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SUMMARY:QTECH Seminar Series - Weaving Topology into Quantum Light
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Andrew Forbes (School of Physics\, University of the
  Witwatersrand\, Johannesburg\, South Africa)\n\nQTECH Seminar Series\n\n\
 nWeaving Topology into Quantum Light\nProf. Andrew ForbesSchool of Physics
 \, University of the Witwatersrand\, Johannesburg\, South Africa\nTuesday\
 , June 23\, 2026 – 14:30QTECH\, Via Gradenigo 6\, Padova\, aula Lepshy.\
 nAbstract\nIn the early 1960s\, inspired by emerging ideas of topological 
 structures in physics\, Tony Skyrme proposed describing subatomic particle
 s as natural excitations of a single quantum field. Although the original 
 model was never adopted for particle physics\, the concept of the skyrmion
  as a topologically stable field configuration has found remarkable applic
 ations across condensed matter physics\, acoustics\, and\, more recently\,
  optics.\nIn this seminar\, Andrew Forbes will introduce the concept of qu
 antum structured light and discuss how topological features can be embedde
 d into optical fields\, creating a robust topological alphabet for quantum
  information. By exploiting topological structures\, quantum states can be
  made more resilient to noise and perturbations\, offering new routes towa
 rd stable quantum information processing even in situations where entangle
 ment is fragile.\nThe seminar will review recent advances in this rapidly 
 developing field and highlight exciting future opportunities at the inters
 ection of topology\, structured light\, and quantum photonics.\nBiography\
 nAndrew Forbes is Professor of Physics at the University of the Witwatersr
 and (Wits)\, Johannesburg\, South Africa\, and a leading international exp
 ert in structured light\, singular optics\, and quantum photonics. His res
 earch spans classical and quantum structured light\, optical angular momen
 tum\, topological photonics\, and quantum information science. He has pion
 eered several advances in the generation\, manipulation\, and characteriza
 tion of complex optical fields and has received numerous international rec
 ognitions for his contributions to modern optics.\n\n\n \n \n \n\nhttps
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LOCATION:Aula Lepshy. (QTECH\, Via Gradenigo 6\, Padova)
URL:https://indico.dfa.unipd.it/event/1867/
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