The Catalonia Quantum Academy (CQA) is a collaborative platform under Quantica Mediterranean Valley of Quantum Science and Technologies, established to coordinate efforts to leverage the region’s internationally recognized expertise to strengthen education, training and professional development in Quantum Science and Technology (QST). The Catalonia Quantum Academy is offering up to 8 Student Research Fellowships for Master’s students s enrolled…
We are pleased to announce that the 9th edition of the Quantum Information in Spain (ICE) conference will be held from the 11th to the 15th of November 2024 at Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife). ICE is the annual meeting of the Spanish Network on Quantum Information (RITCE) which brings together national and international researchers…
El Grupo Especializado de Información Cuántica de la Real Sociedad Española de Física convoca la I Edición del Premio GEIC a la Mejor Tesis Doctoral en Información y Tecnologías Cuánticas. Serán elegibles todas aquellas personas que hayan defendido una tesis doctoral en España en una temática dentro del campo de la información o las tecnología…
Miembros de la Red Española de Información Cuántica y Tecnologías Cuánticas co-organizan dos simposios en la Bienal de la Real Sociedad Española de Física en San Sebastián, que tendrá lugar del 15 al 19 de julio de 2024 (https://bienalfisica.org/en/home) – Simposio Información Cuántica (miércoles 17 julio) – Desarrollos en computación cuántica (experimental y teórica) y en teoría de la…
Lidia Lozano Martín (ICCUB) Is it possible to develop an efficient solid-state emitter of single and entangled photons suitable for space to ground communications among other quantum applications? Present single-photon and entangled-photons emitters exhibit important challenges, limiting their use in quantum applications like secure communication based on quantum key distribution (QKD), quantum metrology and sensing.…
Carlos Fulgado (IFT) One of the most striking phenomena within the realm of Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetimes is the creation of particles as a consequence of the expansion of the universe. We study this effect for the case of Dirac fermions and propose a cold-atom gravitational analogue to implement this effect in controlled…
Antonio Acín (ICFO) Bell’s theorem proves the existence of quantum correlations, often known as Bell nonlocal, that cannot be described by classical theories, in which measurement outcomes are predetermined. In recent years, Bell nonlocal correlations have also acquired the status of information resource, as they are crucial for the construction of quantum information protocols in…
Fionnuala Curran (ICFO) One of the most counterintuitive aspects of quantum theory is its claim that there is intrinsic randomness in the physical world. Arising from the phenomenon of superposition, this intrinsic or private randomness is inaccessible to any eavesdropper, a fact that is exploited in the design of quantum random number generators. We investigate…
Mateo Uldemonlins (Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS) A magnetic impurity on a conventional superconductor is one of the most simple pair-breaking defects that induces in-gap Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR) bound states. Predicted soon after the publication of the BCS theory for superconductivity, they now enjoy a renewed wave of interest thanks to the advancements in atomic functionalization and local…
Dorye L. Esteras (ICMol) The exfoliation of graphene down to the monolayer limit opened a new field of science based on infinitely thin materials. Encouraged by these findings, several efforts have been made in order to bring magnetism into the 2-dimensional (2D) limit. Despite the predictions of Mermin-Wagner theorem, these systems have magnetic order under…
