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X-WR-CALNAME:P&A Colloquium: Tim Thomay\, "Quantum Light: Advancing applica
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DESCRIPTION:Join the Department of Physics and Astronomy on Wednesday\, Feb
 ruary 26 at 2:30pm in White Hall G09 for a colloquium presented by Tim Tho
 may (SUNY-Buffalo). The title of the talk is\, "Quantum Light: Advancing a
 pplications for Communication and Sensing."  A reception will precede the 
 colloquium at 2:00pm in White Hall 111.\n\n \n\nAbstract\n\nQuantum light 
 offers groundbreaking opportunities in communication\, computing and sensi
 ng\, forming the foundation of the emerging “Quantum Internet”. Most c
 urrent applications rely on single photons and quantum entanglement to ach
 ieve a quantum advantage. While both techniques are extremely successful a
 nd have shown to allow eavesdropping safe communication and sensing beyond
  the Shot noise limit\, one of the biggest challenges to address remain lo
 sses. This presentation will provide an introduction of quantum light high
 lighting its distinctions from classical light sources. Then I will discus
 s the generation of quantum light from solid state based sources\, in part
 icular in the context of the interaction of quantum light with coherent li
 ght. I will then talk about how to incorporate nanostructures into optical
  fibers and applications for fiber-based quantum devices.  Finally\, I wil
 l showcase our latest and most applied research\, where quantum light sour
 ces are employed in plants to generate a quantum fingerprint\, enabling th
 e optimization of growth conditions.\n\n \n\nBiography\n\nDr. Thomay is an
  experimental physicist specializing in solid state quantum light emitters
 \, ultrafast dynamics of excitonic systems\, and fiber integration of quan
 tum detectors and sources. He is an assistant professor in the physics dep
 artment at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He started to stud
 y physics in Konstanz Germany\, with stops for his Bachelor’s degree at 
 the Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas\, in Rio de Janeiro\, Brasil u
 nder the supervision of Dr. Elisa Baggio-Saitovitch and the University of 
 Vienna\, Austria. After obtaining his master’s degree in Konstanz he als
 o did his PhD there where he focussed on ultrafast spectroscopy and nanofa
 brication of nanoscale semiconductors and photonic structures. He subseque
 ntly won a postdoctoral fellowship grant to study at the National Institut
 e of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg\, MD\, USA where he s
 tudied the quantum optical properties of III-VI Quantum Dots and their app
 lications in Quantum Communication. After being a research scientist in th
 e Electrical Engineering Department at the State University of New York at
  Buffalo\, he became an Assistant Professor in the Physics Department.
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LOCATION:White Hall\, G09
SUMMARY:P&A Colloquium: Tim Thomay\, "Quantum Light: Advancing applications
  for Communication and Sensing"
URL;VALUE=URI:https://cal.wvu.edu/event/pa-colloquium-tim-thomay-quantum-li
 ght-advancing-applications-for-communication-and-sensing
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