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DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Christoph Simon\nhosted by Shabir Barzanjeh\nAbstract:
  I will talk about the potential for quantum networks in two very differen
 t contexts\, starting with the technological quest to realize a global qua
 ntum network. The first quantum communication satellite was recently launc
 hed in China. It is a low-earth orbit satellite carrying a source of entan
 gled photon pairs. I will describe a proposal how such satellites could be
  used as part of a quantum network architecture to create entanglement ove
 r global distances\, and our work on the components required for such netw
 orks. I will then turn to the brain. It is well established that neurons c
 an emit photons. For these photons to be able to serve as signals between 
 neurons\, they would need to travel in waveguides. We showed\, based on de
 tailed theoretical modeling\, that myelinated axons could serve as photoni
 c waveguides\, and we proposed experimental tests. Our results also raise 
 the question whether photons could mediate quantum entanglement in the bra
 in.
LOCATION:Big Seminar room Ground floor / Office Bldg West (I21.EG.101)\, IS
 TA
ORGANIZER:sdanzing@ist.ac.at
SUMMARY:Christoph Simon: Quantum networks - around the globe and in the bra
 in?
URL:https://talks-calendar.ista.ac.at/events/403
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