Faglige nøgleord: Quantum, Material Science, Long-distance communications, Security, Quantum computing, quantum communication
Oplæg tilgængeligt på: Engelsk og portugisisk
Hi there. My name is Inês and I am a PhD at DTU Nanolab. I am Portuguese and I moved to Denmark back in 2022 as an Erasmus student so I could conduct my master's thesis work at DTU Nanolab. Before that, I always lived in Lisbon, Portugal, where I went to high school and university.
Today, I am working in a little project called Thiophosphate Thin Films for Quantum Technologies, which sounds very complicated, I know. But it can be translated into Developing Materials for Secure (Quantum) Communications. The purpose behind this project is to understand which physical and chemical properties make a material suitable to be integrated into waveguides for long-distance quantum communications, fabricate those materials in the thin-film form (which has never been done) and find a way to integrate them into silicon-based chip devices. Why is it important? Classical computation can only give you so much in terms of secure communications, which means, that hackers these days can easily have access to your digital information and data. Quantum computation will introduce a high-level of security due to its remarkable way of encrypting information, which means that eavesdroppers can't intercept the messages without being detected. Finding the right materials to make this process efficient and reliable is crucial for the future of secure communication.
I have both a Physics and Materials (Micro and Nanoscale :)) engineering background, so I am very excited about the idea of breaking down complicated concepts of quantum physics and material science to your class. I envision having some props to help me explain quantum entanglement, superposition states and all that complicated quantum physics talk. Besides, I would also like to promote a little debate on the impact that these new quantum technologies can have on society.