Congrats to our very own Ben Rogers, who has just published his first paper! The work, which appeared last week in Phys. Rev. A, is the result of the collaboration between Ben, Gabriele and Mauro with Prof. G. Massimo Palma (Universita’ di Palermo), and deals with the merging of mesoscopic dynamics in a hybrid optomechanical system and techniques of optimal quantum control.
All the details of the study can be found in
Congratulations to our very own Gerard, who successfully passed his viva on Friday 12 October! Gerard had a 90 minutes “chat” with Jim (internal examiner) and Prof. G. Massimo Palma, who kindly came all the way up from Palermo (Italy) to discuss with Gerard of his thesis. QTeQ is grateful to Massimo for this and the fantastic white-board seminar that he kindly gave us afterwards.
Gerard is the second graduate from QTeQ since the new course of the group. We have all enjoyed working with him and his deep-thinking attitude. The whole group joins to wish him all the very best for his future!
A member of QTeQ publishes a viewpoint on the APS journal “Physics”, which commissions commentaries from experts on hot papers accepted in Phys. Rev. journals.
Working with Matteo Paris, friend of the family and collaborator, Mauro writes on a state-independent quantum contextuality experiment performed in China by the group of Prof. L.-M. Duan.
Check out the details at
M. Paris, and M. Paternostro, Physics 5, 113 (2012)
Andrew Carlisle, a new PhD student at QTeQ, has been awarded the 2012 David Bates Prize. This is awarded to the best final-year student at CTAMOP that decides to pursue PhD studies. The prize consists of a certificate and a lump sum to be spent on books!
QTeQ is proud of Andrew and congratulates on this success, which is certainly a great omen to future accomplishments
Three research papers authored by QTeQ’s members have been recently published in New Journal of Physics! Two of them are the results of our collaborations with premier experimental teams.
Working on optomechanics, Andre’ has first-authored two paper (one in collaboration with researchers at the University of Copenhagen and Hannover, the other one with Peter Domokos, in Hungary) in the NJP’s Focus issue on Optomechanics. Details of such works can be found reading
Dynamical scattering models in optomechanics: going beyond the ‘coupled cavities’ mode
Exciton-mediated photothermal cooling in GaAs membranes
The third success of the series results for the collaboration between Laura, Mauro and the Rome’s group led by Paolo Mataloni. The guys have taken an experimental approach to the celebrated Koashi-Winter relations. Results are found in
Tomographic characterization of correlations in a photonic tripartite state
Congratulations on these successes and keep up with the good job!
QTeQ dances Samba! We have just won a three-year collaborative grant with the Universidade Federal do ABC [partner: Prof. Fernando Semiao, UK PI: Mauro Paternostro] funded by the “Ciencias sem Fronteiras” initiative of the Brazilian CNPq! Sao Paulo, here we come!
At QTeQ, we are strongly interested in the features of open-system dynamics. In particular, we work on the relation between system-environment correlations and the onset of non-Markovianity. Our most recent efforts have now been published as a letter in EPL and a Rapid Communication in Phys. Rev. A. Both are the results of joint efforts with Kavan Modi and Cesar Rodriguez-Rosario, invaluable collaborators and friends of the family! Details of the works can be found in
C. A. Rodriguez-Rosario, K. Modi, L. Mazzola, and A. Aspuru-Guzik, EPL 99, 20010 (2012)
L. Mazzola, C. A. Rodriguez-Rosario, K. Modi, and M. Paternostro, Phys. Rev. A 86, 010102(R) (2012)
The paper “Driven optomechanical systems for mechanical entanglement distribution” by Mauro, Laura, and Jie
is published today in the special issue “Memory effects in quantum dynamics and quantum channels” (Fabio Benatti, Roberto Floreanini and Greg Scholes, eds.) of J. Phys. B. Check out the details in
M. Paternostro, L. Mazzola, and J. Li, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 45, 154010 (2012)
Andre’ and Mauro publish their first joint paper in Phys. Rev. A. This is also the first one by Andre’ as a full-time QTeQ member! The work deals with the combination of non-linear processes responsible for second-harmonic generation and optomechanics, one of the strong research themes of the group. Last but not least, the paper is the first joint work with Marco Barbieri (University of Oxford), who is an invaluable collaborator and a friend of the family!
Details of the work can be found in
A. Xuereb, M. Barbieri, and M. Paternostro Phys. Rev. A 86, 013809 (2012)
Lectureship in Quantum Information at the Centre for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Ref. 12/102139
School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast
A Lectureship position (permanent post, equivalent to Assistant Professor) is available within the Centre for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (CTAMOP) to work in Quantum Information Processing within QTeQ
and to contribute to teaching in Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. In addition, the successful candidate will be expected to undertake administrative duties as assigned.
To apply, please visit here, click on “Mathematics and Physics” on the right-hand side, and look for Lecturer in CTAMOP, Ref: 12/102139. Alternatively contact the Personnel Department, Queen's University Belfast, BT7 1NN. Telephone (028) 90973044 FAX: (028) 90971040 or e-mail on personnel@qub.ac.uk
VERY IMPORTANT: Please indicate in your application that you wish to be considered for a position in Quantum Information.
Informal enquiries may be directed to:
Dr J.F. McCann, e-mail j.f.mccann@qub.ac.uk, telephone +44 (0)28 9097 6041.
Dr G. De Chiara, e-mail g.dechiara@qub.ac.uk, telephone +44 (0)28 9097 6053.
Salary: £32,901-£48,246 per annum (including contribution points).
Closing date: 4.00pm on Friday 31 August 2012
A generous start-up package will be available.
Anticipated interview date: week commencing 24 September 2012