LPHYS'26.    Program:

Seminar 7: Quantum Information Science

Co-chairs:

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    Marco Genovese

    L'Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica , Turin, Italy
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    Leong Chuan Kwek

    Center for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Seminar 7 concerns the application of quantum optics to develop quantum technologies, such as quantum information (including quantum communication and computation), quantum metrology, quantum imaging and quantum sensing. Contributions that deepen our fundamental understanding of foundations of quantum mechanics and quantum information are also included.

Schedule:

  1. Monday, 6 July, 2026
  2. S7.1 (13:30 – 15:30)Chair: Milos Nesladek (Belgium)
    1. 13:30 – 14:00 N A Moroz (1Quantum Technology Centre of Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia), L V Gerasimov, D V Kupriyanov (1Quantum Technology Centre of Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; Centre for Interdisciplinary Basic Research, HSE University, St.-Petersburg, Russia)Spin vs Position Conjugation in an Interference of Atom Matter Waves (invited talk) Abstract 
    2. 14:00 – 14:30 S Ghose (Physics and Computer Science, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada), A Anand, S Srivastava (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada) Quantum Correlations in Chaotic Systems (invited talk) Abstract 
    3. 14:30 – 15:05 V V Kocharovsky (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA), K Kalra (Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA) Universal Bound on Quantum Advantage in Gaussian Boson Sampling (invited talk) Abstract 
    4. 15:05 – 15:30 I Novikova, R Behary, N DeStefano, M Vorobiov, E E Mikhailov, S A Aubin (Physics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg VA, USA) Quantum Electron Tracker, or How to Use Atoms to Diagnoze Charge Particles and Plasmas (invited talk) Abstract 
  3. S7.2 (16:00 – 18:00) Chair: Ilaria Gianani (Italy)
    1. 16:00 – 16:20 K Kravtsov, G De Santis, S Amairi-Pyka, J A Grieve (Quantum communications, TII, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)Optical Ground Station for Satellite-Based QKD: toward industrial-grade implementation Abstract 
    2. 16:20 – 16:55 Y Kurochkin, V Rodimin, A Pereszlenyi, J Tembridis, C Vorhemus, V Revici, I Samsonenko, J A Grieve (Quantum communications, TII, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) Optimal Transmitter for Last Mile QKD (invited talk) Abstract 
    3. 16:55 – 17:20 C Schubert (Facultad de Ciencias Físico-Matemáticas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mexico) Pair Creation: from Virtual to Real (invited talk) Abstract 
    4. 17:20 – 17:50 G Tobar (Physics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden), J Foo (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada), S Qvarfort, F Costa (Physics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden), R Bekenstein (Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel), M Zych (Physics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden) Quantum Metasurfaces as Probes of Vacuum Particle Content Abstract 
  4. Tuesday, 7 July, 2026
  5. S7.3 (13:30 – 15:30)Chair: Aldo Delgado (Chile)
    1. 13:30 – 14:05 N Bar-Gill (Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel; Institute of Applied Physics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel)Quantum Dynamics and Control in Diamond (invited talk) Abstract 
    2. 14:05 – 14:40 A I Lvovsky, A Warke, L Gong, M Mishra, A Zhang (Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK) Passive Microscopy with Quantum Advantage (invited talk) Abstract 
    3. 14:40 – 15:15 V T Tamma (School of Math and Physics, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK) Multi-Parameter Quantum Estimation Based on Multiphoton Interference with Single Photons and Squeezed Light (invited talk) Abstract 
  6. S7.4 (16:00 – 17:30) Chair: Ekaterina Moreva (Italy)
    1. 16:00 – 16:35 E K Karimi (Chapman University, Orange CA, USA)Spatial Imaging and Sensing with Correlated Biphotons (invited talk) Abstract 
    2. 16:35 – 17:10 J A Bergou, P Agarwal (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York NY, USA) High-Confidence vs Unambiguous Discrimination of Bell-Like States in Linear Optical Quantum Networks (invited talk) Abstract 
  7. Wednesday, 8 July, 2026
  8. S7.5 (13:30 – 15:30)Chair: Luis Sanchez-Soto (Spain)
    1. 13:30 – 14:05 M Genovese (Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Turin, Italy)Toward Practical Application of Quantum Phase Imaging (invited talk) Abstract 
    2. 14:05 – 14:40 G S Agarwal (Texas A&M University, College Station, USA) Experimental Schemes for the Saturation of Quantum Cramer Rao Bounds for Distributed Sensing (invited talk) Abstract 
    3. 14:40 – 15:15 S Cassina, E Guerrini, M Barbieri (Dipartimento di Scienze, Università Roma Tre, Rome, Italy), F Giacomini (Università Tor Vergata , Rome, Italy), I Gianani (Dipartimento di Scienze, Università Roma Tre, Rome, Italy) A Tale of Two Times: Coupling Frequency and Polarization Clocks in a Page and Wootters Photonic Platform (invited talk) Abstract 
  9. S7.6 (16:00 – 18:00) Chair: Vincenzo Tamma (UK)
    1. 16:00 – 16:35 I Ruo-Berchera (Quantum Metrology and Nanotechnologies Division, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Turin, Italy), A Bhasvar (DISAT, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy; Quantum Metrology and Nanotechnologies Division, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Turin, Italy), A Avella (Quantum Metrology and Nanotechnologies Division, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Turin, Italy), F Collé (Quantum Metrology and Nanotechnologies Division, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Turin, Italy; Physics Department, Università degli studi di Torino, Turin, Italy), M Genovese (Quantum Metrology and Nanotechnologies Division, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Turin, Italy)Covert Quantum Target Sensing (invited talk) Abstract 
    2. 16:35 – 17:10 S Shringarpure, Y S Teo, H Jeong (Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea), M Evans (University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada), A Greateau, N Treps (Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Paris, France), L L Sanchez-Soto (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain) Experimental Evidence-Based Sub-Rayleigh Source Discrimination (invited talk) Abstract 
    3. 17:10 – 17:45 S S Straupe (Quantum Technologies Center and Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; Russian Quantum Center, Moscow, Russia; Sber Quantum technologies center, Moscow, Russia) Boson Sampling and Quantum Computing in Programmable Interferometers with Optical Feedback (invited talk) Abstract 
  10. Thursday, 9 July, 2026
  11. S7.7 (13:30 – 15:30)Chair: Ebrahim Karimi (Canada)
    1. 13:30 – 14:00 M Nesladek (University of Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium)Photoelectric Quantum Chips for Sensing and Quantum Registers (invited talk) Abstract 
    2. 14:00 – 14:30 I Ruo-Berchera, F Picariello, E Losero (Quantum Metrology and Nanotechnologies Division, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Turin, Italy), S Ditalia Tchernij (Physics Department, Università degli studi di Torino, Turin, Italy), P Boucher, M Genovese, I P Degiovanni (Quantum Metrology and Nanotechnologies Division, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Turin, Italy) Beyond Diffraction Limit by Local Photon Statistics Evaluation Abstract 
    3. 14:30 – 15:05 F Piacentini ( Quantum metrology and nano technologies, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Turin, Italy), F Atzori ( Quantum metrology and nano technologies, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Turin, Italy; Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy), S Virzì ( Quantum metrology and nano technologies, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Turin, Italy), F Devecchi, D Abbondandolo ( Quantum metrology and nano technologies, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Turin, Italy; Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy), A Avella, M Gramegna ( Quantum metrology and nano technologies, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Turin, Italy), I P Degiovanni, M Genovese ( Quantum metrology and nano technologies, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Turin, Italy; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Turin, Italy) Universal Protection of Quantum States From Decoherence (invited talk) Abstract 
  12. S7.8 (16:00 – 18:00) Chair: János Bergou (USA)
    1. 16:00 – 16:30 E Moreva ( Quantum metrology and nano technologies, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Turin, Italy), G Tomagra (Department of Drug and Science Technology, Università degli studi di Torino, Turin, Italy), C Stella, H Shirzad, E Bernardi, G Zanelli, E Losero, P Traina ( Quantum metrology and nano technologies, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Turin, Italy), P Apra (Physics Department, Università degli studi di Torino, Turin, Italy), F Picollo (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Turin, Italy; Physics Department, Università degli studi di Torino, Turin, Italy), I P Degiovanni ( Quantum metrology and nano technologies, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Turin, Italy), V Carabelli (Department of Drug and Science Technology, Università degli studi di Torino, Turin, Italy), M Genovese ( Quantum metrology and nano technologies, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Turin, Italy; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Turin, Italy)Nanoscale Sensors Based on NV Centers in Diamonds: Metrology, Biomedical Applications and Remaining Challenges (invited talk) Abstract 
    2. 16:30 – 17:05 A Delgado (Physics, University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile) Quantum Information Processing with Quantum Metasurfaces (invited talk) Abstract 
    3. 17:05 – 17:40 B S Ham (Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, South Korea) A Quantum Mechanical Analysis of the Coherence De Broglie Wavelength (invited talk) Abstract 
  13. Friday, 10 July, 2026
  14. S7.9 (13:30 – 15:30)Chair: Ferdinand Schmidt-Kaler (Germany)
    1. 13:30 – 14:00 R Folman and Atom Chip Group (Department of Physics, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel)Quantum Sensors (invited talk) Abstract 
    2. 14:00 – 14:30 L C Kwek (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore; Center for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore) Boosting Quantum Synchronization Abstract 
    3. 14:30 – 14:55 W E Salazar (Centre for Quantum Technologies, Singapore, Singapore), G Saxena, J S Baker, T H Kyaw (LG Electronics Toronto AI Lab, Toronto, Canada), L C Kwek (National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore; Centre for Quantum Technologies, Singapore, Singapore) Stabilizer Statistical Mechanics Abstract 
    4. 14:55 – 15:30 S U Shringarpure, S Park, S Cho (IRC NextQuantum, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea), Y S Teo (Department of Quantum Information Science and Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea), H Kwon (School of Computational Sciences, Korea Institute for Advanced Studies, Seoul, South Korea), S Omkar, H Jeong (IRC NextQuantum, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea) Bosonic Noise Suppression with Qumode-Qubit Rotations (invited talk) Abstract 
  15. S7.10 (16:00 – 18:00) Chair: Byoung Ham (South Korea)
    1. 16:00 – 16:25 V V Albert (Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS), University of Maryland (UMD) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), College Park MD, USA)Quantum Theory of Molecular Orientations (invited talk) Abstract 
    2. 16:25 – 16:50 K Kravtsov, S Amairi-Pyka, J A Grieve (Quantum communications, TII, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) Light Propagation in a Turbulent Atmosphere as Diffusion in the Space of Spatial Modes (invited talk) Abstract 

Accepted Talks:

The following talks have been accepted. They will be scheduled for presentation at LPHYS'26.

  1. A I Lvovsky, M Filipovich (Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK), A Warke (Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, UK), L Gong (Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore), K Bearne, A Zhang, A Duplinskii (Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK)Quantum Computational Machine Vision (invited talk) Abstract