Rektor Linda Nielsen Københavns Universitet Nørregade 10 1017 ...

QUANTOP - Danmarks Grundforskningfonds Center for Quantum Optics, annual budget
6 million Kr per year, ca 2,7 million spent at NBI
EU grants CAUAC, COVAQIAL, QUICOV, SAWPHOTON, INTAS average total
annual budget from EU ca 3 million kr
SNF grants ca 1 million kr per year
Total external annual funding > 7 million kr
C.6 Formaliseret internationalt forskningssamarbejde . Angiv omfanget af
formaliseret internationalt forskningssamarbejde, herunder antal fælles publikationer
og/eller fælles forskningsansøgninger og –bevillinger inden for de seneste 3 år:
Strong participation in EU 6th Framework. International networks CAUAC, COVAQIAL,
QUICOV, SAWPHOTON total annual budget 3 million Kr
E. Polzik is coordinating the proposal for the network of excellence (Coordinated Action)
on Quantum Information in Europe, QUROPE.
Main international collaborators with whom joint papers were published in the past 3
years
Mikhail Lukin, Harvard University, USA.
K. Bartschat, Drake Univ, USA
E. Arimondo, University of Pisa, Italy
I. Cirac, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany
S. Massar and N. Cerf, Free University, Brussels
D. Kupriyanov, St. Petersburg Technical University, Russia
C.7 Øvrige forhold af betydning for identificering af kernefeltet:
NBI closely collaborates in the area of Quantum Optics with reseachers at the University
of Århus within the joint center QUANTOP established by Danmarks
Grundforskningsfond in 2001 and recently extended until 2011 (Center director E. Polzik,
NBI).
Part of this research takes place within the Nano Science center in Copenhagen.
NBI researchers in this field conduct high-rank international conferences (e.g. The Niels
Bohr Summer Institute – 2004, Danish Royal Academy meeting on Quantum Information
– 2005).
Quantum Optics programs were initiated in Denmark in the beginning of the 90s. By now
the field has matured in accord with the worldwide growth of this area. Two Nobel prizes,
in 1997 and in 2001, have been awarded in the area of ultracold atoms and Bose-Einstein
condensate. Quantum Optics and Quantum Information science is very attractive for
talented students. The field provides state-of-the-art training in optics, atomic physics and
solid state physics supported by a variety of table -top experiments carried out at NBI. The
field can also be directly traced back to the heritage of Niels Bohr and other founding
fathers of physics. The discussions between Bohr and Einstein about the nature of physics
which seemed to be of pure academic interest seventy years ago, nowadays can be directly
related to the progress of quantum information science. With the ever increasing speed of
internet and computers, manifestly quantum nature of information will become more and
more practic ally important. Development of the field of Quantum Optics and Quantum
Information provides the knowledge necessary for meeting the challenges of the modern
information society.
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