Biography:Jeremy O'Brien
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Short description: Australian physicist
Jeremy L. O'Brien | |
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| Born | 7 November 1975 |
| Alma mater | University of New South Wales |
| Known for | Quantum photonics |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | quantum optics, optical quantum metrology, quantum information science |
| Institutions | University of Queensland, University of Bristol, University of Western Australia |
Jeremy O'Brien (born 1975, Australia[1]) is a physicist who researches in quantum optics, optical quantum metrology and quantum information science.[2] He co-founded and serves as CEO of the quantum computing firm PsiQuantum.[3][4] Formerly, he was Professorial Research Fellow in Physics and Electrical Engineering at the University of Bristol, and director of its Centre for Quantum Photonics.[5][3]
His work in optical quantum computing has included the demonstration of the first optical quantum controlled NOT gate.[6]
Honours and awards
- 2009 European Quantum Information Young Investigator Award[7]
- 2010 Adolph Lomb Medal of the Optical Society of America[2]
- 2010 IUPAP Prize in Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics[8]
- 2010 Moseley medal and prize of the Institute of Physics[9]
- 2010 Daiwa Adrian Prize
- 2011 Elected to the Global Young Academy[citation needed]
Selected publications
- O'Brien, JL; Schofield, S. R.; Simmons, M. Y.; Clark, R. G.; Dzurak, A. S.; Curson, N. J.; Kane, B. E.; McAlpine, N. S. et al. (2001). "Towards the fabrication of phosphorus qubits for a silicon quantum computer". Physical Review B 64 (16): 161401. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.64.161401. Bibcode: 2001PhRvB..64p1401O.
- O'Brien, JL; Pryde, GJ; White, AG; Ralph, TC; Branning, D (2003). "Demonstration of an all-optical quantum controlled-NOT gate". Nature 426 (6964): 264–267. doi:10.1038/nature02054. PMID 14628045. Bibcode: 2003Natur.426..264O.
- O'Brien, Jeremy L. (2007). "Optical Quantum Computing". Science 318 (5856): 1567–1570. doi:10.1126/science.1142892. PMID 18063781. Bibcode: 2007Sci...318.1567O.
- Politi, Alberto; Cryan, Martin J.; Rarity, John G.; Yu, Siyuan; O'Brien, Jeremy L. (2008). "Silica-on-Silicon Waveguide Quantum Circuits". Science 320 (5876): 646–9. doi:10.1126/science.1155441. PMID 18369104. Bibcode: 2008Sci...320..646P.
- O'Brien, Jeremy L. (2008). "Quantum computing over the rainbow". Physics 1 (23): 23. doi:10.1103/Physics.1.23. Bibcode: 2008PhyOJ...1...23O.
References
- ↑ Barrow, John D.; Davies, Paul C. W.; Harper, Charles L. (2004). Science and ultimate reality: quantum theory, cosmology, and complexity. Cambridge University Press. p. 695. ISBN 978-0-521-83113-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=K_OfC0Pte_8C&pg=PA695.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "2010 OSA Awards". Optics and Photonics News. June 2010. http://www.osa.org/awards_and_grants/Awards/42-OSAAwards_june_v2.pdf.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Titcomb, James (2019-11-16). "Bristol professor's secretive quantum computing start-up raises £179m" (in en-GB). The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2019/11/16/bristol-professors-secretive-quantum-computing-start-up-raises/.
- ↑ Titcomb, James (2021-07-27). "Quantum computing start-up founded by British academics worth $3.2bn" (in en-GB). The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2021/07/27/quantum-computing-start-up-founded-british-academics-worth-32bn/.
- ↑ "Bristol University Physics—Centre for Quantum Photonics—Academic Staff". University of Bristol. http://www.phy.bris.ac.uk/groups/cqp/people.php.
- ↑ O'Brien, JL; Pryde, GJ; White, AG; Ralph, TC; Branning, D (2003). "Demonstration of an all-optical quantum controlled-NOT gate". Nature 426 (6964): 264–267. doi:10.1038/nature02054. PMID 14628045. Bibcode: 2003Natur.426..264O.
- ↑ "QIPC Young Investigator Award 2009". QUROPE (Quantum Information Processing and Communication in Europe). http://www.qurope.net/Q_Confs/q_confs.php?type=confs&trig_id=6.
- ↑ "Double honour for Professor O'Brien". University of Bristol. http://bristol.ac.uk/news/2010/7040.html.
- ↑ "2010 Moseley medal and prize". Institute of Physics. http://www.iop.org/about/awards/career/moseley/medallists/page_43973.html.
External links
- Jeremy O'Brien: Home page. Department of Physics, University of Bristol.
- Professor Jeremy O'Brien. Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Bristol.
- Jeremy O'Brien: Recent publications. Quantum Computation & Information Group, University of Bristol.
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