Quantum Communication - IPAM

Quantum Communication

August 28 - 30, 2012

Schedule

All times in this Schedule are Pacific Time (PT)

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Morning Session

08:00-08:30
Check-In/Light Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
Session I - Introduction
08:30-08:40
Welcome: Russel Caflisch (Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics)
08:40-08:55
Purpose of Meeting: Carey Schwartz (Office of Naval Research)
08:55-09:25
Carey Schwartz (Office of Naval Research)
Navy Perspective
Session II - QKD and Optical Communications
09:35-09:35
Session Chair: Hamid Hemmati (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
09:35-10:15
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
11:35-12:05
Don Boroson (MIT Lincoln Laboratory)
Free-Space Optical Communication

Afternoon Session

12:15-13:15
Lunch (on your own)
13:15-13:45
Morio Toyoshima (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT))
Demonstrations on Space Laser Communications in Japan
Session III - Sources and Detectors
13:55-13:55
Session Chair: Jane Nordholt (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
13:55-14:25
Franco Wong (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Entanglement Sources for High-Speed QKD
14:35-15:05
Angelo Gulinatti (Politecnico di Milano)
Single Photon Avalanche Diodes
15:15-15:45
Break
15:45-16:15
Eric Dauler (MIT Lincoln Laboratory)
Superconducting Single Photon Detectors
16:25-16:25
Moderator: Thomas Chapuran (Applied Communication Sciences)
Day 1 Wrap Up
16:25-17:55
Discussion: Technology Needs for Free-space QKD
18:00-19:00
Reception (Location: IPAM Lobby)

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Morning Session

08:00-08:30
Continental Breakfast
Session IV - Security
08:30-08:30
Session Chair: Vadim Makarov (Institute for Quantum Computing)
08:30-09:00
Renato Renner (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Zurich)
Towards Security Proofs for Practical Quantum Cryptography
09:10-09:40
Norbert Lütkenhaus (Institute for Quantum Computing)
Security of Practical QKD Links and Networks
09:50-10:20
Break
Session V - Secure Communication
10:20-10:20
Session Chair: Richard Hughes (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
10:20-10:50
John Smolin (IBM Systems and Technology Group)
Quantum Information Theory and Cryptography
11:00-11:30
Prem Kumar (Northwestern University)
Technology and Novel Protocols for Quantum Noise Protected Communication
11:40-12:10
Gerd Leuchs (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Continuous polarization variable QKD

Afternoon Session

12:20-13:20
Lunch (on your own)
13:20-13:50
Wolfgang Tittel (University of Calgary)
Proof-of-Principle Demonstration of QKD Immune to Detector Attacks
Session VI - Quantum Communication
14:00-14:00
Session Chair: Wolfgang Tittel (University of Calgary)
14:00-14:30
Rupert Ursin (Universität Wien)
Free-Space Quantum Communication Over 143 km Towards Space
14:40-15:10
Paul Kwiat (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Quantum Random Number Generators A bunch of BS (beamsplitters...)
15:20-15:50
Break
Day 2 Wrap Up
15:50-15:50
Moderator: Norbert Lütkenhaus (Institute for Quantum Computing)
15:50-17:20
Discussion: QKD Security, Alternative for Secure Communication

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Morning Session

08:00-08:30
Continental Breakfast
Session VII - Atmospheric Propagation
08:30-08:30
Session Chair: Baris Erkmen (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
08:30-09:00
Jeffrey Shapiro (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Optical Communication through Atmospheric Turbulence: Classical and Quantum
09:10-09:40
Gregory Mooradian (QinetiQ)
Undersea Optical Communications
09:50-10:20
Break
Workshop Wrap Up
10:20-10:20
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)

Afternoon Session

12:00-12:10
Closing Remarks: Russel Caflisch (Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics)
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