Quantum technologies

This EU is specific to the NanoQuant program and offers high-level fundamental training in the field of Quantum Technologies, i.e., current and future developments in new technologies based on concepts such as quantum coherence and entanglement, which enable functionalities and sensitivities that exceed their classical counterparts.

Following on from the M1 courses in quantum physics (Atoms, Molecules, and Radiation in semester 1, and Advanced Quantum Mechanics in semester 2), students will take a specific course in their second year entitled Quantum Technologies, focusing on modern issues and problems related to the "second" quantum revolution and its developments in communication, sensors, and quantum computing: theory of open quantum systems, density matrix, elements of quantum optics, quantifiers of entanglement and quantum coherences.  This course will include a series of practical assignments specific to Quantum Technologies and will be supplemented by seminars.

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

Recommended prerequisites:

• Electromagnetism
• Condensed matter physics

Continuous assessment.

• Open Quantum Systems
• Density matrix and pilot equation
• Quantifiers of entanglement and quantum coherence
• Quantum optics elements
• Hanbury Brown and Twiss experiment
• Quantum physics and sensor applications (ultra-cold atoms and NV centers in diamonds)
• Bell's equalities