Prof. Michael Cada
Prof. Michael Cada
ICFO welcomes new members
New researchers, students, visitors, technicians and members of the administration area have joined ICFO.
April 17, 2008
One visiting professor, Prof. Michael Cada; one postdoctoral researcher, Dr. Leandro Aolita; two visiting scientists, Dr. Omar Jímenez Henríquez and Mr. Richard Hildner; one PhD student, Mr. Hannes Gothe; two undergraduate students, Mr. Loic le Gat and Mr. Xavier de la Fuente; one biolab technician, Mr. César Alonso Ortega; two members of the administration area, Mr. Michele Catanzaro and Ms. Magda Lara; and one nanofabrication lab technician, Mr. Francisco Javier Pérez Díaz, have joined ICFO.
Prof. Michael Cada joins Prof. Lluis Torner’s group as a visiting professor. He will be collaborating with several ICFO groups in projects related to photonic devices for optical signal processing and integrated optical devices.
Dr. Leandro Aolita joins Prof. Antonio Acín’s group. His research will mainly be on the use of continuous-variable systems for quantum information purposes. These systems represent a valid alternative to their finite-dimensional counterpart due to their realistic and controlled implementation using quantum optical technology. Aolita’s work, then, will be in the intersection between Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Theory.
Dr. Omar Jiménez Henríquez joins Prof. Antonio Acín’s group. The purpose of his stay is to study the connection between entanglement and the security of Quantum Cryptography protocols. It is well established that entanglement represents a necessary condition for the security of these protocols. However, it is an open question whether it is also sufficient or, on the contrary, there exist entangled states (or entangling channels) that are useless for Quantum Cryptography. Emphasis will be given to prepare and measure protocols, with the objective of their implementation using current technology.
Mr. Richard Hildner joins Prof. Niek van Hulst’s group. He will work on ultrafast excitation of single molecules. Exploiting pulse shaping to generate specific time-frequency encoded pulses, Richard will specifically explore the femtosecond-picosecond dynamics of coupled molecular complexes.
Mr. Hannes Gothe joins Prof. Jürgen Eschner’s group. He will join the experimental team working with cold trapped ytterbium atoms and building tools for quantum optical information technology, based on the controlled interaction between atoms and photons inside optical resonators.
Mr. Loic le Gat joins Prof. Jens Biegert’s group. He will work on synchronization aspects of OPCPA.
Mr. Xavier de la Fuente joins Prof. Antonio Acin’s group. Semi-definite programming is a very powerful numerical technique that has been successfully applied to the study of relevant problems in Quantum Information Theory, such as the detection of entangled states or the study of quantum correlations in general. Xavier de la Fuente will study these techniques and develop the corresponding software tools.
Mr. César Alonso joins Pablo Loza’s group as a biolab technician. He will take care of maintaining colonies of different groups of nematode worms C. Elegans. Moreover, he will obtain neuronal cells, maintain them and prepare them for their correct visualization with microscopy techniques.
Mr. Michele Catanzaro joins ICFO at the Documentation & Media Unit. He will take care of the media coverage and news related to the scientific research developed at ICFO.
Ms. Magda Lara joins the administartion area as purchaser in the Purchasing & Investment Unit.
Mr. Francisco Javier Pérez Díaz joins ICFO at the nanofabrication lab. He will work in lab maintenance and technical support tasks.
Prof. Michael Cada joins Prof. Lluis Torner’s group as a visiting professor. He will be collaborating with several ICFO groups in projects related to photonic devices for optical signal processing and integrated optical devices.
Dr. Leandro Aolita joins Prof. Antonio Acín’s group. His research will mainly be on the use of continuous-variable systems for quantum information purposes. These systems represent a valid alternative to their finite-dimensional counterpart due to their realistic and controlled implementation using quantum optical technology. Aolita’s work, then, will be in the intersection between Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Theory.
Dr. Omar Jiménez Henríquez joins Prof. Antonio Acín’s group. The purpose of his stay is to study the connection between entanglement and the security of Quantum Cryptography protocols. It is well established that entanglement represents a necessary condition for the security of these protocols. However, it is an open question whether it is also sufficient or, on the contrary, there exist entangled states (or entangling channels) that are useless for Quantum Cryptography. Emphasis will be given to prepare and measure protocols, with the objective of their implementation using current technology.
Mr. Richard Hildner joins Prof. Niek van Hulst’s group. He will work on ultrafast excitation of single molecules. Exploiting pulse shaping to generate specific time-frequency encoded pulses, Richard will specifically explore the femtosecond-picosecond dynamics of coupled molecular complexes.
Mr. Hannes Gothe joins Prof. Jürgen Eschner’s group. He will join the experimental team working with cold trapped ytterbium atoms and building tools for quantum optical information technology, based on the controlled interaction between atoms and photons inside optical resonators.
Mr. Loic le Gat joins Prof. Jens Biegert’s group. He will work on synchronization aspects of OPCPA.
Mr. Xavier de la Fuente joins Prof. Antonio Acin’s group. Semi-definite programming is a very powerful numerical technique that has been successfully applied to the study of relevant problems in Quantum Information Theory, such as the detection of entangled states or the study of quantum correlations in general. Xavier de la Fuente will study these techniques and develop the corresponding software tools.
Mr. César Alonso joins Pablo Loza’s group as a biolab technician. He will take care of maintaining colonies of different groups of nematode worms C. Elegans. Moreover, he will obtain neuronal cells, maintain them and prepare them for their correct visualization with microscopy techniques.
Mr. Michele Catanzaro joins ICFO at the Documentation & Media Unit. He will take care of the media coverage and news related to the scientific research developed at ICFO.
Ms. Magda Lara joins the administartion area as purchaser in the Purchasing & Investment Unit.
Mr. Francisco Javier Pérez Díaz joins ICFO at the nanofabrication lab. He will work in lab maintenance and technical support tasks.
Dr. Leandro Aolita
Dr. Jiménez and Mr. Hildner
Mr. Hannes Gothe
Mr. le Gat and Mr. de la Fuente
Mr. Alonso and Mr. Pérez
Mr. Catanzaro and Ms. Lara