The Stanford Photonics Research Center

Quantum Information Science

The QIS Working Group develops quantum technologies with potential applications in communications, computation, encryption, and navigation. The group has been engaging industry in frank and well-informed discussions of the inevitable shift to quantum technologies in many areas of information technology and telecommunications, with a focus on identifying sustainable but directed strategies for bringing these quantum concepts and phenomena into commercial markets.  The group is exploring fundamental advances in fabrication, metrology, and control of nanoscale devices and understanding the quantum dynamics of these devices. Continuing activities of the working group will include tutorials on basic and advanced topics in quantum information science and the physics of quantum technology, a moderated web discussion forum on new developments in the field, and activities aimed at increasing student awareness of quantum engineering careers in industry.