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Experience

Junior professor at IP-Paris / Télécom-Paris (Quriosity Group, France)

May. 2022 - today

Lead Quantum Information Scientist at Quandela SAS (France)

May. 2022 - Feb. 2025


Postdoctoral positions in Quantum Optics and Quantum Information theory:

Leiden University, Leiden (Netherlands)

Apr. 2021 - Apr. 2022 Advisors: W. Löffler, E. Barnes, S. Economou.

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg Virginia (USA)

Jul. 2019 - Apr. 2021 Advisors: S. Economou, E. Barnes.

PhD in Quantum Nanophotonics:

Nov. 2015 - Jun. 2019 Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology (C2N-CNRS, Palaiseau, France)/ University of Paris, Paris (France) Project: "A cavity-based spin-photon interface", Supervisor: L. Lanco.

Publications

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(Anti-chronological order)

2025:

  1. Spin Noise Spectroscopy of a Single Spin Using Single Detected Photons,
    M. Gundín, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 036902 (2025) ArXiv
  2. Deterministic and reconfigurable graph state generation with a single solid-state quantum emitter,
    H. Huet, et al., Nat. Comm. 16, 4337 (2025), ArXiv

2024:

  1. Enhanced fault-tolerance in photonic quantum computing: Floquet code outperforms surface code in tailored architecture,
    PH et al., ArXiv
  2. Quantum interferences and gates with emitter-based coherent photon sources,
    I Wenniger, et al., Optica Quantum, 2, 6, 404 (2024) ArXiv
  3. A Spin-Optical Quantum Computing Architecture,
    G. de Gliniasty, et al., Quantum 8, 1423 (2024) ArXiv
  4. ARQUIN: Architectures for Multinode Superconducting Quantum Computers,
    J. Ang et al., ACM Trans. QC, 5, 3 (2024) ArXiv

2023:

  1. Linear optical logical Bell state measurements with optimal loss-tolerance threshold,
    PH, et al., PRX Quantum 4, 040322 (2023)
  2. Quantum repeaters: From quantum networks to the quantum internet,
    K. Azuma, et al., Reviews of Modern Physics 95 (4), 045006, ArXiv
  3. Performance analysis of quantum repeaters enabled by deterministically generated photonic graph states,
    Y. Zhan, et al., Quantum, 7, 924 (2023)
  4. High-rate entanglement between a semiconductor spin and indistinguishable photons,
    N. Coste, et al., Nat. Photon. 17, 582 (2023), ArXiv
  5. Near-deterministic hybrid generation of arbitrary photonic graph states using a single quantum emitter and linear optics,
    PH, et al., Quantum 7, 992 (2023)
  6. Avoiding leakage and errors caused by unwanted transitions in Lambda systems,
    A. Vezvaee, et al., PRX Quantum 4, 030312 (2023)

2022:

  1. Deterministic generation of entangled photonic cluster states from quantum dot molecules,
    A. Vezvaee, et al., Phys. Rev. App., 18, L061003 (2022), ArXiv
  2. Photon-number entanglement generated by sequential excitation of a two-level atom,
    S.C. Wien, et al., Nat. Photon., 16, 5, 374 (2022), ArXiv

2021:

  1. Sensitive spin seeks single magnon,
    PH & S. E. Economou. Nat. Phys., 17, 551 (2021), News and Views
  2. Error-correcting entanglement swapping using a practical logical photon encoding,
    PH, et al., Phys. Rev. A, 104, 052623 (2021)
  3. Resource requirements for efficient quantum communication using all-photonic graph states generated from a few matter qubits,
    PH, et al., Quantum, 5, 397 (2021)

2020:

  1. Deterministic assembly of a charged quantum dot - pillar cavity device,
    PH, et al., Phys. Rev. B, 102, 195402 (2020), ArXiv
  2. Sequential generation of linear cluster states from a single photon emitter,
    D. Istrati, et al., Nat. Comm., 11, 5501 (2020), ArXiv
  3. Reproducibility of high-performance quantum dot single-photon sources,
    H. Ollivier, et al., ACS Photon., 7, 4, 1050 (2020), ArXiv

2019:

  1. A cavity-based spin-photon interface,
    PH, Ph.D. Thesis
  2. Generation of non-classical light in a photon-number superposition,
    J. C. Loredo, et al., Nat. Photon., 13, 803 (2019), ArXiv

2018:

  1. Accurate measurement of a 96% input coupling into a cavity using polarization tomography,
    PH, et al., Appl. Phys. Lett., 112, 201101 (2018), ArXiv

2017:

  1. Tomography of the optical polarization rotation induced by a single quantum dot in a cavity,
    C. Antón, et al., Optica, 4, 11, 1326 (2017)
  2. Boson Sampling with single-photon Fock states from a bright solid-state source,
    J. C. Loredo et al., Phys. Rev. Lett., 118,130503 (2017), ArXiv

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