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JQI Researchers Win 2023 UMD Quantum Invention of the Year Award

This year Joint Quantum Institute (JQI)(link is external), a research partnership between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland, researchers and their colleagues have won in the quantum category for a new method for counting particles of light—photons—without destroying them. Non-destructively counting photons has potential uses in quantum computers and quantum networks that store information in quantum states of light.

The co-inventors nominated for their non-destructive photon counting protocol(link is external) are:

  • Alexey Gorshkov: JQI Fellow, Physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a Fellow of the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS)(link is external) and Adjunct Professor in the UMD Department of Physics and UMIACS(link is external)
  • Michael J. Gullans: Physicist at NIST, QuICS(link is external) Fellow and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the UMD Department of Physics(link is external) and UMIACS(link is external)
  • Trey Porto: JQI Fellow, Physicist at NIST and Adjunct Professor in the UMD Department of Physics(link is external)
  • Chris Fechisin: JQI and QuICS graduate student
  • Kunal Sharma: Former QuICS Hartree Postdoctoral Fellow 
  • Przemyslaw Bienias: Former JQI and QuICS postdoctoral researcher
  • Steve Rolston: JQI Fellow and Professor in the UMD Department of Physics(link is external)

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Created April 30, 2024, Updated May 1, 2024