Our research focus is quantum information science and integrated quantum technology. It involves aspects from a broad range of subjects, including physics, computer science, mathematics, and engineering.
Quantum technology
The basis of all our quantum-information experiments are single photons. One aim of our research is to develop and build efficient single-photon that generate pure, indistinguishable photons to be used in quantum-information experiments. In those experiments, described below, we use integrate on-chip technology to manipulate the photons. State-of-the-art single-photon detectors facilitate measuring the photons with a high efficiency, a prerequisite for all our experiments.
Secure quantum computing in quantum networks
A focus of our research is quantum cloud computing and the question how distributed quantum computing can be realized in quantum networks. Quantum computers do not only offer speed-ups in data processing, but also allow one to preserve the privacy of a computation. This allows performing delegated computations in quantum networks, where clients can access the resources of a more computationally-powerful quantum server without divulging the content of the requested computation.
Verification of quantum technology
The promise of quantum computers that they can solve problems intractable for classical computers opens up new fundamental questions. One of the most important questions in this field today is whether the correctness of quantum computations can be certified by entities that are inherently unable to compute the results themselves. Such verifications are important for future large-scale quantum computations and quantum simulations.
Quantum simulation and quantum metrology
Besides quantum computing, two key applications of quantum technologies are quantum simulation and quantum metrology. Quantum simulators are easily controllable quantum systems that can mimic complex quantum systems – and thus be used to learn about properties of the complex system. Quantum metrology uses quantum systems to measure certain parameters with a precision not possible to obtain classically.
See our publications for a full list of references.
Contact
Stefanie Barz
Prof. Dr.Professor: Quantum Information & Technology
Cornelia Bertsch
Barz Office - Administration