Our goal is to perform research and development on the commercial exploitation of quantum information processing (QIP). While our primary long-term goal is the implementaton of a large-scale quantum computer, all technologies related to QIP, including quantum communication and quantum cryptography, are of interest to us.

Within the next few years, we plan to construct prototypes of quantum information devices and to build a portfolio of useful intellectual property. We intend to set up R&D laboratories (in house and/or through collaborations).

Member EC involvement:

List of researchers/contributors:

Hoi-Kwong Lo (Chief Scientist)
Norbert Lutkenhaus
Jayson Cohen

Key publications:

Books:

1. H-K Lo, S. Popescu, and T. Spiller, eds, "Introduction to Quantum Computation to Information'' (World Scientific, Singapore 1998).
2. S. Braunstein and H-K Lo, eds, "Scalable Quantum Computers: Paving the way to realization'' (Wiley-VCH, to appear)

Review Articles:

1. H-K Lo, "Cryptography's quantum barrier'', Physics World, June 2000, p. 17.
2. D. Gottesman and H-K Lo, "From Quantum Cheating to Quantum Security'', Physics Today, Nov. 2000

Selected Original Papers:

1. H-K Lo and H. F. Chau, "Is Quantum Bit Commitment Really Possible'' Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 3410 (1997).
2. H-K Lo, "Insecurity of Quantum Secure Computations'' Phys. Rev. A 56, 1154 (1997).
3. H-K Lo and S. Popescu, "Concentrating entanglement by local actions: beyond mean properties'', to appear in PRA.
4. H-K Lo and H. F. Chau, "Unconditional Security of Quantum Key Distribution over arbitrarily long distances'', Science 283, 2050 (1999).
5. G. Brassard, N. L\"{u}tkenhaus, T. Mor and B. Sanders, "Security Aspects of Practical Quantum Cryptography'' Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1330 (2000).
6. N. L\"{u}tkenhaus, "Estimates for practical quantum cryptography''. Phys. Rev. A 59, 3301 (1999).