Abstract
Quantum networking enables a range of emerging quantum enhanced applications such as improved quantum processor scaling architectures, and enhanced sensitivity distributed sensing protocols. However, the challenges associated with integrating quantum devices capable of capturing and storing quantum states and in scaling these technologies beyond a few qubits prevents these applications from be developed. In this talk, I will discuss the recent efforts at MIT Lincoln Laboratory to both interface quantum memories into existing deployed telecom network links and to develop scalable and modular quantum memory systems for improved quantum networking rates as well as to enable advanced quantum network functionality.
Biography
P. Benjamin Dixon is a senior staff member in the Optical and Quantum Communications group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, where he has overseen the development of several key quantum networking technologies including high-rate entanglement sources, scalable photonic quantum memory devices, and high-fidelity quantum frequency-conversion systems, as well as the development of the collaborative Boston-area quantum network testbed which connects MIT Lincoln Laboratory to several Boston area universities and organizations. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida in 2005, his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Rochester in 2012, and completed a postdoctoral appointment at MIT in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department in 2014.
