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Julien Laurat receives the 2024 Jean Jerphagnon Prize
The Jean Jerphagnon Prize 2024 honors Julien Laurat, Co-Founder of the startup Welinq for his outstanding contribution for the development of quantum memories.
Shining new light on photonic quantum computers
What make a quantum computer different from a normal -often called “classical”- computer?
Two LKB members win ERC 2022 grants
Julien Laurat and Quention Glorieux, two members of the Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, have been awarded prestigious ERC grants.
Two LKB members appointed to the IUF
L’Institut Universitaire de France has named two members of the LKB for the class of 2022.
Connecting the quantum internet
Researchers at the Kastler Brossel Laboratory in Paris have succeeded in implementing a novel “hybrid” entanglement swapping protocol, bringing within reach the connection of disparate platforms in a future, heterogeneously-structured, quantum internet.
Nanofibre and cold atoms: a new quantum platform
By modifying the structure of the waveguide, it is possible to increase the interaction between light and atoms in a single passage, or to achieve interactions of tunable range between the atoms.
Record-breaking efficiency for secure quantum memory storage
A record efficiency of 70%
A tiny mirror – Physicists reflect light with only 2000 atoms
In the September 23th issue of the Physical Review Letters, Prof. Julien Laurat and his team report they have managed to realize an efficient mirror constituted of only 2000 atoms.
