About this Event

We will explain the opportunities which quantum technology and its relevant materials pose for future communication technologies.

Suitable for ages 12+.

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Further information

Professor Rachel Oliver, who delivered the lecture, leads the Cambridge Centre for Gallium Nitride. The Centre has a learning resources page (https://www.gan.msm.cam.ac.uk/resources) and a Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClpTu_hm2DUPIg_-cmXs8ow/%40%40images) where you can find out more about their research.

If you want to know more about…

… light emitting diodes (LEDs), you can watch our “Inside an LED” lecture on the Cambridge Centre for GaN youtube channel: There’s a short version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdlivdTaOi4) and a longer version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1FFh--7d9I) available. You can also download the Centre’s educational app about LEDS from the google store, for use on Android Devices: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cambridge.materials.galliumnitride.app.ledlab&hl=en_GB&gl=US

… why quantum computing is a threat to current information security, there’s an article here in Nature which is quite accessible: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03068-9 It’s an interview with Peter Shor, who invented Shor’s algorithm, which Rachel mentioned in the lecture.

… how to make single photons, this article from our collaborators in Oxford might be interesting: https://www.oxfordsparks.ox.ac.uk/run-for-your-light

… quantum cryptography, the relevant Wikipedia article is a good place to start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_cryptography

If you’re a teacher, there are schools resources related to this topic available from Oxford Sparks: https://www.oxfordsparks.ox.ac.uk/content/run-your-light