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Tommaso Calarco, 29 giugno 2016 ore 15 Aula Magna Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia

Si informa che il giorno 29 giugno prossimo, alle ore 15, nell'Aula Magna del Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, si terrà un seminario da parte del Prof. Tommaso Calarco (Director, Institute For Complex Quantum Systems, University of Ulm (D)) dal titolo "Optimal control of complex quantum systems: a route to bringing quantum technologies to reality".

Abstract:
Quantum mechanics is at the basis of all present-day information and communication technologies: to name just two examples, transistors and lasers would be impossible to build without understanding the quantum behaviour of matter and light.
But the control of individual quantum systems has long been considered only a "thought experiment", something only possible in theory. However, today this is routinely achieved in labs around the world, and it is the basis of quantum technologies.
The exquisite level of control needed for quantum technologies to outperform present-day technologies can be achieved by quantum optimal control theory (QOCT).
After reviewing the main applications of quantum technologies, ranging from secure communications to ultra-high precision sensing and metrology, and from extremely powerful computers to the simulation of complex materials, I will explain how QOCT can be applied to a few of these fields and present the experimental results obtained with the CRAB (Chopped Random Basis) optimisation algorithm that I proposed and developed in recent years.
I will conclude by outlining the upcoming steps to turn the vision of quantum technologies into reality at European level.