Jeremy O'Brien explained

Jeremy L. O'Brien
Birth Date:	7 November 1975
Birth Place:	Australia
Fields:	quantum optics, optical quantum metrology, quantum information science
Workplaces:	University of Queensland, University of Bristol, University of Western Australia
Alma Mater:	University of New South Wales
Known For:	Variational quantum eigensolver

Jeremy O'Brien (born 1975, Australia^[1]) is a physicist who researches in quantum optics, optical quantum metrology and quantum information science.^[2] He co-founded and is CEO of the quantum computing firm PsiQuantum.^[3] Formerly, he was Professorial Research Fellow in Physics and Electrical Engineering at the University of Bristol, and director of its Centre for Quantum Photonics.^{[4] [5]}

His work in optical quantum computing has included the demonstration of the first optical quantum controlled NOT gate.^[6]

Honours and awards

• 2009 European Quantum Information Young Investigator Award^[7]
• 2010 Adolph Lomb Medal of the Optical Society of America^[2]
• 2010 IUPAP Prize in Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics^[8]
• 2010 Moseley medal and prize of the Institute of Physics^[9]
• 2010 Daiwa Adrian Prize
• 2011 Elected to the Global Young Academy

Selected publications

• 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.161401. O'Brien. JL. Schofield, S. R. . Simmons, M. Y. . Clark, R. G. . Dzurak, A. S. . Curson, N. J. . Kane, B. E. . McAlpine, N. S. . Hawley, M. E. . Brown, G. W. . Towards the fabrication of phosphorus qubits for a silicon quantum computer . Physical Review B. 64. 16. 161401. 2001. 2001PhRvB..64p1401O. cond-mat/0104569 . 119494991.
• O'Brien. JL. Pryde, GJ . White, AG . Ralph, TC . Branning, D . Demonstration of an all-optical quantum controlled-NOT gate. Nature. 2003. 426. 6964. 264–267. 10.1038/nature02054. 14628045 . quant-ph/0403062 . 2003Natur.426..264O . 9883628.
• Optical Quantum Computing. Jeremy L.. O'Brien. Science. 318 . 5856 . 1567–1570 . 10.1126/science.1142892. 2007. 18063781. 2007Sci...318.1567O . 0803.1554 . 15701944.
• Silica-on-Silicon Waveguide Quantum Circuits . Alberto . Politi . Cryan, Martin J. . Rarity, John G. . Yu, Siyuan . O'Brien, Jeremy L. . Science. 2008 . 320 . 646–9. 10.1126/science.1155441 . 18369104 . 5876. 2008Sci...320..646P. 0802.0136 . 3234732 .
• Physics. Quantum computing over the rainbow . Jeremy L.. O'Brien . 1. 23. 2008. 23 . 10.1103/Physics.1.23. 2008PhyOJ...1...23O . free.

External links

• Jeremy O'Brien: Home page. Department of Physics, University of Bristol.
• Professor Jeremy O'Brien. Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Bristol.
• Jeremy O'Brien: Recent publications. Quantum Computation & Information Group, University of Bristol.

Notes and References

1. Book: Barrow, John D.. Science and ultimate reality: quantum theory, cosmology, and complexity. 2004. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-83113-0. John D. Barrow . Davies, Paul C. W. . Paul C. W. Davies . Harper, Charles L. . 695.
2. News: 2010 OSA Awards . 29 May 2010 . Optics and Photonics News . June 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100612210105/http://osa.org/awards_and_grants/Awards/42-OSAAwards_june_v2.pdf . 12 June 2010 .
3. News: Titcomb. James. 2021-07-27. Quantum computing start-up founded by British academics worth $3.2bn. en-GB. The Telegraph. 2021-07-27. 0307-1235.
4. Web site: Bristol University Physics—Centre for Quantum Photonics—Academic Staff. https://web.archive.org/web/20100208160740/http://www.phy.bris.ac.uk/groups/cqp/people.php. dead. 8 February 2010. University of Bristol. 29 May 2010.
5. News: Titcomb. James. 2019-11-16. Bristol professor's secretive quantum computing start-up raises £179m. en-GB. The Telegraph. 2021-07-27. 0307-1235.
6. O'Brien. JL. Pryde, GJ . White, AG . Ralph, TC . Branning, D . Demonstration of an all-optical quantum controlled-NOT gate. Nature. 2003. 426. 6964. 264–267. 10.1038/nature02054. 14628045 . quant-ph/0403062 . 2003Natur.426..264O . 9883628.
7. Web site: QIPC Young Investigator Award 2009 . QUROPE (Quantum Information Processing and Communication in Europe) . 29 May 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100916084158/http://www.qurope.net/Q_Confs/q_confs.php?type=confs&trig_id=6 . 16 September 2010 .
8. Web site: Double honour for Professor O'Brien. University of Bristol. 29 May 2010.
9. Web site: 2010 Moseley medal and prize. Institute of Physics. 5 July 2010.