Stefano Paesani works on photonic quantum information processing and quantum sensing. Research: (1) silicon quantum photonic integrated circuits for quantum computing and measurement; (2) boson sampling and quantum advantage with photons; (3) quantum sensing using photonic cluster states. Recently joined Lodahl group at NBI as associate professor.
Parigi co-leads the Multimode Quantum Optics group at LKB alongside Treps. Research directions: (1) Multimode squeezed-state quantum networks — generating large-scale entangled cluster states using optical frequency combs; reconfigurable graph-state topologies for measurement-based quantum computing and distributed quantum sensing; (2) Multimode quantum sensing — using multimode squeezed states for simultaneous beyond-shot-noise estimation of multiple parameters (wavelengths, phases) in a spectrometer; (3) Non-Gaussian quantum states — heralded subtraction and addition of photons to Gaussian cluster states for universal CV quantum computation; (4) Quantum networks at telecom — generating multimode squeezed states compatible with fiber transmission. ERC Laureate. Employed by Sorbonne Université.
Patel's research focuses on quantum photonics and quantum information, developing high-performance single-photon and entangled-photon sources and photonic circuits for quantum communication and computing applications.
Alberto Politi's Quantum nanoPhotonics Lab develops photonic quantum technology platforms for quantum information and sensing. Research: (1) integrated quantum photonic circuits in silicon, glass, and diamond; (2) quantum simulation with integrated photonics; (3) single-photon sources coupled to nanophotonic waveguides (including hBN defect emitters). Part of UK Quantum Technology Hubs.
John Rarity's group works on quantum-enhanced measurements and free-space quantum key distribution. Research: (1) quantum imaging with undetected photons — mid-infrared gas sensing (CO2, CH4) exploiting entangled photon pairs, with only near-IR photons detected (startup QLM); (2) sub-shot-noise imaging using quantum-identical photon beams; (3) spin-photon interfaces (1D cavity with near-unit scattering efficiency); (4) compact satellite QKD transmitters (EPSRC Quantum Comms Hub). Highly relevant to quantum-enhanced sensing.
Rudolph is a pioneer of measurement-based and fusion-based photonic quantum computing architectures; he co-founded PsiQuantum and continues to work on the theory of scalable linear-optical quantum computation and quantum foundations at Imperial.
Safavi-Naeini's group engineers nanoscale optomechanical and electromechanical devices -- phononic-crystal membranes and superconducting-circuit-coupled resonators -- for quantum-limited force and displacement sensing and for coherent microwave-to-optical quantum transduction linking superconducting qubits to photonic quantum networks.
Sapienza's Integrated Quantum Photonics group studies quantum optics on a chip, developing nanophotonic devices that integrate solid-state single-photon emitters (III-V quantum dots) with photonic crystal and plasmonic cavities, alongside investigations of quantum effects in biomolecules.
Sayrin works on circular Rydberg-atom cavity QED at LKB, developing microwave-photon quantum-non-demolition detection and feedback-based quantum control protocols that build on the cavity-QED foundations pioneered by Haroche and Brune's team.
Pascale Senellart's group at C2N develops the world's most efficient and bright quantum dot single-photon sources. Research: (1) high-efficiency single-photon emitters based on semiconductor quantum dots in micropillar cavities — up to 99% efficiency, >98% photon purity; (2) entangled photon pair sources; (3) photonic integrated circuits for quantum information and sensing. Coordinator of Quantum-Saclay ecosystem; co-founder of Quandela (quantum photonics spinoff). Key for quantum sensing with non-classical light.