Yasser Omar
Group coordinator
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Current position
Group coordinator, Physics of Information and Quantum Technologies Group, Instituto de Telecomunicações
Associate Professor, Logic and Computation Unit, Department of Mathematics, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon
Director, Doctoral Programme in the Physics and Mathematics of Information, IST, University of Lisbon
Associate Professor, Logic and Computation Unit, Department of Mathematics, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon
Director, Doctoral Programme in the Physics and Mathematics of Information, IST, University of Lisbon
Education
Ph.D. in Physics, Centre for Quantum Computation, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, 2003
Physics Degree [Licenciatura em Engenharia Física Tecnológica], Instituto Superior Técnico, 1998
Physics Degree [Licenciatura em Engenharia Física Tecnológica], Instituto Superior Técnico, 1998
Teaching
Quantum Information Technologies: 2015 edition (videos), 2014 edition (videos).
Physics of Classical and Quantum Information.
Physics of Classical and Quantum Information.
Publications
Books
M. Mohseni, Y. Omar, G. Engel, M. Plenio, Quantum Effects in Biology, Cambridge University Press (2014).
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Articles
Papers in the pre-print archive: quant-ph.
G. Dvali, C. Gomez, D. Lust, Y. Omar, B. Richter, Universality of Black Hole Quantum Computing, arXiv:1605.01407 (2016). Get PDF
S. Chakraborty, L. Novo, A. Ambainis, Y. Omar, Spatial search by quantum walk is optimal for almost all graphs, Physical Review Letters 116, 100501 (2016) – Editors' Suggestion. Get PDF | Popular summary
M. H. Mohammady, M. Mohseni, Y. Omar, Minimising the heat dissipation of quantum information erasure, New Journal of Physics 18, 015011
(2016). Get PDF | Popular summary
L. Novo, M. Mohseni, Y. Omar, Disorder-assisted quantum transport in suboptimal decoherence regimes, Scientific Reports 6, 18142 (2016). Get PDF | Popular summary
Octavi Boada, Leonardo Novo, Fabio Sciarrino, Yasser Omar, Quantum walks in synthetic gauge fields with 3D integrated photonics, arXiv:1503.07172 (2015). Get PDF
S. Iubini, O. Boada, Y. Omar, F. Piazza, Transport of quantum excitations coupled to spatially extended nonlinear many-body systems, New J. Phys. 17, 113030 (2015). Get PDF
A. Bayat, Y. Omar, Measurement-Assisted Quantum Communication in Spin Channels with Dephasing, New J. Phys. 17, 103041 (2015). Get PDF
B. Richter, Y. Omar, Degradation of entanglement between two accelerated parties: Bell states under the Unruh effect, Phys. Rev. A 92, 022334 (2015). Get PDF | Popular summary
L. Novo, S. Chakraborty, M. Mohseni, H. Neven, Y. Omar, Systematic Dimensionality Reduction for Quantum Walks: Optimal Spatial Search and Transport on Non-Regular Graphs, Scientific Reports 5, 13304 (2015). Get PDF
R. Sousa, Y. Omar, Pretty good state transfer of entangled states through quantum spin chains, New J. Phys. 16, 123003 (2014). Get PDF | Popular summary
G. Cordourier-Maruri, Y. Omar, R. de Coss, S. Bose, Graphene-enabled low-control quantum gates between static and mobile spins, Phys. Rev. B 89, 075426 (2014). Get PDF
M. Mohseni, A. Shabani, S. Lloyd, Y. Omar, H. Rabitz, Geometrical effects on energy transfer in disordered open quantum systems, J. Chem. Phys. 138, 204309 (2013). Get PDF
F. M. Assis, A. Stojanovic, P. Mateus, Y. Omar, Improving Classical Authentication over a Quantum Channel, Entropy 14, 2531 (2012). Get PDF
G. Cordourier-Maruri, F. Ciccarello, Y. Omar, M. Zarcone, R. de Coss, S. Bose, Implementing quantum gates through scattering between a static and a flying qubit, Phys. Rev. A 82, 052313 (2010). Get PDF
V. Atanasov, Y. Omar, Quanta of Conformational Change: Conformons in alpha-helical proteins, New J. Phys. 12 (special issue: Focus on Quantum Effects and Noise in Biomolecules, ed. G. Fleming et al.), 055003 (2010). Get PDF
F. Ciccarello, G.M. Palma, M. Paternostro, M. Zarcone, Y. Omar, Entanglement generation between two spin-s magnetic impurities in a solid via electron scattering, Solid State Sciences 11, 931-934 (2009).
Y. Hida, H. Nakazato, K. Yuasa, Y. Omar, Entanglement generation by qubit scattering in three dimensions, Phys. Rev. A 80, 012310 (2009). Get PDF
F. Ciccarello, G. M. Palma, M. Zarcone, Y. Omar, V. R. Vieira, Static Disorder in a 1D Wire with Two Quantum Scattering Centers, Las. Phys. 17, 889-892 (2007). Get PDF
F. Ciccarello, G. M. Palma, M. Zarcone, Y. Omar, V. R. Vieira, Electron Fabry-Perot Interferometer with two Entangled Magnetic Impurities, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 40, 7993-8008 (2007). Get PDF
Y. Omar, Particle Statistics: a Resource for Quantum Information Processing, Cosmos - Journal of the Singapore National Academy of Science 2, 61-70 (2006). Get PDF
F. Ciccarello, M. Palma, M. Zarcone, Y. Omar and V. Rocha Vieira, Entanglement Controlled Single-electron Transmittivity, New J. Phys. 8, 214 (2006). Get PDF
Y. Omar, N. Paunkovic, L. Sheridan and S. Bose, Quantum Walk on a Line with two Entangled Particles, Phys. Rev. A 74, 042304 (2006). Get PDF
A. Costa Jr, S. Bose and Y. Omar, Entanglement of two Impurities through Electron Scattering, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 230501 (2006). Get PDF
Y. Omar, Indistinguishable Particles in Quantum Mechanics: an Introduction, Contemporary Physics 46, 437-448 (2005). Get PDF
Y. Omar, Particle Statistics in Quantum Information Processing, International Journal of Quantum Information 3, 201-205 (2005). Get PDF
S. Bose, A. Ekert, Y. Omar, N. Paunkovic and V. Vedral, Optimal State Discrimination Using Particle Statistics, Phys. Rev. A 68, 052309 (2003). Get PDF
N. Paunkovic, Y. Omar, S. Bose and V. Vedral, Entanglement Concentration Using Quantum Statistics, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 187903 (2002). Get PDF
Y. Omar, N. Paunkovic, S. Bose and V. Vedral, Spin-Space Entanglement Transfer and Quantum Statistics, Phys. Rev. A 65, 062305 (2002). Get PDF
Papers in the pre-print archive: quant-ph.
G. Dvali, C. Gomez, D. Lust, Y. Omar, B. Richter, Universality of Black Hole Quantum Computing, arXiv:1605.01407 (2016). Get PDF
S. Chakraborty, L. Novo, A. Ambainis, Y. Omar, Spatial search by quantum walk is optimal for almost all graphs, Physical Review Letters 116, 100501 (2016) – Editors' Suggestion. Get PDF | Popular summary
M. H. Mohammady, M. Mohseni, Y. Omar, Minimising the heat dissipation of quantum information erasure, New Journal of Physics 18, 015011
(2016). Get PDF | Popular summary
L. Novo, M. Mohseni, Y. Omar, Disorder-assisted quantum transport in suboptimal decoherence regimes, Scientific Reports 6, 18142 (2016). Get PDF | Popular summary
Octavi Boada, Leonardo Novo, Fabio Sciarrino, Yasser Omar, Quantum walks in synthetic gauge fields with 3D integrated photonics, arXiv:1503.07172 (2015). Get PDF
S. Iubini, O. Boada, Y. Omar, F. Piazza, Transport of quantum excitations coupled to spatially extended nonlinear many-body systems, New J. Phys. 17, 113030 (2015). Get PDF
A. Bayat, Y. Omar, Measurement-Assisted Quantum Communication in Spin Channels with Dephasing, New J. Phys. 17, 103041 (2015). Get PDF
B. Richter, Y. Omar, Degradation of entanglement between two accelerated parties: Bell states under the Unruh effect, Phys. Rev. A 92, 022334 (2015). Get PDF | Popular summary
L. Novo, S. Chakraborty, M. Mohseni, H. Neven, Y. Omar, Systematic Dimensionality Reduction for Quantum Walks: Optimal Spatial Search and Transport on Non-Regular Graphs, Scientific Reports 5, 13304 (2015). Get PDF
R. Sousa, Y. Omar, Pretty good state transfer of entangled states through quantum spin chains, New J. Phys. 16, 123003 (2014). Get PDF | Popular summary
G. Cordourier-Maruri, Y. Omar, R. de Coss, S. Bose, Graphene-enabled low-control quantum gates between static and mobile spins, Phys. Rev. B 89, 075426 (2014). Get PDF
M. Mohseni, A. Shabani, S. Lloyd, Y. Omar, H. Rabitz, Geometrical effects on energy transfer in disordered open quantum systems, J. Chem. Phys. 138, 204309 (2013). Get PDF
F. M. Assis, A. Stojanovic, P. Mateus, Y. Omar, Improving Classical Authentication over a Quantum Channel, Entropy 14, 2531 (2012). Get PDF
G. Cordourier-Maruri, F. Ciccarello, Y. Omar, M. Zarcone, R. de Coss, S. Bose, Implementing quantum gates through scattering between a static and a flying qubit, Phys. Rev. A 82, 052313 (2010). Get PDF
V. Atanasov, Y. Omar, Quanta of Conformational Change: Conformons in alpha-helical proteins, New J. Phys. 12 (special issue: Focus on Quantum Effects and Noise in Biomolecules, ed. G. Fleming et al.), 055003 (2010). Get PDF
F. Ciccarello, G.M. Palma, M. Paternostro, M. Zarcone, Y. Omar, Entanglement generation between two spin-s magnetic impurities in a solid via electron scattering, Solid State Sciences 11, 931-934 (2009).
Y. Hida, H. Nakazato, K. Yuasa, Y. Omar, Entanglement generation by qubit scattering in three dimensions, Phys. Rev. A 80, 012310 (2009). Get PDF
F. Ciccarello, G. M. Palma, M. Zarcone, Y. Omar, V. R. Vieira, Static Disorder in a 1D Wire with Two Quantum Scattering Centers, Las. Phys. 17, 889-892 (2007). Get PDF
F. Ciccarello, G. M. Palma, M. Zarcone, Y. Omar, V. R. Vieira, Electron Fabry-Perot Interferometer with two Entangled Magnetic Impurities, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 40, 7993-8008 (2007). Get PDF
Y. Omar, Particle Statistics: a Resource for Quantum Information Processing, Cosmos - Journal of the Singapore National Academy of Science 2, 61-70 (2006). Get PDF
F. Ciccarello, M. Palma, M. Zarcone, Y. Omar and V. Rocha Vieira, Entanglement Controlled Single-electron Transmittivity, New J. Phys. 8, 214 (2006). Get PDF
Y. Omar, N. Paunkovic, L. Sheridan and S. Bose, Quantum Walk on a Line with two Entangled Particles, Phys. Rev. A 74, 042304 (2006). Get PDF
A. Costa Jr, S. Bose and Y. Omar, Entanglement of two Impurities through Electron Scattering, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 230501 (2006). Get PDF
Y. Omar, Indistinguishable Particles in Quantum Mechanics: an Introduction, Contemporary Physics 46, 437-448 (2005). Get PDF
Y. Omar, Particle Statistics in Quantum Information Processing, International Journal of Quantum Information 3, 201-205 (2005). Get PDF
S. Bose, A. Ekert, Y. Omar, N. Paunkovic and V. Vedral, Optimal State Discrimination Using Particle Statistics, Phys. Rev. A 68, 052309 (2003). Get PDF
N. Paunkovic, Y. Omar, S. Bose and V. Vedral, Entanglement Concentration Using Quantum Statistics, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 187903 (2002). Get PDF
Y. Omar, N. Paunkovic, S. Bose and V. Vedral, Spin-Space Entanglement Transfer and Quantum Statistics, Phys. Rev. A 65, 062305 (2002). Get PDF
