Contemporary Quantum Technologies face major difficulties in fault tolerant quantum computing with error correction, and focus instead on various shades of quantum simulation (Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum, NISQ) devices, analogue and digital Quantum Simulators and quantum annealers. There is a clear need and quest for such systems that, without necessarily simulating quantum dynamics of some physical systems, can generate massive, controllable, robust, entanglement and superpositions states. This will in particular allow the use of decoherence in a controlled manner, enabling the use of these states for quantum communications (e.g. to achieve efficient transfer of information in a safer and quicker way), quantum metrology, sensing and diagnostics (e.g. to precisely measure phase shifts of light fields, or to diagnose quantum materials). We propose an answer to these needs, by opening new avenues for QI science in symbiosis with Attoscience (AS) and Quantum Optics (QO). To date, there are no existing platforms that can bring processes at such short time-scales to Quantum Information systems. Our joint project ATTOQUIS aims at realizing a set of stable and reproducible methods to generate massive entangled states and massive quantum superpositions. This will be accomplished by: i) Studying the generation of entangled/quantum correlated states using conditioning methods; ii) Studying strong-field physics and attosecond science driven by quantum light; iii) Studying quantitative and measurable effects of decoherence in attoscience.

The seminar will be followed by the“QUANTUM OPTICS AND TECHNOLOGY AT FORTH-IESL/UOC” workshop where our local invited speakers from FORTH-IESL and UoC, who will offer our distinguished visitor a flavor of the local research activities on quantum science and technology. The program and the abstracts can be found in the link: https://www.iesl.forth.gr/en/event/workshop/quantum-optics-and-technology-forth-iesluoc