Jeremy O'Brien
Australian physicist
Jeremy L. O'Brien | |
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![]() O'Brien in 2022 | |
Born | (1975-11-07) 7 November 1975 (age 48) Australia |
Alma mater | University of New South Wales |
Known for | Variational quantum eigensolver |
Scientific career | |
Fields | quantum optics, optical quantum metrology, quantum information science |
Institutions | University of Queensland, University of Bristol, University of Western Australia |
Jeremy O'Brien (born 1975, Australia[1]) is a physicist who researches in quantum optics, optical quantum metrology and quantum information science.[2] He co-founded and is CEO of the quantum computing firm PsiQuantum.[3][4] Formerly, he was Professorial Research Fellow in Physics and Electrical Engineering at the University of Bristol, and director of its Centre for Quantum Photonics.[5][3]
His work in optical quantum computing has included the demonstration of the first optical quantum controlled NOT gate.[6]
Honours and awards
- 2009 European Quantum Information Young Investigator Award[7]
- 2010 Adolph Lomb Medal of the Optical Society of America[2]
- 2010 IUPAP Prize in Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics[8]
- 2010 Moseley medal and prize of the Institute of Physics[9]
- 2010 Daiwa Adrian Prize
- 2011 Elected to the Global Young Academy[citation needed]
Selected publications
- O'Brien, JL; Schofield, S. R.; Simmons, M. Y.; Clark, R. G.; Dzurak, A. S.; Curson, N. J.; Kane, B. E.; McAlpine, N. S.; Hawley, M. E.; Brown, G. W. (2001). "Towards the fabrication of phosphorus qubits for a silicon quantum computer". Physical Review B. 64 (16): 161401. arXiv:cond-mat/0104569. Bibcode:2001PhRvB..64p1401O. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.64.161401. S2CID 119494991.
- O'Brien, JL; Pryde, GJ; White, AG; Ralph, TC; Branning, D (2003). "Demonstration of an all-optical quantum controlled-NOT gate". Nature. 426 (6964): 264–267. arXiv:quant-ph/0403062. Bibcode:2003Natur.426..264O. doi:10.1038/nature02054. PMID 14628045. S2CID 9883628.
- O'Brien, Jeremy L. (2007). "Optical Quantum Computing". Science. 318 (5856): 1567–1570. arXiv:0803.1554. Bibcode:2007Sci...318.1567O. doi:10.1126/science.1142892. PMID 18063781. S2CID 15701944.
- Politi, Alberto; Cryan, Martin J.; Rarity, John G.; Yu, Siyuan; O'Brien, Jeremy L. (2008). "Silica-on-Silicon Waveguide Quantum Circuits". Science. 320 (5876): 646–9. arXiv:0802.0136. Bibcode:2008Sci...320..646P. doi:10.1126/science.1155441. PMID 18369104. S2CID 3234732.
- O'Brien, Jeremy L. (2008). "Quantum computing over the rainbow". Physics. 1 (23): 23. Bibcode:2008PhyOJ...1...23O. doi:10.1103/Physics.1.23.
References
- ^ Barrow, John D.; Davies, Paul C. W.; Harper, Charles L. (2004). Science and ultimate reality: quantum theory, cosmology, and complexity. Cambridge University Press. p. 695. ISBN 978-0-521-83113-0.
- ^ a b "2010 OSA Awards" (PDF). Optics and Photonics News. June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
- ^ a b Titcomb, James (16 November 2019). "Bristol professor's secretive quantum computing start-up raises £179m". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ Titcomb, James (27 July 2021). "Quantum computing start-up founded by British academics worth $3.2bn". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Bristol University Physics—Centre for Quantum Photonics—Academic Staff". University of Bristol. Archived from the original on 8 February 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
- ^ O'Brien, JL; Pryde, GJ; White, AG; Ralph, TC; Branning, D (2003). "Demonstration of an all-optical quantum controlled-NOT gate". Nature. 426 (6964): 264–267. arXiv:quant-ph/0403062. Bibcode:2003Natur.426..264O. doi:10.1038/nature02054. PMID 14628045. S2CID 9883628.
- ^ "QIPC Young Investigator Award 2009". QUROPE (Quantum Information Processing and Communication in Europe). Archived from the original on 16 September 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
- ^ "Double honour for Professor O'Brien". University of Bristol. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
- ^ "2010 Moseley medal and prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
External links
- Jeremy O'Brien: Home page. Department of Physics, University of Bristol.
- Professor Jeremy O'Brien. Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Bristol.
- Jeremy O'Brien: Recent publications. Quantum Computation & Information Group, University of Bristol.