Since Sep. 2010, Hugues de Riedmatten is an ICREA Research Professor and group leader in quantum optics at the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) in Barcelona. He obtained a Master in Physics Engineering from EPFL in 1999, and a PhD in experimental quantum optics from the University of Geneva in 2003, for his work on long distance quantum communication in optical fibers. He was then postdoctoral scholar at Caltech, where he worked on initial demonstrations of quantum networks with cold cold atomic ensembles and single photons. In 2006, he was appointed senior researcher at the Univ. of Geneva, where he led the solid state quantum memory activities. He has published more than 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals . He was the recipient of the Barcelona City Prize 2017, of an ERC Starting Grant and of a Frontier Research grant from the US Moore Foundation Hugues is a member of the executive team of the quantum flagship FPA Quantum Internet Alliance, and an associate editor of Optica.
Research interests
Hugues de Riedmatten leads the Quantum Photonics group at ICFO. His research interests are in quantum information science (QIS) and quantum optics. QIS is a research field that aims at controlling quantum coherence in light and matter in order to enable new information processing capabilities impossible with classical resources. He is interested in the quantum control of light matter interaction between single photons and atomic ensembles implemented with rare-earth doped solids and cold atomic gases. Other research lines include quantum non-linear optics with Rydberg atoms, and the detection and manipulation of single ions in the solid-state. The goal is to develop the quantum technology to implement quantum information networks and quantum repeaters. A more fundamental goal is to enable the observation of fascinating quantum effects, such as entanglement, with distant material systems and to explore the limits of quantum coherence in complex material systems.
Selected publications
- Rakonjac JV, Grandi S, Wengerowsky S, Lago-Rivera D, Appas F & de Riedmatten H 2023, '
Optica Quantum, 1, 2, 94-102.
- Deshmukh C, Beattie E, Casabone B, Grandi S, Serrano D, Ferrier A, Goldner P, Hunger D & De Riedmatten H 2023 'Detection of single ions in a nanoparticle coupled to a fiber cavity', Optica, 10 - 10 - 1339 - 1344.
- Zhou ZQ, Liu C, Li CF, Guo GC, Oblak D, Lei M, Faraon A, Mazzera M & de Riedmatten H 2023, 'Photonic Integrated Quantum Memory in Rare-Earth Doped Solids', Laser & Photonic Reviews, 17, 2300257.
- Lago-Rivera D, Rakonjac JV, Grandi S & de Riedmatten H 2023, 'Long distance multiplexed quantum teleportation from a telecom photon to a solid-state qubit', Nature Communications, 14, 1, 1889.
- Alqedra MK, Deshmukh C, Shuping L, et al. 2023, 'Optical coherence properties of Kramers' rare-earth ions at the nanoscale for quantum applications', Physical Review B, 108, 7, 075107.
Selected research activities
Selected invited talks
- "Quantum Networking with rare-earth based quantum nodes," European Quantum Technology Conference 2023, Hannover, Germany
- "Quantum memories for Quantum repeaters" Keynote talk at the INSQT workshop on Space Quantum Internet, Berlin, Germany, August 30th 2023
- Quantum networking with solid-state based quantum repeater nodes, invited talk at Quantum Matter 2023, Madrid, May 25th 2023.
- Quantum Networking with rare-earth-based quantum nodes, invited talk at Bristol Quantum Information Technology workshop, Bristol, UK, April 27th 2023
- Prospects for a quantum repeater, Keynote talk at Inside Quantum Technology Europe, The Hague, NL, March 14th 2023
Other responsibilities (selected):
- Associate editor of the journal Optica
- Co-Program chair of the Optica conference Quantum 2.0
- Work-package leader Quantum Internet Alliance, European Quantum Flagship
- Member of the strategic research and innovation agenda working group of the European Quantum Flagship