Physics of Information and Quantum Technologies Group

Our demonstration of free-space quantum communication was featured in Expresso

16/7/2019

Our demonstration of free-space quantum communication has once again been highlighted in the media. It has now been featured in the website of the weekly newspaper Expresso: IST faz com sucesso primeiras comunicações quânticas sem-fio em Portugal.

Our demonstration of free-space quantum communication was featured in IST News

16/7/2019

Our research, namely the demonstration of free-space quantum communications, has been featured in IST News: Instituto de Telecomunicações faz história na área das tecnologias quânticas.

Our research was featured in IST News

12/7/2019

Our latest article published in Physically Review Letters, "Topologically Protected Quantization of Work", after already having been featured as a Synopsis in APS Physics, has now also been featured in IST News: Artigo de investigadores do Técnico em destaque na Physical Review Letters.

Our demonstration of free-space quantum communications was featured in tech news website Exame Informática

12/7/2019

Our research, namely the demonstration of free-space quantum communications, has been featured in the tech news website Exame Informática: Comunicações quânticas sem fios feitas pela primeira vez em Portugal. This was the first time that free-space quantum communication was performed in Portugal.

Article "Topologically protected quantization of work" featured in APS Physics

11/7/2019

The article on Topologically protected quantization of work, by B. Mera, K. Sacha, Y. Omar, has been featured as a Synopsis in APS Physics.

Free-space quantum communication demonstrated at Encontro Ciência 2019

10/7/2019

Manfred Niehus and José Jesus, with the help of Marco Pezzutto and João Moutinho, have demonstrated free-space quantum communication at Encontro Ciência, thereby showing the portability of their setup. Congratulations to the Group, particularly to Manfred and José, and thanks to all the participants for their very positive feedback!

Portugal signs up to EU quantum communication infrastructure initiative

10/7/2019

Portugal signs up to EU quantum communication infrastructure initiative: the Minister of Science invited Prof. Yasser Omar to present the EU quantum communication infrastructure initiative before the signature.

Article "Topologically protected quantization of work" published in Physical Review Letters

9/7/2019

The article on Topologically protected quantization of work, by B. Mera, K. Sacha, Y. Omar, has been published in: Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 020601 (2019). Get PDF

Workshop Gulbenkian Talents in Quantum Technologies

25/6/2019

The Workshop Gulbenkian Talents in Quantum Technologies will take place on 8 July 2019, at 14:00, at Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.

Outreach talk by Jürgen Mlynek

24/6/2019

Jürgen Mlynek, Professor Emeritus of the Humboldt University of Berlin, is visiting us and will give an outreach talk for the general public on the Dawn of the Second Quantum Revolution on 8 July 2019.

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