Course Program
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Day 1: Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Introduction and Engineering
John Lehman
8:00 | Welcome, Introduction/Overview | All |
8:50 | Introduction to the Single Photon Short Course | John Lehman |
9:10 | Quantum Advantage | Tasshi Dennis |
9:30 | Single Photonics Dictionary | Josh Bienfang/Alan Migdall |
| 10:00 | Break |
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10:20 | Quantum Systems and Networks | Tasshi Dennis |
10:40 | Quantum Systems and Networks | Tasshi Dennis |
11:00 | Statistics and Uncertainty | Ivo Degiovanni |
11:20 | Statistics and Uncertainty | Ivo Degiovanni |
11:40 | Cryogenic Systems | Charlie Danaher |
12:00 | Cyrogenic Systems | Charlie Danaher |
12:20—13:40 | Lunch |
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| 14:00–17:00 |
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Day 2: Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Detectors
Sergey Polyakov
8:00 | Introduction/Overview | Sergey Polyakov |
8:20 | Overview of PMTs | Josh Bienfang |
8:40 | SPAD Fundamentals | Josh Bienfang |
9:00 | SPAD Performance | Josh Bienfang |
9:20 | SNSPD: Basics, Readout, and Imaging | Adam McCaughan |
9:40 | SNSPD: Basics, Readout, and Imaging | Adam McCaughan |
10:00 | Break |
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10:20 | TES: Basics, Readout, and Photon-Number Resolution | Adriana Lita |
10:40 | TES: Basics, Readout, and Photon-Number Resolution | Adriana Lita |
11:00 | Detector Arrays | Josh Bienfang/Adam McCaughan |
11:20 | Practical Single Photon Detecton and Autocorrelation Measurement Characterization of an SPD | Ivan Burenkov |
11:40 | Practical Single Photon Detecton and Autocorrelation Measurement Characterization of an SPD | Ivan Burenkov |
12:00 | How to Read a Spec Sheet (Choosing a Detector for Your Application | Sonia Buckley |
12:20 | Lunch |
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| 14:00 |
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Day 3: Thursday, August 8, 2024
Sources
Marty Stevens
8:00 | What is a Single Photon and How Do We Characterize It? | Marty Stevens |
8:20 | What is a Single Photon and How Do We Characterize It? | Marty Stevens |
8:40 | Indistinguishability and Entanglement | Sergey Polyakov |
9:00 | Indistinguishability and Entanglement | Sergey Polyakov |
9:20 | Two-Level Systems: Atoms and Quantum Dots | Kevin Silverman |
9:40 | Two-Level Systems: Atoms and Quantum Dots | Kevin Silverman |
10:00 | Break |
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10:20 | Color Centers | Shuo Sun |
10:40 | Pair Sources (SPDC, FWM) | Alan Migdall |
11:00 | Pair Sources (SPDC, FWM) | Alan Migdall |
11:20 | Designing a High-Performance Entangled Source | Krister Shalm |
11:40 | Designing a High-Performance Entangled Source | Krister Shalm |
12:00 | DLCZ & Entanglement Swapping | Sergey Polyakov |
12:20 | Lunch |
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| 14:00 |
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| 18:30 | Social Hour/Dinner 18:30-19:00: Cocktails and Hors Devours 20:30: Last Call 21:00: End | Keynote Speakers: Aaron Miller (Quantum Opus) |
Day 4: Friday, August 9, 2024
Measurements and Calibrations
Sonia Buckley
8:00 | Introduction/Overview | Sonia Buckley |
8:20 | SI Traceability | Angela Gamouras |
8:40 | Methods | Angela Gamouras |
9:00 | Detector Characterization (spectral, spatial, linearity, afterpulse, background) | Sonia Buckley |
9:20 | Detector Characterization (spectral, spatial, linearity, afterpulse, background) | Sonia Buckley |
9:40 | Timing Jitter | Martin Stevens |
10:00 | Break |
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10:20 | Count Rate | Dileep Reddy |
10:40 | Photon Number | Dileep Reddy/Adriana Lita |
11:00 | Measurement Tomography | Michael Mazurek |
11:20 | Measurement Tomography | Michael Mazurek |
11:40 | Ivan Burenkov | |
12:00 | How to Read Callibration | Thomas Gerrits |
12:20 | Lunch |
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| 14:00 |
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