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The aim of this module is to provide an overview of advancement of quantum devices and technology in line with the development of nanoelectronics and nanotechnology. Students will gain knowledge of how the quantum mechanics are playing a key role in the state-of-the-art nanoscale semiconductor devices. They will become also familiar with devices that can realise quantum computing, quantum communication and quantum sensing. Quantum photonic and optomechanical devices, and quantum materials will be also covered.

The aim of this module is to provide an overview of advancement of quantum devices and technology in line with the development of nanoelectronics and nanotechnology. Students will gain knowledge of how the quantum mechanics are playing a key role in the state-of-the-art nanoscale semiconductor devices. They will become also familiar with devices that can realise quantum computing, quantum communication and quantum sensing. Quantum photonic and optomechanical devices, and quantum materials will be also covered.

Quantum information combines information science with quantum effects in physics to study of how to process and transmit information using quantum systems. This includes quantum computation, quantum teleportation and quantum cryptography. Quantum metrology is closely related, but focuses on using quantum effects to make high-resolution and highly sensitive measurements of physical parameters such as magnetic and gravitational field strengths. The course starts by revising the postulates of quantum theory with a quantum information flavour discussing how to store, process and read information using quantum systems. We will then study applications in quantum communications, quantum algorithms and quantum sensors.

Quantum information combines information science with quantum effects in physics to study of how to process and transmit information using quantum systems. This includes quantum computation, quantum teleportation and quantum cryptography. Quantum metrology is closely related, but focuses on using quantum effects to make high-resolution and highly sensitive measurements of physical parameters such as magnetic and gravitational field strengths. The course starts by revising the postulates of quantum theory with a quantum information flavour discussing how to store, process and read information using quantum systems. We will then study applications in quantum communications, quantum algorithms and quantum sensors.

Quantum information combines information science with quantum effects in physics to study of how to process and transmit information using quantum systems. This includes quantum computation, quantum teleportation and quantum cryptography. Quantum metrology is closely related, but focuses on using quantum effects to make high-resolution and highly sensitive measurements of physical parameters such as magnetic and gravitational field strengths. The course starts by revising the postulates of quantum theory with a quantum information flavour discussing how to store, process and read information using quantum systems. We will then study applications in quantum communications, quantum algorithms and quantum sensors.

Quantum information combines information science with quantum effects in physics to study of how to process and transmit information using quantum systems. This includes quantum computation, quantum teleportation and quantum cryptography. Quantum metrology is closely related, but focuses on using quantum effects to make high-resolution and highly sensitive measurements of physical parameters such as magnetic and gravitational field strengths. The course starts by revising the postulates of quantum theory with a quantum information flavour discussing how to store, process and read information using quantum systems. We will then study applications in quantum communications, quantum algorithms and quantum sensors.

Quantum information combines information science with quantum effects in physics to study of how to process and transmit information using quantum systems. This includes quantum computation, quantum teleportation and quantum cryptography. Quantum metrology is closely related, but focuses on using quantum effects to make high-resolution and highly sensitive measurements of physical parameters such as magnetic and gravitational field strengths. The course starts by revising the postulates of quantum theory with a quantum information flavour discussing how to store, process and read information using quantum systems. We will then study applications in quantum communications, quantum algorithms and quantum sensors.

Physical Chemistry is concerned with the application of physics to the study of chemical systems. Through physical chemistry one can understand and predict the behaviour of chemical systems, thereby allowing these systems to be optimised. This module provides a description of the basics of molecular spectroscopy and discusses several molecular spectroscopy techniques by focusing on the information content they provide. The basics of spectroscopy are discussed through quantum mechanical concepts thus building up the understanding of the microscopic world in the framework of quantum theory.

While coherence phenomena have long been familiar in the context of light waves, their manifestation in the context of matter waves is an exciting development of modern quantum science. This course aims to introduce the basic concepts needed to understand Quantum coherent phenomena, and the relevant experiments to probe such properties. We will study classical as well as quantum correlations which can be properties of light and matter. We will start briefly revisiting classical electrodynamics and quantum mechanics. We will then introduce the concept of photon, discuss photon statistics and noise, meet correlation functions and discuss relevant interferometry experiments. We will then discuss non-classical coherent and squeezed states such as Fock states. We will then discuss light-matter interaction as in cavity-QED. Finally, some applications of coherent light and coherent matter may include the discussion of examples such as Bose-Einstein condensation, quantum entanglement as well as selected topics from quantum communications, decoherence theory and quantum computing.

The approach in this lecture is rather phenomenological, while still introducing the typical mathematical tools to evaluate coherence and to describe the electromagnetic field in a quantum formalism. We hope that this will provide students with an ideal basis to understand coherent phenomena in all kinds of physical systems and provide an introduction to the field of quantum technologies.

While coherence phenomena have long been familiar in the context of light waves, their manifestation in the context of matter waves is an exciting development of modern quantum science. This course aims to introduce the basic concepts needed to understand Quantum coherent phenomena, and the relevant experiments to probe such properties. We will study classical as well as quantum correlations which can be properties of light and matter. We will start briefly revisiting classical electrodynamics and quantum mechanics. We will then introduce the concept of photon, discuss photon statistics and noise, meet correlation functions and discuss relevant interferometry experiments. We will then discuss non-classical coherent and squeezed states such as Fock states. We will then discuss light-matter interaction as in cavity-QED. Finally, some applications of coherent light and coherent matter may include the discussion of examples such as Bose-Einstein condensation, quantum entanglement as well as selected topics from quantum communications, decoherence theory and quantum computing.

The approach in this lecture is rather phenomenological, while still introducing the typical mathematical tools to evaluate coherence and to describe the electromagnetic field in a quantum formalism. We hope that this will provide students with an ideal basis to understand coherent phenomena in all kinds of physical systems and provide an introduction to the field of quantum technologies.