What to do for Thanksgiving? Why not tune in to Strange Genius: The Life and Times of Paul Dirac, a live lecture from London, online at 11:00 a.m. EST. Register at http://tr.im/d1r86
WHEN: Thu, November 26, 2009 - 11:00am
WHERE: http://tr.im/d1r86

There will no <strong>NO</strong> QIBEC Wednesday Meeting today due to Thanksgiving Proximity Effect.
WHEN: Wed, November 25, 2009 - 12:00am
WHERE:

ABSTRACT:
IPST, JQI, CSCAMM, MATH, PHIL are proud to announce the first "Quantum Information Ten Minute Madness" at the University of Maryland. Speakers from across disciplines will share their research in ten minute segments. Reception will immediately follow:
SPEAKERS:
- Christopher Monroe (UMD Physics): Brief Overview of Quantum Information from a Physical Perspective
- Art Pittenger (UMBC Math & Statistics): Overview of Separability and Entanglement from a Very Mathematical Perspective
- Bryan Jacobs (Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab): Introduction to Quantum Algorithms
- Dionisios Margetis (UMD Math)
WHEN: Mon, November 23, 2009 - 4:00pm
WHERE: 3206 Mathematics, University of Maryland

SPEAKER: Paul Kwiat, University of Illinois <p><p>

TITLE: Applied Hyperentanglement<p><p>

ABSTRACT: In addition to displaying strong nonclassical correlations in polarization, energy, momentum and spatial mode, photons from spontaneous down conversion may be entangled in multiple degrees of freedom simultaneously (“hyperentangled”). Such hyperentangled states reside in a much larger Hilbert space, and enable new capabilities in quantum communication and metrology. For example, hyperentanglement enables one to deterministically identify all four maximally entangled Bell states, leading to improved quantum dense coding. I will discuss this results and it’s extensions, in addition to another application, the remote preparation of entangled polarization/spatial-mode states. Specifically, by making a particular measurement on one photon of a hyperentangled pair (effectively a CNOT gate between polarization and spatial mode), Alice may remotely prepare Bob’s photon in entangled state of these two degrees of freedom. One example is a ‘radial-polarization’ state, in which the polarization of a light beam is everywhere radially directed. Such states have been shown to enable the largest possible longitudinal electric field component in the focal point of a lens, as well as the most efficient mode converter for light-atom coupling in free space. More generally, using these techniques, a wide range of other complex entangled polarization-spatial modes may be remotely prepared. The remotely prepared photons were analyzed in two ways, by quantum state tomography of the entire beam in the spin-orbit basis, and by direct tomography of the polarization state over the transverse spatial mode, using a small scanning pinhole.<p><p>

Full JQI Fall Seminars List
WHEN: Mon, November 23, 2009 - 12:30pm
WHERE: 1201 Physics Building