8 - 11 June 2026
Waterloo, ON, Canada

Photonics for Quantum conference

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Photonics for Quantum conference

A complete range of subjects including quantum information systems; quantum communications and cryptography; quantum computing and simulation; quantum sensing, imaging, and timing systems and quantum materials and devices.

Quantum computing and simulation:

  • photonics-based approaches to qubits
  • the use of photonics components and devices in quantum computing and simulation
  • optically controlled non-photonic qubit approaches including neutral atom, trapped ion, NV diamond and superconducting qubits
  • scalability and error correction schemes
  • quantum algorithms and software development
  • neuromorphic computing
  • quantum memories
  • quantum computer architectures
  • the use of quantum simulators in drug discovery and designing novel materials
  • applications of quantum computers and simulators including those in healthcare, finance, energy and security
  • the role of AI/ML in quantum computing and simulation

Quantum sensing, imaging, timing, and precision metrology:

  • optical and atomic clock technologies and applications
  • sensor devices including gravimeters, accelerometers, and gyroscopes
  • imaging devices and solutions
  • image processing
  • quantum-entanglement enabled imaging
  • quantum imaging in turbulent environments
  • imaging with undetected photons or imaging at low light levels
  • the use of AI/ML in sensing and imaging
  • the use of squeezed light in precision metrology
  • quantum optics
  • quantum holography
  • interferometry
  • field demonstrations of sensors, imaging systems and precision metrology and timing solutions

Quantum networks and communications:

  • free-space and fiber-based solutions
  • quantum cryptography
  • quantum key distribution methods
  • satellite networks and communications
  • sources and devices for networks and communications
  • approaches for a quantum internet
  • the effect of turbulence on free-space communications
  • applications of quantum networks and communication including those for banking and finance, healthcare, e-commerce, and security and defense

Quantum materials, devices, and components:

  • logic gates
  • repeaters
  • modulators
  • single-photon sources
  • detectors
  • silicon photonics devices
  • photonic integrated circuits
  • novel material systems for quantum technologies
  • processing, fabrication and scaling of quantum materials
  • methods for characterization and testing of quantum materials

2026 Conference Chairs


Lindsay LeBlanc

Univ. of Alberta (Canada)

Michael Reimer

Univ. of Waterloo (Canada)

Nir Rotenberg

Queen's University (Canada)

Program Committee


Shabir Barzanjeh
Univ. of Calgary (Canada)

Jonas N. Becker
Michigan State Univ. (United States)

Kathy-Anne Brickman-Soderberg
Air Force Research Lab. - Rome (United States)

Siamak Dadras
TOPTICA Photonics, Inc. (United States)

Klea Dhimitri
Hamamatsu Corp. (United States)

Sasan V. Grayli
Simon Fraser Univ. (Canada)

Edwin E. Hach
Rochester Institute of Technology (United States)

Kimberley C. Hall
Dalhousie Univ. (Canada)

Daniel B. Higginbottom
Simon Fraser Univ. (Canada)

Erika Janitz
Univ. of Calgary (Canada)

Helena Knowles
Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom)

Shannon Nicley
Michigan State Univ. (United States)

David Northeast
National Research Council Canada (Canada)

Nicolas N. Quesada
Polytechnique Montréal (Canada)

Philip Walther
Univ. Wien (Austria)

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