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 Masters in Physics 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 fiber. He was then postdoc 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 published more than 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals and has given over 90 talks. 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 Internet Alliance and he is 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
- Lowinski J, Heller L, Padrón-Brito A, Theophilo K, de Riedmatten H 2024, 'Strongly Nonlinear Interaction between Nonclassical Light and a Blockaded Rydberg Atomic Ensemble', Physical review letters, 132 - 5 - 053001.
- Welinski S, Beattie E, Ulrich L, Wengerowsky S, De Riedmatten H, Morvan L & Berger P 2024, 'Wideband and low-spurious optical waveform generator for optically addressable quantum systems manipulation and control', Optics express, 32 - 12 - 20992 - 21006.
- Hoffet F, Lowinski J, Heller L, Padrón-Brito A & de Riedmatten H 2024, 'Near-Unity Indistinguishability of Single Photons Emitted from Dissimilar and Independent Atomic Quantum Nodes', Prx quantum, 5 - 3 - 030305.
- Durant S, Wengerowsky S, Feldmann L, Seri A, Casabone B & De Riedmatten H 2024, 'Efficient cavity-assisted storage of photonic qubits in a solid-state quantum memory', Optics express, 32 - 15 - 26884 - 26895.
- Ceccarelli F, Rakonjac J, Grandi S, de Riedmatten H, Osellame R & Corrielli G 2024, 'Integrated thermo-optic phase shifters for laser-written photonic circuits operating at cryogenic temperatures', Journal of physics-photonics, 6 - 4 - 045023.
Selected research activities
Selected invited talks:
- Building quantum repeaters with solid-state guantum memories, QR.X Workshop on recent developments in quantum repeater technology, Bad Honnef, Germany
- Quantum Internet, the next step, Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain
- Towards quantum repeaters with solid-state quantum nodes, Single Photon Workshop 2024, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Entangling ensembles of rare-earth spins at a distance, Conference on Spin Defects in Solids for Quantum Information Science, Paris, France,
Other responsibilities (selected):
- Executive team of European Quantum Flagship Project Quantum Internet Alliance
- Associate editor of Optica
- Co-Chair of Quantum 2.0 Optica Conference
- Member of steering committee Workshop on Quantum Repeaters and Networks
- Member of steering committee of Rare-Earth Ion for Quantum Information Workshop