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Welcome to the UMBC Quantum Information Group website. The QIG is led by Jim Franson and Todd Pittman of the UMBC Physics Department. We are primarily interested in optical approaches to quantum information processing. Our current research efforts focus on Linear Optics Quantum Computing and Quantum Zeno Gates.

You may also be interested in the UMBC Quantum Optics Group, led by Yanhua Shih and Mort Rubin.

NEWS!

May 2009: New Preprint: quant-ph/ 0905.1261 "All Optical Switching using the Quatum Zeno Effect and Two-Photon Absorption".

May 2009: Graduate student Meimei Lai joins our research group. Welcome Meimei!

May 2009: New Preprint: quant-ph/0809.5038 "Role of Post-Selection in Two-Photon Interferometer Tests of Bell's Inequalities

Jan. 2009: Undergraduate physics major Stephanie Ferrone joins our research group. Welcome Stephanie!

Oct. 2008: Mike Herrera successfully defends his MS thesis, "Improved Technologies for a Single-Photon Source". Way to go Mike!

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