Quantum technologies

This UE is specific to the NanoQuant pathway and offers a high-level fundamental training in the field of Quantum Technologies, i.e. current and future realizations of new technologies based on concepts such as quantum coherence and entanglement, enabling functionalities and sensitivities that surpass their classical analogues.

Following on from the M1 courses in quantum physics(Atoms, Molecules and Radiation in semester 1, and Advanced Quantum Mechanics in semester 2), in the second year students will follow a specific course entitled Quantum Technologies, covering modern issues and problems linked to the "second" quantum revolution and its developments in quantum communication, sensors and computation: theory of open quantum systems, density matrix, elements of quantum optics, quantum entanglement and quantum coherence quantifiers. The course will include a series of practical exercises specific to Quantum Technologies, as well as seminars.

• Atoms, Molecules and Radiation
• Analytical mechanics
• Advanced quantum mechanics
• Elements of light-matter interaction physics

Recommended prerequisites :

• Electromagnetism
• Condensed matter physics

Continuous assessment.

• Open Quantum Systems
• Density matrix and pilot equation
• Quantum entanglement and coherence quantifiers
• Elements of quantum optics
• Hanbury Brown and Twiss experiment
• Physics and applications of quantum sensors (ultra-cold atoms and NV centers in diamonds)
• Bell equals