"Integrated Photonics for Quantum Technologies: fundamentals, challenges and future perspectives"

Abstract:

Integrated photonics has emerged as a transformative platform for advancing quantum technologies, offering unprecedented scalability, stability, and functionality for applications ranging from quantum communication and computation to sensing and metrology. This talk provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamental principles of integrated photonics, focusing on its unique advantages for quantum applications. Examples about recent solutions and developments as well as an analysis of current challenges will be provided. The presentation will also explore future perspectives based on recent advances in in materials and fabrication techniques.

The talk will also briefly discuss some of the main tools and software currently used for the development of integrated quantum photonic circuits.

Bio:

Stefano Signorini got his PhD in Physics in 2019 from the University of Trento (Italy), where he worked on classical and quantum integrated photonics, with particular focus on integrated quantum light sources. Since 2021 he is a Postdoc at ICFO, where his activity is focused on the development of novel photonic integrated circuit for applications in quantum communication, quantum sensing and computation.