@quantumBoss

UKRI Future Leaders Fellow | PI of the Hybrid Quantum Networks Lab & Associate Professor at Southampton University | Former MSCA Fellow at Oxford University.

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hqnlab.com/
Joined March 2009
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University of Southampton
@unisouthampton2 Jan 2025
Congratulations to Professor Gill Reid CBE and Professor Richard Oreffo OBE for being named in the King’s New Year Honours! 🎉 These awards celebrate their remarkable contributions and achievements. Well done to both! See more 👉 brnw.ch/UoS_News_professors_…
Side-by-side portrait of two academics. On the left, Professor Gill Reid with short grey hair, wearing a blue patterned blouse and a black cardigan, smiling. On the right, Professor Richard Oreffo, wearing a light blue shirt and a patterned tie, also smiling.

ALT Side-by-side portrait of two academics. On the left, Professor Gill Reid with short grey hair, wearing a blue patterned blouse and a black cardigan, smiling. On the right, Professor Richard Oreffo, wearing a light blue shirt and a patterned tie, also smiling.

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Sarah Thomas@sarah_ellyn15 Apr 2024
I'm really excited to share our recent work interfacing a quantum dot single-photon source with an atomic quantum memory, which is now published in Science Advances. science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…

Deterministic storage and retrieval of telecom light from a quantum dot single-photon source...

A quantum dot single-photon source and an atomic quantum memory are key interface components for future quantum networks.

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John Preskill
@preskill22 Jun 2023
A long read but worth the time. quantumfrontiers.com/2023/06…

What is the logical gate speed of a photonic quantum computer?

Terry Rudolph, PsiQuantum & Imperial College London During a recent visit to the wild western town of Pasadena I got into a shootout at high-noon trying to explain the nuances of this question …

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Sarah Thomas@sarah_ellyn9 Mar 2023
I'm really excited to share our latest results on arxiv: arxiv.org/abs/2303.04166 We demonstrate storage and retrieval of photons from a quantum dot single-photon source in an atomic quantum memory - a key hybrid quantum interface for future quantum networks!

Deterministic Storage and Retrieval of Telecom Quantum Dot Photons...

A hybrid interface of solid state single-photon sources and atomic quantum memories is a long sought-after goal in photonic quantum technologies. Here we demonstrate deterministic storage and...

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Women and Non-Binary Individuals in Physics@ic_wip7 Dec 2022
Welcome back for week 8 of #WomenOnWednesdays! This week we spoke to Sarah Thomas, a research fellow in Quantum Optics and Laser Science. Thank you for your time Sarah! ❤️ (1/3)
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Sarah Thomas@sarah_ellyn10 Nov 2022
Check out our latest work: a low-noise quantum memory at telecom wavelengths! Our memory allows storage and on-demand retrieval of light at telecom wavelengths - a key resource in future quantum networks arxiv.org/abs/2211.04415

A Single-Photon-compatible Telecom-C-Band Quantum Memory in a Hot...

The efficient storage and on-demand retrieval of quantum optical states that are compatible with the telecommunications C-band is a requirement for future terrestrial-based quantum optical...

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Mustafa Gündoğan@mustgundogan19 Nov 2021
Our white paper on using quantum memories in space that we have recently submitted to National Academies Decadal Survey in Research in Space 2023-2032: arxiv.org/abs/2111.09595 #quantumtwitter #spacestuff

Topical White Paper: A Case for Quantum Memories in Space

It has recently been theoretically shown that Quantum Memories (QM) could enable truly global quantum networking when deployed in space thereby surpassing the limited range of land-based quantum...

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UK Research and Innovation@UKRI_News4 Nov 2021
As part of the National Quantum Technologies Programme, 12 projects have been awarded a total of £50 million to explore #quantum technologies - with projects including gas leak detection for the hydrogen industry and computers for better drug discovery. orlo.uk/0vr08
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Dr Thomas Hird@QuanTomHird3 Nov 2020
I'm running a marathon... slowly for @SsnapOxford. They support sick babies & their families; after my own daughter spent a month in intensive care after being born in Feb i can't describe enough how amazing this charity is. Please donate if you can justgiving.com/fundraising/t…
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The Nobel Prize
@NobelPrize6 Oct 2020
BREAKING NEWS: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2020 #NobelPrize in Physics with one half to Roger Penrose and the other half jointly to Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez.
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Quantiki@quantiki23 Jul 2020
PhD Studentship - Quantum Photonic Memory for Telecommunication Networks dlvr.it/RcCVMT
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Patrick M Ledingham 🇳🇿 🇨🇰@quantumBoss15 Mar 2019
You want warm vapour quantum memories? We got em! You're into noise-free protocols? We got you covered! Scalability? Easy! We got it all. Check out: Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Scalable Quantum Memories for Quantum Networks nature.com/naturecareers/job…
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Diamond Nation@TheRealDNation12 Feb 2019
Real D Nation repping PRL. Holla atchya defects journals.aps.org/prl/abstrac…

Coherent Control and Wave Mixing in an Ensemble of Silicon-Vacancy Centers in Diamond

Strong light-matter interactions are critical for quantum technologies based on light, such as memories or nonlinear interactions. Solid state materials will be particularly important for such...

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QIP 2027@QIPConference7 Nov 2018
Registration for #qip2019 is now open! Registration fees (early-bird/advanced/on-site): Regular attendee $575/675/750 Student attendee $475/575/650 Early-bird: until Dec 7, 2018. Advanced: until Jan 11, 2019. To register, visit jila.colorado.edu/qip2019/re… See you in Boulder, CO!
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Patrick M Ledingham 🇳🇿 🇨🇰@quantumBoss4 Sep 2018
A 12-month post doc opportunity has opened up in our group! Check it out!recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliv…
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Oxford Ultracold@ox_ultracold14 Aug 2018
We are looking for a new postdoc to work on the BEC experiment, in particular on out-of-equilibrium dynamics in 2d Bose gases! Please contact Chris Foot if you’re interested or have any questions #coldatoms #bec – at Oxford, England
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QPSA@QuantumPSA25 Jul 2018
A great defense by a great student Congratulations Dr. Farrera! – at Barcelona, Spain
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Diamond Nation@TheRealDNation3 May 2018
RealDNation smashing dat Beecroft office lifestyle #HollaAtchaDBoys #D_croft #GutsPaige
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OxOPS@OxOPS20 Apr 2018
Lighting up a sunny afternoon with some optics outreach! #fridayfeeling @OxfordPhysics @OpticalSociety
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Jonas Becker@JonasNilsBecker5 Apr 2018
Our work on using NV centres to experimentally demonstrate quantum effects in the operation of microscopic heat engines (arxiv.org/pdf/1710.08716.pdf) just got featured in this brilliant article: xitter.cf/newscientist/status/98…
New Scientist
@newscientist5 Apr 2018
Quantum thermodynamics is about to rewrite reality — and this impossible engine is just the start newscienti.st/2IvMzm8
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