Anthony Laing

Correspondence Name	Anthony Laing
Telephone Number	+44 (0)117 928 8145         internal   88145
Fax Number	+44 (0)117 9255624
Email Address	Anthony.Laing@bristol.ac.uk
Personal Home Page	Link to home page
Position	Research Assistant
Office Location	1.27

Research Interests

• Quantum optics, theory and experiment:
  
  Photonic quantum interference and generalized Hong-Ou-Mandel interference effects; spontaneous parametric down conversion and non-classical states of light; waveguide optical circuits for quantum information processing



• Entanglement and non-locality:
  
  Entanglement as a resource; fundamentals and entanglement; non-locality in higher dimensional systems; super-non locality (PR boxes)



• Hilbert space geometry:
  
  Geometric models of state representation for higher dimensional systems; Optical circuits constructed to different unitary decompositions

Papers

• High-fidelity operation of quantum photonic circuits
  A. Laing, A. Peruzzo, A. Politi, M.R. Rodas,M. Halder, M. G. Thompson, J. L. O'Brien
  arXiv:1004.0326v2, To appear in Applied Physics Letters (2010),



• Reference frame independent quantum key distribution
  A. Laing, V. Scarani, J. G. Rarity, J. L. O'Brien
  Physical Review A, 82 012304 (2010)
  



• Simple scheme for expanding photonic cluster states for quantum information
  P. Kalasuwan, G. Mendoza, A. Laing, T. Nagata, J. Coggins, M. Callaway, A. Stefanov, S. Takeuchi, J. L. O'Brien
  Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 27 6 A181 (2010)



• Experimental quantum process discrimination
  Anthony Laing, Terry Rudolph, Jeremy L. O'Brien
  Physical Review Letters, 102 160502 (2009)
  



• Multimode quantum interference of photons in multiport integrated devices
  A. Peruzzo, A Laing, A. Politi, T. Rudolph J. L. O'Brien
  arXiv:1007.1372
  

Media Coverage

• New Scientist - Satellite quantum communication circles closer
• Science Daily - Quantum Ghosts Are Helpful
• Waveguides make quantum computers more reliable

Selected Conference Talks and Seminars

• Reference frame independent quantum key distribution
  A. Laing, V. Scarani, J.G. Rarity, J.L. O'Brien
  Sapienza Universita di Roma, Quantum Optics Group, April 22, 2010
  
  
• Quantum interference in multi-mode photonic waveguides
  A. Laing, A. Peruzzo, A. Politi, M.R. Rodas,M. Halder, M. G. Thompson, J. L. O'Brien
  ECIO10 Cambridge, UK, April 6 - 9, 2010
  
  
• Fault Tolerant Quantum Processes, Quantum Process Discrimination and Photonic waveguides
  A. Laing, T. Rudolph, A. Peruzzo, A. Politi, M. Rodas Verde, M. Halder, M. Thompson and Jeremy L. O'Brien
  CQIQCI II, Fields Institute, Toronto, Canada, August 24- 27, 2009
  
  
• Quantum Process Discrimination
  A. Laing, T. Rudolph, J. L. O'Brien
  Photon 08, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 26/08/2008 to 29/08/2008
  
  
• Quantum Process Discrimination
  A. Laing, T. Rudolph, J. L. O'Brien
  Quantum 2008: IV workshop ad memoriam of Carlo Novero. Advances in Foundations of Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information with atoms and photons, Turin, Italy, May 19 - 23, 2008
  
  
• Quantum Process Discrimination
  A. Laing, T. Rudolph, J. L. O'Brien
  Imperial College London Quantum Information Theory Group, 17/04/2008
  
  
• Quantum Process Discrimination
  A. Laing, T. Rudolph, J. L. O'Brien
  Oxford University Quantum Optics Group, 02/04/2008
  
  
• Experimental Demonstration of Measurement ID with Photonic Qubits
  A. Laing, T. Rudolph, J. L. O'Brien
  Bristol QCI Group, 12/12/2007
  
  

Co-author of more than 30 talks at international conferences comprising invited and post-deadline talks

Professional experience

• Co-supervisor of Masters student projects 2007 to 2010
  All projects awarded first class mark with departmental commendations
• Visiting Researcher, Griffith University (Australia) with Prof. Geoff Pryde Oct 2008 to Dec 2008
• Physics Undergraduate 2nd Yr Laboratory Demonstrator, University of Bristol Oct 2006 to June 2008