can help doctors see beneath the surface of the human eye? 👁️ Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a groundbreaking imaging technology that uses reflected light to create detailed, 3D images of tissue. First developed in 1991 by RLE Principal Investigator James Fujimoto, RLE Research Affiliate Eric Swanson, and David Huang, OCT has revolutionized eye care by allowing doctors to detect and monitor diseases such as glaucoma and macular degeneration before irreversible vision loss occurs. Their pioneering work earned them the 2023 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award and continues to shape the future of medical imaging. 🔗 Learn more: news.mit.edu/2023/fujimoto-s… #MITRLE #OpticalCoherenceTomography #MedicalImaging #Innovation #Research
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MIT QPAI retweeted
4Q with Sharon Jung Han Hsia: Exploring how light could help simplify the next generation of high power electronics. ⚡️ In this 4Q feature, Sharon Jung Han Hsia discusses optically controlled gallium nitride devices and how using light to control power could lead to simpler, more efficient approaches to high power electronics. Read the full 4Q to learn more about the research and what is next for optically controlled GaN devices. rle.mit.edu/switching-power-… #MIT #RLE #4Q #GalliumNitride #GaN #Optoelectronics #PowerElectronics #MITResearch
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Our CEO @quantum_jake is a physicist, a fellow of the American Physical Society and Optica, and helped stand up the U.S. Center for AI Standards and Innovation at NIST. Today in the Washington Examiner, he asks who should check the work at the frontier of AI: washingtonexaminer.com/op-ed… Scientists live by that question. It's how we built Lemma, our AI co-explorer for scientists. It reads the literature, builds and runs the model, and shows its work so you can check every step. Lemma is in public beta. Start building here: platform.axiomatic-ai.com/r/…
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Quantum computing is moving from fundamental research to revolutionary capabilities for science! The Office of Science Advisory Committee Quantum Subcommittee has issued a report on our path to an integrated quantum future: energy.gov/science/articles/…
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Last night, MTL proudly co-hosted the MIT Deep Tech Career Fair, bringing together nearly 400 students, postdocs & researchers with 23 member companies and organizations from across the deep tech industry! Thanks to everyone who helped make this event such a success!
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Multimodal Intelligence has fundamentally changed the scope of Photonic IC design. We are excited to share research in that direction! On arXiv this week - arxiv.org/abs/2608.00084 - we present photonic component creation as a parametric, verifiable representation problem. 🧵
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We have also created 4 work contracts that you can claim with your agents to further progress in this direction at pixcell.qpaig.com/#work-cont…. We believe that a lot of future research should be shaped in this verifiable, agent-first manner.
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thanks to @thinkymachines and @GoogleDeepMind for their support in training and testing. These are initial visions and the future for what Photonic IC design looks like is incredibly exciting!
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