EACN 2022

Organizers

Boulat Bash, Christian Deppe, Janis Nötzel, Stefano Rini

Technical Chair

Boulat Bash, Christian Deppe, Janis Nötzel, Uzi Pereg, Stefano Rini, Matteo Rosati

Local Organization

Benjamin Kambs, Marianne Lenzen, Uzi Pereg, Matteo Rosati, Simon Sekavčnik

Workshop Schedule

Thursday, February 3

15:30 — Coffee and Sandwiches
16:15 — Welcome

Chair: Boulat Bash

16:30 
Dan Kilper
Driving Forces in Systems Research:
from Optical Transmission to Quantum-Optical Transmission (20’ + 10’)

17:00 — Poster Session

• Semi-quantum key distribution
  Konrad Banaszek

• QKD mission – Quantsat-PT Cubesat
  Vladlen Galetsky

• Discussion on design principles towards quantum enabled communication networks
  Thomas Hühn and Julius Schulz-Zander

• Quantum Clustering for Nonlinear Noise Mitigation in Fibre Communication Systems
  Ark Modi

• Reducing energy consumption of fiber networks via quantum communication technology
  Janis Nötzel and Matteo Rosati

• Quantum memory time-frequency processor for collective measurements
  Michał Parniak

• Communication with Unreliable Entanglement Assistance
  Uzi Pereg

• Compact Cooling Solutions
  Sebastian Schaile

• Simultaneous transmission of classical and quantum information under channel uncertainty and jamming attacks
  Sajad Saeedinaeeni

• Quantum link emulation in Software defined networks
  Simon Sekavčnik

• Quantum Semantic Security
  Nicolo Toniolo

18:30 — Dinner

19:30
Matthieu Bloch
Quantum secured networks? (20’)

20:00 — Open Round

Friday, February 4

S1 QR.X Session

Chair: Christian Deppe

09:00
Christoph Becher
Towards elementary quantum repeater links – an overview on the research network QR.X (30’)

09:30
Tim van Leent
Experimental device-independent quantum key distribution (30’ + 15’)

10:15 — Coffee Break —

10:35
Jon Finley
Hardware for semiconductor-based quantum repeater technologies (30’ + 15’)

11:20
Alexander Kubanek
Towards Quantum Repeater based on SiV-center in Diamond (30’ + 15’)

12:05
Peter van Loock
Analytical Quantum Repeater Modelling (30’ + 15’)

13:00 — Lunch —

14:00
Christine Silberhorn
Quantum communication with nonlinear integrated optics and pulsed light (20’ + 10’)

14:30
PANEL DISCUSSION: Quantum Repeater (45’)

15:15 — Coffee Break —

S2 Technical Quantum Modelling

Chair: Janis Nötzel

15:35
Lee Ray-Kuang 
Machine-learning enhanced quantum state tomography (10’ + 5’)

15:50
Alexander Streltsov
Catalytic Transformations of Pure Entangled States (10’ + 5’)

16:05
Christian Kurtsiefer
Quantum communication in urban networks and single photon engineering (10’ + 5’)

16:20 — Coffee Break —

17:10
Riccardo Bassoli 
Practical quantum networks for 6G: requirements and limitations – a theoretical perspective (10’ + 5’)

17:25
Francisco Elohim Becerra 
Non-Gaussian optical measurements surpassing the quantum noise limit (10’ + 5’)

17:40
PANEL DISCUSSION: Panel on Proper Modelling (45’)

18:15 — Platform meetings (QR.X / 45’)

19:15 — Conference Dinner —

Saturday, February 5

S3 Industry / Field Trials

Chair: Christian Deppe

09:00
Marc Geitz
The OpenQKD/QR.X Testbed in Berlin (15’ + 5’)

09:20
Sebastian Schaile
Compact Cooling Solutions (15’ + 5’)

09:40
Adrià Sansa Perna
Entanglement-based QKD, from Lab to Fab (15’ + 5’)

10:00
Bart Van der Vecht
Application programming for the quantum internet (15’ + 5’)

10:20 — Coffee Break —

10:40
Manfred Lochter
Quantum Key Distribution from a security perspective: developments and issues (15’ + 5’)

11:00
PANEL DISCUSSION: Challenges in Field Trials, Prototyping, and Product Development (30’)

11:30 — Open Round (30’)

13:00 — Lunch —

S4 Networks and Sensing

Chair: Uzi Pereg

14:00
Caspar Hopfmann and Riccardo Bassoli
Practical quantum networks for 6G: requirements, limitations and perspectives – an experimentalist perspective (15’ + 5’)

14:20
Wenhan Dai (online)
Entanglement Swapping Protocols for Quantum Networks (15’ + 5’)

14:40
Kirill Fedorov
Quantum teleportation of propagating microwaves (15’ + 5’)

15:00 — Coffee Break —

15:20
Amit Ashok
Quantum-inspired Optical Super-resolution Imaging (15’ + 5’)

15:40
Animesh Datta (online)
Quantum light microscopy and spectroscopy (15’ + 5’)

16:00 — Coffee Break —

16:30
PANEL on Quantum Networks

18:30 — Dinner —

Sunday, February 6

S5 Quantum Receiver Technology

Chair: Janis Nötzel

09:00
Marcin Jarzyna
Quantum receivers in optical communication (15’ + 5’)

09:20
Michal Jachura
Joint detection receivers in photon-efficient communication and quantum key distribution (15’ + 5’)

09:40 — Coffee Break —

10:00
Michał Parniak
Quantum memory time-frequency processor for collective measurements (15’ + 5’)

10:20
PANEL: outlook, the role of quantum communications in 6G

11:30 — Good Bye —

12:00 — Lunch —

Participants

• Anant Agnihotri, Technical University of Munich

• Zuhra Amiri, Technical University of Munich

• Beatrice Andres, VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH

• Christian Arendt, BMW Group

• Ady Arie, Tel Aviv University

• Amit Ashok, University of Arizona

• Yosi Avron, Technion

• Benedikt Baier, Technical University of Munich

• Konrad Banaszek, University of Warsaw

• Ricardo Barrios, Airbus

• Boulat Bash, University of Arizona

• Riccardo Bassoli, Technische Universität Dresden

• Francisco Becerra, University of New Mexico

• Christoph Becher, Saarlandes University

• Jonathan Becker, Technical University of Munich

• Oliver Benson, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

• Mohamed Benyoucef, University of Kassel

• Florian Bischeltsrieder, German Aerospace Center

• Ivo Bizon, Technische Universität Dresden

• Matthieu Bloch, Georgia Institute of Technology

• Holger Boche, Technical University of Munich

• Roberto Bomfin, Technische Universität Dresden

• Catharina Broocks, Technical University of Munich

• Dagmar Bruss, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

• Quirin Buchinger, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

• Michael Bullock, University of Arizona

• Timothy Burt, L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

• Minglai Cai, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

• En Jui Chang, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

• Ziad Chaoui, Technische Universität Berlin

• Allen Cooper, University of Arizona

• Tim Coopmans, QuTech

• Wenhan Dai, University of Massachusetts

• Animesh Datta, University of Warwick

• Shahram Dehdashti, Technical University of Munich

• Tobias Denzler, VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH

• Christian Deppe, Technical University of Munich

• Oliver De Vries, Quantum Optics Jena GmbH

• Stephen Diadamo, Cisco

• Kristian Döbrich, VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH

• Jens Eisert, Freie Universität Berlin

• Kirill Fedorov, Walther-Meißner-Institute of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities

• Roberto Ferrara, Technical University of Munich

• Jonathan Finley, Technical University of Munich

• Frank Fitzek, Technische Universität Dresden

• Fred Fung, Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH

• Thomas Gabor, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

• Vladlen Galetsky, Technical University of Munich

• Marc Geitz, Deutsche Telekom AG

• Soham Ghosh, Technical University of Munich

• Alok Gokhale, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

• Álvaro Gómez Iñesta, Delft University of Technology

• Esteban Gómez-López, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

• Zihao Gong, University of Arizona

• Suchetana Goswami, University of Warsaw

• Ilya Goykhman, Technion

• Federico Grasselli, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

• Olaf Gröscho, Technical University of Munich

• Sinan Gündogdu, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

• Norbert Hanik, Technical University of Munich

• Alexander Holevo, Steklov Mathematical Institute

• Caspar Hopfmann, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Material Research Dresden

• Thomas Hühn, University of Applied Sciences Nordhausen

• David Hunger, Karlsruher Institute of Technology

• Dorina Ismaili, Technical University of Munich

• Michał Jachura, University of Warsaw

• Kambiz Jamshidi, Technische Universität Dresden

• Marcin Jarzyn, University of Warsaw

• Alejandro Jimenez, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

• Benjamin Kambs, Saarlandes University

• Kshitij Kapoor, Technical University of Munich

• Wolfgang Kellerer, Technical University of Munich

• Daniel Kilper, Trinity College Dublin

• Kerim Köster, Karlsruher Institute of Technology

• Gerhard Kramer, Technical University of Munich

• Alexander Kubanek, Ulm University

• Prem Kumar, Northwestern University

• Julia Kunzelmann, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

• Kao-Yueh Kuo, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

• Chris Kurstiefer, National University of Singapore

• Ching-Yi Lai, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

• Francisco Lazaro Blasco, German Aerospace Center

• Ray-Kuang Lee, National Tsing Hua University

• Richard Liou, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

• Gianluigi Liva, German Aerospace Center

• Manfred Lochter, German Federal Office for Information Security

• Norbert Lutkenhaus, University of Waterloo

• Parisa Majari, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

• Felix Mann, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

• Peter Michler, University of Stuttgart

• Ark Modi, Technical University of Munich

• Ullrich Mönich, Technical University of Munich

• Kai Müller, Technical University of Munich

• Janis Nötzel, Technical University of Munich

• Florian Otto, attocube systems AG

• Michał Parniak, University of Warsaw

• Uzi Pereg, Technical University of Munich

• Siavash Qodratipour, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

• Stefano Rini, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

• Dominik Ritter, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

• Michaela Ritter, Deutsche Telekom AG

• Stephan Ritter, TOPTICA Photonics AG

• Matteo Rosati, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

• Johannes Rosenberger, Technical University of Munich

• Georgi Gary Rozenman, Tel Aviv University

• Sajad Saeedinaeeni, Technical University of Munich

• Adrià Sansa Perna, Quantum Optics Jena GmbH

• Sebastian Schaile, attocube systems AG

• Julius Schulz-Zander, Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute

• Simon Sekavčnik, Technical University of Munich

• Christine Silberhorn, Paderborn University

• Anshul Singhal, Technical University of Munich

• William Staunton, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

• Alexander Streltsov, University of Warsaw

• Leo Sünkel, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

• Mehrdad Tahmasbi, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica

• Tianrui Tan, University of Arizona

• Christopher Thalacker, Technical University of Munich

• Jordan Thomas, Northwestern University

• Ashley Tittelbaugh, University of Arizona

• Karan Tiwana, Technical University of Munich

• Nicolo Toniolo, Technical University of Munich

• Bart Van Der Vecht, QuTech

• Tim Van Leent, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

• Peter Van Loock, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

• Alonso Eduardo Viladomat Jasso, Universität Heidelberg

• Johannes Voichtleitner, Technical University of Munich

• Julius Wallnöfer, Freie Universität Berlin

• Moritz Wiese, Technical University of Munich

• Andreas Winter, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

• Henrike Wissing, Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute

• Chien-Ming Wu, National Tsing Hua University

• Michael Würth, Technical University of Munich

Acknowledgement

This event was a joint workshop of the TUM Institute for Communications Engineering supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) with the project QR.X. and the Emmy Noether Group “Theoretical Quantum System Design” supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

The organizers acknowledge funding by the DFG via grant NO 1129/2-1 and by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung via grant 16KISQ028 and thank MCQST for supporting us.

We gratefully acknowledge further funding by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany in the programme of "Souverän. Digital. Vernetzt.". Joint project 6G-life, and of the Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST).