| TUESDAY,
November 28, 2006 |
| 16:00- |
Registration |
| 18:00-20:00
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Welcome Reception |
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| WEDNESDAY,
November 29, 2006 |
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| Opening
Remark |8:50-9:05 |
|
Makoto Nagao
(President of NICT) |
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| Oral
Session : Quantum Optics for Information Processing
(1) | 9:05-10:30 |
|
Akira
Furusawa, Chair |
| WE1-1
9:05-9:45 |
Philippe
Grangier (Award talk), Alexei Ourjoumtsev,
Aurelien Dantan,
Rosa Tualle-Brouri
“Generation and detection of propagating
light fields with negative Wigner functions.” |
| WE1-2
9:45-10:00 |
J.
S. Neergaard-Nielsen, B. Melholt Nielsen,
C. Hettich, K. Moelmer, E. S. Polzik
“Narrow bandwidth optical Schroedinger
kitten states” |
| WE1-3
10:00-10:30 |
T.
C. Ralph (Invited talk), A. P. Lund, H.
Jeong
“Efficient coherent state quantum computing
by adaptive measurements” |
| 10:30-11:00 |
BREAK |
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Oral
Session : Quantum Optics for Information Processing
and Quantum Measurement
| 11:00-12:30 |
|
Philippe
Grangier, Chair |
| WE2-1
11:00-11:30 |
Masahide
Sasaki (Invited talk)
“Control of optical continuous variable
systems using photon counting and feedforward” |
| WE2-2
11:30-12:00 |
Aaron
J. Miller (Invited talk), Adriana Lita,
Danna Rosenberg, Stephen Gruber,
Sae Woo Nam
“Superconducting photon number resolving
detectors: performance and promise” |
| WE2-3
12:00-12:30 |
Ian
A. Walmsley (Invited talk), J. Lundeen,
P. Mosley, L. Zhang, O. Cohen,
X. Yang, Ch. Silberhorn
“Photon technologies for quantum information” |
| 12:30-14:00 |
LUNCH |
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| Oral
Session : Non-Classical Light Sources
| 14:00-15:00 |
|
Ian
A. Walmsley, Chair |
| WE3-1
14:00-14:30 |
Franco
N. C. Wong (Invited talk)
“A toolbox for photonic entanglement
generation: ultrabright, ultranarrowband,
and ultrafast” |
| WE3-2
14:30-15:00 |
J.
D. Franson (Invited talk), T. B. Pittman
“Entangled photon holes” |
| 15:00-15:20 |
BREAK |
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| Oral
Session : Quantum Measurement and Metrology
(1) | 15:20-16:50 |
|
Martin
B. Plenio, Chair |
| WE4-1
15:20-15:50 |
Masanao
Ozawa (Invited talk)
“Simultaneous measurability of non-commuting
observables and the universal uncertainty
principle” |
| WE4-2
15:50-16:20 |
Seth
Lloyd (Invited talk)
“Quantum illumination” |
| WE4-3
16:20-16:50 |
Giacomo
Mauro D'Ariano (Invited talk)
“How to derive the Hilbert-space
formulation of quantum mechanics from axioms
on experimental accessibility and simplicity” |
| 16:50-17:10 |
BREAK |
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| Oral
Session : Quantum Measurement and Metrology
(2) | 17:10-18:25 |
|
Timothy
C. Ralph, Chair |
| WE5-1
17:10-17:25 |
Vittorio
Giovannetti, Seth Lloyd, Lorenzo Maccone
“Quantum metrology” |
| WE5-2
17:25-17:55 |
Hideo
Mabuchi (Invited talk), John Stockton
“Quantum parameter estimation with cold
atomic spins” |
| WE5-3
17:55-18:10 |
Jonathan
P. Dowling
“Linear optical quantum computing, imaging,
and metrology” |
| WE5-4
18:10-18:25 |
Masahiro
Takeoka, Masahide Sasaki, Norbert Luetkenhaus
“Implementing projective measurements
with linear optics” |
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THURSDAY,
November 30, 2006 |
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| Oral
Session : Quantum Repeaters (1) | 9:00-10:30 |
|
Yoshihisa
Yamamoto, Chair |
| TH1-1
9:00-9:30 |
Jacob
Taylor,
Mikhail Lukin (Invited talk)
“Progress towards implementation of
quantum repeaters” |
| TH1-2
9:30-10:00 |
A.
Kuzmich (Invited talk), D. N. Matsukevich,
T. Chaneliere, S. D. Jenkins, S. -Y. Lan,
M. S. Chapman, T. A. B. Kennedy
“Quantum telecommunication with atomic
ensembles” |
| TH1-3
10:00-10:30 |
A.
I. Lvovsky (Invited talk), J. Appel, E.
Figueroa, G. Guenter, F. Vewinger, K. -P.
Marzlin
“Electromagnetically-induced transparency
in systems with multiple excited levels” |
| 10:30-11:00 |
BREAK |
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| Oral
Session : Quantum Repeaters (2) | 11:00-11:45 |
|
Alexander
I. Lvovsky, Chair |
| TH2-1
11:00-11:30 |
Y.
Yamamoto (Invited talk), T. D. Ladd, P.
van Loock, K. Nemoto, W. J. Munro
“Quantum repeater based on dispersive
cavity QED interaction between matter qubits
and coherent state field” |
| TH2-2
11:30-11:45 |
H.
Kosaka, T. Kutsuwa, K. Arai, Y. Rikitaka,
K. Ono, H. Imamura, T. Takagahara,
Y. Mitsumori, K. Edamatsu
“Quantum state transfer from a photon
to an electron spin for building a quantum
repeater” |
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| Oral
Session : Quantum Repeaters (3) / Atom
Optics | 11:45-12:30 |
|
Alexander
I. Lvovsky, Chair |
| TH3-1
11:45-12:00 |
Takao
Aoki, Barak Dayan, E. Wilcut, W. P. Bowen,
A. S. Parkins, H. J. Kimble,
T. J. Kippenberg, K. J. Vahala
“Strong coupling between one atom and
a microtoroidal resonator” |
| TH3-2
12:00-12:15 |
Julien
Laurat, Hugues de Riedmatten, Daniel Felinto,
Chin-wen Chou, Erik W. Schomburg, Steven J.
van Enk, H. Jeff Kimble
“Efficient retrieval of a single excitation
stored in an atomic ensemble” |
| TH3-3
12:15-12:30 |
Wenjamin
Rosenfeld, Stefan Berner, Juergen Volz,
Markus Weber, Harald Weinfurter
“Remote state preparation of an atomic
qubit” |
| 12:30-14:00 |
LUNCH |
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| POSTER
Session 1
| 14:00-16:00 |
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| 16:00-16:30 |
BREAK |
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| Oral
Session : Quantum Cryptography (1) | 16:30-18:30 |
|
Nicolas
Gisin, Chair |
| TH4-1
16:30-17:00 |
Norbert
Luetkenhaus (Invited talk), Hauke Hauseler,
Tobias Moroder, Geir-Ove Myhr, Johannes Rigas,
Otfried Guehne
“Verifying quantum entanglement in quantum
optical systems” |
| TH4-2
17:00-17:30 |
Akihisa
Tomita (Invited talk)
“Recent development on practical quantum
key distribution systems” |
| TH4-3
17:30-18:00 |
Horace
P. Yuen (Invited talk)
“Mathematical modeling of physical and
engineering systems in quantum cryptography” |
| TH4-4
18:00-18:30 |
Prem
Kumar (Invited talk)
“Practical quantum communication and
cryptography for WDM optical networks” |
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| FRIDAY,
December 1, 2006 |
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| Oral
Session : Quantum Optics for Information Processing
(2) | 9:00-10:30 |
|
Gregoire
Ribordy, Chair |
| FR1-1
9:00-9:30 |
Akira
Furusawa (Invited talk)
“Quantum information networks” |
| FR1-2
9:30-10:00 |
Ping
Koy Lam (Invited talk), Nicolai B. Grosse,
Thomas Symul, Magdalena Stobinska, Timothy
C. Ralph
“From side-band squeezing to photon
anti-bunching” |
| FR1-3
10:00-10:15 |
A.
Ourjoumtsev, R. Tualle-Brouri, A. Dantan,
J. Laurat, Ph. Grangier
“Generation and analysis of complex
quantum states of light with negative Wigner
functions” |
| FR1-4
10:15-10:30 |
Alessandro
Zavatta, Valentina Parigi, Marco Bellini
“Experimental nonclassicality of single-photon-added
thermal light states” |
| 10:30-11:00 |
BREAK |
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| Oral
Session : Quantum Optics for Information Processing
(3) | 11:00-12:30 |
|
Gerard
J. Milburn, Chair |
| FR2-1
11:00-11:30 |
Barry
C. Sanders (Invited talk)
“Optical quantum information processing” |
| FR2-2
11:30-12:00 |
W.
J. Munro (Invited talk), Kae Nemoto, P.
van Loock, T. P. Spiller,
Samuel L. Braunstein, G. Milburn
“QUBUS computation” |
| FR2-3
12:00-12:30 |
Jeffrey
H. Shapiro (Invited talk), Mohsen Razavi
“Continuous-time cross-phase modulation
and quantum computation” |
| 12:30- |
LUNCH |
| 13:00- |
Excursion |
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| SATURDAY,
December 2, 2006 |
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| Oral
Session : Quantum Information Theory |
9:00-10:30 |
|
William
K. Wootters, Chair |
| SA1-1
9:00-9:30 |
Nobuyuki
Imoto (Invited talk)
“TBD” |
| SA1-2
9:30-10:00 |
Michal
Horodecki (Invited talk)
“Private key beyond entanglement distillation” |
| SA1-3
10:00-10:30 |
Martin
B. Plenio (Invited talk), M. J. Hartmann,
F. G. S. L. Brandao
“Quantum phase transitions with photons
and polaritons” |
| 10:30-11:00 |
BREAK |
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| Oral
Session : Quantum Computation | 11:00-11:45 |
|
Seth
Lloyd, Chair |
| SA2-1
11:00-11:30 |
Hans
J. Briegel (Invited talk)
“Universality and classical simulation
of quantum computation” |
| SA2-2
11:30-11:45 |
Michael
Varnava, Daniel E. Browne, Terry Rudolph
“Cluster state quantum computing tolerant
to Qubit Loss” |
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| Oral
Session : Quantum Optics for Information Processing
(4) | 11:45-12:30 |
|
Seth
Lloyd, Chair |
| SA3-1
11:45-12:15 |
Harald
Weinfurter (Invited talk), Mohamed Bourennane,
Otfried Guehne, Nikolai Kiesel, Wieslaw Laskowski,
Reinhold Pohlner, Christian Schmid, Geza Toth,
Pavel Trojek, Rupert Ursin, Ulrich Weber,
Witlef Wieczorek, Anton Zeilinger, Marek Zukowski
“Linear optics quantum logic and multi-photon
entanglement” |
| SA3-2
12:15-12:30 |
Shigeki
Takeuchi, Tomohisa Nagata, Ryo Okamoto,
Keiji Sasaki, Jeremy O'Brien
“Four photon NOON state interferometer” |
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| 12:30-14:00 |
LUNCH |
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| POSTER
Session 2 | 14:00-16:00 |
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| 16:00-16:30 |
BREAK |
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| Oral
Session : Quantum Cryptography and Quantum
Communications Systems | 16:30-18:25 |
|
Charles
H. Bennett, Chair |
| SA4-1
16:30-17:00 |
Gregoire
Ribordy, Hugo Zbinden (Invited talk),
Alexios Beveratos,
Nicolas Gisin, Olivier Landry, Jeroen van
Houwelingen
“Recent progress in Quantum Key Distribution” |
| SA4-2
17:00-17:15 |
H.
Takesue, E. Diamanti, C. Langrock, M.
M. Fejer, Y. Yamamoto
“100 km secure key distribution using
low-jitter up-conversion detectors” |
| SA4-3
17:15-17:45 |
Nicolas
Gisin (Invited talk)
“Long distance entanglement swapping:
a first step to a quantum repeater?” |
| SA4-4
17:45-18:25 |
William
K. Wootters (Award talk), Daniel Sussman
“Discrete phase space and minimum-uncertainty
states” |
| 19:00- |
BANQUET |
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| SUNDAY,
December 3, 2006 |
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| Oral
Session : Non-Classical Light Sources
| 9:00-10:30 |
|
Franco
N. C. Wong, Chair |
| SU1-1
9:00-9:30 |
Andrew
Shields (Invited talk), Mark Stevenson,
Robert Young, Paola Atkinson, Ken Cooper,
David Ritchie
“A semiconconductor device for generating
pairs of entangled photons” |
| SU1-2
9:30-10:00 |
Dirk
Bouwmeester (Invited talk)
“Solid-state cavity QED and multi-photon
interferometry” |
| SU1-3
10:00-10:30 |
Keiichi
Edamatsu (Invited talk), Goro Oohata,
Ryosuke Shimizu
“Polarization entanglement of photons
from a biexciton” |
| 10:30-10:45 |
BREAK |
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| POSTER
Session 3 | 10:45-12:45 |
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| 12:45-14:00 |
LUNCH |
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| Oral
Session : Quantum Optics for Information Processing
(5) | 14:00-15:00 |
|
Prem
Kumar, Chair |
| SU2-1
14:00-14:30 |
P.
G. Kwiat (Invited talk), J. Altepeter,
J. Barreiro, E. Jeffrey, T. -C. Wei
“Exploring the limits of quantum communication” |
| SU2-2
14:30-15:00 |
Jian-Wei
Pan (Invited talk), Qiang Zhang, Alexander
Goebel, Claudia Wagenknecht, Yu-Ao Chen, Bo
Zhao, Tao Yang, Alois Mair, Joerg Schmiedmayer
“Experimental quantum teleportation
of a two-qubit composite system” |
| 15:00-15:20 |
BREAK |
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| Parallel
Session : A | 15:20-16:50 |
|
Barry
C. Sanders, Chair |
| SU3A-1
15:20-15:35 |
Masato
Koashi
“Efficient quantum key distribution
with practical sources and detectors” |
| SU3A-2
15:35-15:50 |
Christian
Kurtsiefer, Ivan Marcikic, Alexander Ling,
Darwin Gosal, Antia Lamas-Linares
“Free-space quantum key distribution
using polarization entangled photons” |
| SU3A-3
15:50-16:05 |
Jerome
Lodewyck, Simon Fossier, Rosa Tualle-Brouri,
Thierry Debuisschert,
Philippe Grangier
“Implementation of a continuous variables
quantum key distribution setup over long distances” |
| SU3A-4
16:05-16:20 |
F.
Sciarrino, M. Ricci, F. De Martini, R.
Filip, L. Mista Jr.
“Realization of a minimal disturbance
quantum measurement” |
| SU3A-5
16:20-16:35 |
Witlef
Wieczorek, Nikolai Kiesel, Christian Schmid,
Reinhold Pohlner, Geza Toth, Enrique Solano,
Harald Weinfurter
“Experimental analysis of a symmetric
four-photon entangled state” |
| SU3A-6
16:35-16:50 |
Akimasa
Miyake, Caroline Kruszynska, Hans J. Briegel,
Wolfgang Duer
“Entanglement purification protocols
for all graph states” |
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| Parallel
Session : B | 15:20-16:50 |
|
Masanao
Ozawa, Chair |
| SU3B-1
15:20-15:35 |
Christopher
A. Fuchs
“More on the quantumness” |
| SU3B-2
15:35-15:50 |
J.
A. Vaccaro
“Group theoretic formulation of complementarity” |
| SU3B-3
15:50-16:05 |
S.
D. Bartlett, R. W. Spekkens, M. R. R.
Dowling, T. Rudolph
“How to observe a coherent superposition
of an atom and a molecule” |
| SU3B-4
16:05-16:20 |
John
Jeffers, Stephen M. Barnett, James D.
Cresser, David T. Pegg
“Measurement master equation” |
| SU3B-5
16:20-16:35 |
Lev
B. Levitin, Tommaso Toffoli
“Energy dissipation in reversible computing” |
| SU3B-6
16:35-16:50 |
V.
P. Belavkin
“On relative fidelities for quantum
channels” |
| 16:50-17:10 |
BREAK |
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| Oral
Session : Quantum Oscillators | 17:10-18:10 |
|
Jeffrey
H. Shapiro, Chair |
| SU4-1
17:10-17:40 |
G.
J. Milburn (Invited talk), A. K. Ringsmuth,
M. Schlosshauer
“Measurement and control of quantum
electromechanical systems.” |
| SU4-2
17:40-18:10 |
Paolo
Tombesi (Invited talk), Marco Lucamarini,
Stefano Pirandola, David Vitali
“Entanglement formation and its exploitation
in macroscopic resonators” |
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| Closing
Session | 18:10-18:50 |
| Osamu
Hirota, Chair |
| SU5-1
18:10-18:40 |
C.
H. Bennett
“Summary talk” |
| SU5-2
18:40-18:50 |
Jeffrey
Shapiro (Chairman of the conference)
“Closing remarks” |
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