Quantum Communication

August 28 - 30, 2012

Schedule

All times in this Schedule are Pacific Time (PT)

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Morning Session
8:00 - 8:30 Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)

Session I - Introduction
8:30 - 8:40 Welcome: Russel Caflisch (Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics)
8:40 - 8:55 Purpose of Meeting: Carey Schwartz (Office of Naval Research)
8:55 - 9:25
Carey Schwartz (Office of Naval Research)

Navy Perspective

Session II - QKD and Optical Communications
9:35 Session Chair: Hamid Hemmati (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
9:35 - 10:15
Richard Hughes (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Free-space QKD

10:25 - 10:55 Break
10:55 - 11:25
Dirk Englund (Columbia University)

High-Speed Quantum Key Distribution Using Integrated Photonics
PDF Presentation
11:35 - 12:05
Don Boroson (MIT Lincoln Laboratory)

Free-Space Optical Communication
PDF Presentation
12:15 - 1:15 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session
1:15 - 1:45
Morio Toyoshima (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT))

Demonstrations on Space Laser Communications in Japan
PDF Presentation

Session III - Sources and Detectors
1:55 Session Chair: Jane Nordholt (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
1:55 - 2:25
Franco Wong (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Entanglement Sources for High-Speed QKD
PDF Presentation
2:35 - 3:05
Angelo Gulinatti (Politecnico di Milano)

Single Photon Avalanche Diodes

3:15 - 3:45 Break
3:45 - 4:15
Eric Dauler (MIT Lincoln Laboratory)

Superconducting Single Photon Detectors

Day 1 Wrap Up
4:25 Moderator: Thomas Chapuran (Applied Communication Sciences)
4:25 - 5:55 Discussion: Technology Needs for Free-space QKD
6:00 - 7:00 Reception (Location: IPAM Lobby)

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Morning Session
8:00 - 8:30 Continental Breakfast

Session IV - Security
8:30 Session Chair: Vadim Makarov (Institute for Quantum Computing)
8:30 - 9:00
Renato Renner (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Zurich)

Towards Security Proofs for Practical Quantum Cryptography

9:10 - 9:40
Norbert Lütkenhaus (Institute for Quantum Computing)

Security of Practical QKD Links and Networks
PDF Presentation
9:50 - 10:20 Break

Session V - Secure Communication
10:20 Session Chair: Richard Hughes (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
10:20 - 10:50
John Smolin (IBM Systems and Technology Group)

Quantum Information Theory and Cryptography
PDF Presentation
11:00 - 11:30
Prem Kumar (Northwestern University)

Technology and Novel Protocols for Quantum Noise Protected Communication
PDF Presentation
11:40 - 12:10
Gerd Leuchs (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)

Continuous polarization variable QKD
PDF Presentation
12:20 - 1:20 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session
1:20 - 1:50
Wolfgang Tittel (University of Calgary)

Proof-of-Principle Demonstration of QKD Immune to Detector Attacks
PDF Presentation

Session VI - Quantum Communication
2:00 Session Chair: Wolfgang Tittel (University of Calgary)
2:00 - 2:30
2:40 - 3:10
Paul Kwiat (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Quantum Random Number Generators A bunch of BS (beamsplitters...)
PDF Presentation
3:20 - 3:50 Break

Day 2 Wrap Up
3:50 Moderator: Norbert Lütkenhaus (Institute for Quantum Computing)
3:50 - 5:20 Discussion: QKD Security, Alternative for Secure Communication

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Morning Session
8:00 - 8:30 Continental Breakfast

Session VII - Atmospheric Propagation
8:30 Session Chair: Baris Erkmen (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
8:30 - 9:00
Jeffrey Shapiro (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Optical Communication through Atmospheric Turbulence: Classical and Quantum
PDF Presentation
9:10 - 9:40
Gregory Mooradian (QinetiQ)

Undersea Optical Communications
PDF Presentation
9:50 - 10:20 Break

Workshop Wrap Up
10:20 Moderator: Jeffrey Shapiro (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
10:20 - 11:50 Discussion: The Road Ahead - System Possibilities, Technical Challenges & Research Program Elements
11:50 - 12:00 Closing Remarks: Carey Schwartz (Office of Naval Research)
12:00 - 12:10 Closing Remarks: Russel Caflisch (Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics)