Infoptics

Friday, 12/12/2008, 11 am, room A5-01.
Seminar: Antonio Zelaquett Khoury (IF-UFF)
Title: Quebra espontânea de simetria e hiperemaranhamento em um oscilador paramétrico óptico com momento angular orbital
Abstract.

Friday, 5/12/2008, 11 am, room A5-01.
Journal Club. Raphael Dias on models for measurement-based quantum computation.
Abstract and references.

Wednesday, 3/12/2008, 4 pm, room A5-01.
Seminar: Sandra Vianna (DF - UFPE)
Title: Acumulação coerente em átomos de rubídio excitados por um trem de pulsos ultra-curtos.
Abstract.

Friday 31/10/2008, 11 am, room A5-01.
Seminar: José Augusto Huguenin (EEIMVR - PUVR - UFF)
Title: Propriedades transversas na oscilação paramétrica
Abstract.

Friday 26/9/2008, 11 am, room A5-01.
Seminar: Rômulo de Abreu (IF-UFF).
Title: Estados e Operadores Unitários Aleatórios para Informação Quântica
Abstract.

Friday 12/9/2008, 11 am, room A5-01
Journal Club: Marcelo Hahn on Quantum Noise in the Collective Abstraction Reaction A+B_{2} –> AB+B.
References:
Jing et al., Quantum Noise in the Collective Abstraction Reaction A+B_{2} --> AB+B.

Friday 5/9/2008, 11 am, room A5-01
Journal Club: Igor Diniz on quantum pseudo-random algorithms.
References:
Harrow, Random Quantum Circuits are Aproximate 2-designs.
Yonatan Most, Formation of Multipartite Entanglement Using Random Quantum Gates.
Ambainis and A.Smith. Small Pseudo-Random Families of Matrices:Derandomizing Approximate Quantum Encryption.

Friday 30/5/2008, 11 am, room A2-07
Seminar: Eduardo Novais (Duke University)
Title: Resilient Quantum Computation in Correlated Environments: A Quantum Phase Transition Perspective
Abstract.

Friday 9/5/2008, 11 am, room A5-01
Journal Club: Ernesto Galvão on the convex geometry of the set of quantum states.
References:
1- Jones, Linden.
2- Bengtsson, Ericsson.

Friday 18/4/2008, 11 am, room A5-01
Kaled Dechoum on critical phenomena in non-linear quantum optical systems.
Abstract.

Friday 11/4/2008, 11 am, room A5-01
Journal Club meeting, Carlos Eduardo Souza on:
Quantum CNOT gates with orbital angular momentum and polarization of single-photon quantum logic. Li-Ping Deng, Haibo Wang, and Kaige Wang, JOSA B, Vol. 24, Issue 9, pp. 2517-2520.

Friday 4/4/2008, 11 am, room A5-01
Journal Club meeting, Ernesto Galvão on contextuality and experimental demonstrations of this quantum property. Based on

1- Ernesto's thesis, section 2.2.

2- Michler et al.

3- Barret and Kent.

Friday 29/3/2008, 11 am, room A5-01
Journal Club meeting, Antonio Zelaquett on a photonic implementation of selective efficient quantum process tomography, based on this paper by Paz et al.

Friday 7/3/2008, 11 am, room A5-01
Speaker: Sérgio M. Dutra (Commerzbank - Londres)
Title: O que os físicos fazem em bancos de investimento?
Abstract.