Prof. Dr. Tommaso Calarco
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| Calarco, Tommaso | |
| Telephone |
| +49 / 731 / 50-22832 | |
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| +49 / 731 / 50-22839 | |
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| tommaso.calarco(at)uni-ulm.de | |
Employment history |
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| From 9.2007 3.2005 – present 11.2004 – 2.2005 |
| Full Professor (W3) of Quantum Information Processing, University of Ulm (D) Post-doctoral employee, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Senior researcher (Tenure-Track), Centro BEC-INFM, Trento (I) Researcher, Centro BEC-INFM, Trento (I) |
| 9.2004 – 10.2004 |
| Post-doctoral fellow, ECT*, Trento (I) |
| 7.2003 – 8.2004 |
| Research assistant, University of Innsbruck (A) |
| 9.2002 – 6.2003 |
| Guest researcher, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD |
| 2.2002 – 8.2002 |
| Post-doctoral fellow, ECT*, Trento |
| 5.1998 – 1.2002 |
| Post-doctoral fellow, University of Innsbruck (A) |
Education and training |
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| 1994 – 1998 |
| PhD in Physics, University of Ferrara (Excellent) |
| 1988 – 1994 |
| MSc in Physics, University of Padua (110/110) |
| 1985 – 1990 |
| Conservatory (classic guitar), Trento (9,50/10) |
| 1984 – 1988 |
| Liceo classico, Rovereto (60/60) |
| Research management experience |
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| 2006-2009 |
| Executive Secretary, Roadmap Workpackage Leader and Governing Board member, EC Coordination Action QUROPE (Quantum information processing and communication in eUROPE) |
| 2005-2009 |
| Workpackage leader and Steering Committee member, EC contract SCALA (SCAlable quantum computation with Light and Atoms) |
| 2005-2008 |
| Subnode leader, EC contract OLAQUI (Optical LAttices for QUantum Information) |
| 2005-2007 |
| Workpackage leader for the European QIPC Roadmap and Executive Committee member, EC intergovernmental Coordination Action ERA-Pilot QIST (Quantum Information Sciences and Technologies) |
| 2005-2006 |
| QIPC Cluster Review Rapporteur, in charge of an overall review of quantum information funding within the 5th Framework Programme of the European Commission |
| 2003-2005 |
| Workpackage leader, EC contract ACQP (Atom-Chip Quantum Processor) |
| 2003-2004 |
| Node co-leader, Italian national project “Fault tolerance in QIPC” |
| 2000-2003 |
| Scientist in charge for the Trento node of the EC network of Excellence QUIPROCONE (QUantum Information PROcessing Network Of Excellence) |
| 2000-2002 |
| Node leader and theory coordinator, EC contract ACQUIRE (Atom Chips for QUantum Information REsearch) |
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Membership | ||
| European QIPC Strategic Report Committee, QUROPE Coordination Action Governing Board Executive Secrertary, SCALA Integrated Project Steering Committee, Advisor to the American Institute of Physics’ PACS Committee | ||
Awards and prizes |
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| 2004 |
| Marie-Curie Outgoing International Fellowship of the European Commission |
| 2002 |
| “E. Wallnöfer” Prize of the Tyrolean Industry Association |
| 2002 |
| Fulbright Fellowship of the US Department of State |
| 2000 |
| Marie-Curie Fellowship of the European Commission |
| 1999 |
| Fellowship for foreign study of the “Della Riccia” Foundation, Florence |
| 1999 |
| ECT* Fellowship of the Trentino-Alto Adige Regional Government |
| 1998 |
| Fellowship for foreign specialization of the University of Padua |
| 1998 |
| Fellowship for foreign study of the “Gini” Foundation, Padua |
| 1994 |
| MSc Thesis Fellowship, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare |
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Languages | | |
| Italian English German Spanish |
| Mother tongue Excellent Excellent Basic |
Annexes | | List of invited talks (34), other presentations in international conferences (15), publications on peer-reviewed journals (46) and on conference proceedings (13) |
Invited talks
Other presentations in international conferences
| Quantum-Initiative Karlsruhe-Innsbruck | Universität Karlsruhe (D) | 12.21.98 |
| International Workshop on Artificial Atoms | Trento (I) | 4.19-30.99 |
| ESF Workshop Quantum Information Theory and Quantum Computation | Cambridge (UK) | 7.12-18.99 |
| Interdisciplinary Marie-Curie Workshop | Vienna (A) | 5.29-30.00 |
| 1st European Commission QIPC Workshop | Potsdam (D) | 9.27-29.00 |
| Quantum Optics EuroConference 2000 | Mallorca (E) | 10.14-19.00 |
| Workshop Bose-Einstein Condensation and Quantum Information | Trento (I) | 12.18-19.00 |
| Euroworkshop on Quantum Computer theory | Turin (I) | 6.18-30.01 |
| ESF-QIT Conference Quantum Information: Theory, Experiments & Perspectives | Gdansk (PL) | 7.10-18.01 |
| 1st Gordon Conference on Quantum Information Science | Ventura, CA (USA) | 3.23-28.03 |
| 4th European QIPC Workshop, “Hot Topics” session | Oxford (UK) | 7.13-17.03 |
| Workshop Fault tolerance, control and stability in QIP | Como (I) | 10.16-17.03 |
| Quantum Information and Quantum Control Conference | Toronto (CA) | 7.19-23.04 |
| 5th European QIPC Workshop | Rome (I) | 9.20-22.04 |
| 2nd Workshop Fault tolerance, control and stability in QIP | Turin (I) | 11.11-12.04 |
| Gordon Research Conference on “Quantum Information Processing” | Castelvecchio Pascoli (I) | 5.7-12.05 |
| 20th international Conference on Atomic Physics | Innsbruck (A) | 7.16-21.06 |
| International Conference Control of Quantum Correlations in Tailored Matter | Ulm (DE) | 10.3-7.07 |
| 27th International Conference on Atomic Physics 2008 | Storrs (USA) | 27.7-8.1.08 |
Publications on peer-reviewed journals
- M. Murphy, L. Jiang, N. Khaneja, T. Calarco, High-fidelity fast quantum transport with imperfect controls, arXiv:0810.2491 (in press on Physical Review A).
- Z. Idziaszek, T. Calarco, P. Julienne, A. Simoni, Quantum theory of ultracold atom-ion collisions, arXiv:0806.4002 (in press on Physical Review A).
- J. M. Taylor, T. Calarco: “Wigner crystals of ions as quantum hard drives”, arXiv:0706.1951 (in press on Physical Review A).
- G. De Chiara, T. Calarco, S. Fishman, G. Morigi, Ramsey interferometry with a spin embedded in a Coulomb chain, Physical Review A 78, 043414 (2008).
- M. Cirone, A. Negretti, A. Recati, T. Calarco, Complexity, noise and quantum information on atom chips, International Journal of Quantum Information 6, 633 (2008).
- A. Malossini, E. Blanzieri, T. Calarco, Quantum genetic optimization, IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation 12, 231 (2008).
- G. De Chiara, T. Calarco, M. Anderlini, S. Montangero, P. J. Lee, B. L. Brown, W. D. Phillips, J. V. Porto, Optimal control of atom transport for quantum gates in optical lattices, Phys. Rev. A 77, 052333 (2008).
- Alexey V. Gorshkov, Tommaso Calarco, Mikhail D. Lukin, Anders S. Sorensen, Photon storage in Lambda-type optically dense atomic media. IV. Optimal control using gradient ascent, Phys. Rev. A 77, 043806 (2008).
- T. Calarco, P. Grangier, A. Wallraff, P. Zoller, Quantum leaps in small steps, Nature Phys. 4, 2 (2008).
- S. Fishman, G. De Chiara, T. Calarco, G. Morigi, Structural phase transitions in low-dimensional ion crystals, Phys. Rev. B 77, 64111 (2008).
- D. Rossini, T. Calarco, V. Giovannetti, S. Montangero, R. Fazio: Decoherence induced by interacting quantum spin baths, Phys. Rev. A 75, 032333 (2007).
- S. Montangero, T. Calarco, R. Fazio, Robust optimal quantum gates for Josephson charge qubits, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 170501 (2007).
- Z. Idziaszek, T. Calarco, P. Zoller, Controlled collisions of a single atom and ion guided by movable trapping potentials, Phys. Rev. A 76, 033409 (2007).
- B. Zhao, Z.-B. Chen, J.-W. Pan, J. Schmiedmayer, A. Recati, G. Astrakharchik, T. Calarco, Deterministic Entanglement via Molecular Dissociation in Integrated Atom Optics, Phys. Rev. A 75, 042312 (2007).
- D. Rossini, T. Calarco, V. Giovannetti, S. Montangero, R. Fazio, Decoherence by engineered quantum baths, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 40, 8033 (2007).
- Z. Idziaszek and T. Calarco, Analytical solutions for the dynamics of two trapped interacting ultracold atoms, Phys. Rev. A 74, 022712 (2006).
- P. Treutlein, T. W. Hänsch, J. Reichel, A. Negretti, M. A. Cirone, and T. Calarco, Microwave potentials and optimal control for robust quantum gates on an atom chip, Physical Review A 74, 22312 (2006).
- D. Binosi, T. Calarco, R. Fazio, P. Zoller, Quantum Information Classification Scheme, Eur. Phys. J. D 38, 237 (2006).
- E. Charron, N. A. Cirone, A. Negretti, J. Schmiedmayer, T. Calarco, Theoretical analysis of the implementation of a quantum phase gate with neutral atoms on atom chips, Physical Review A 74, 12308 (2006).
- M. Cozzini, T. Calarco, A. Recati and P. Zoller, Fast Rydberg gates without dipole blockade via quantum control, Optics Comunications 264, 375 (2006).
- Z. Idziaszek and T. Calarco, Pseudopotential method for higher partial wave scattering, Physical Review Letters 96, 13201 (2006).
- P. Zoller et al., Quantum Information Processing and Communication: Strategic report on current status, visions and goals for research in Europe, European Physical Journal D 36, 203 (2005).
- M. A. Cirone, A. Negretti, T. Calarco, P. Krueger, J. Schmiedmayer, A simple quantum gate with atom chips, European Physical Journal D 35, 165 (2005).
- A. Negretti, T. Calarco, M. Cirone, and A. Recati, Performance of quantum phase gates with cold trapped atoms, European Physical Journal D 32, 119 (2005).
- U. Dorner, T. Calarco, P. Zoller, A. Browaeys, P. Grangier, Quantum logic via optimal control in holographic dipole traps, Journal of Optics B 7, S341 (2005).
- Z. Idziaszek and T Calarco, Two atoms in an anisotropic harmonic trap, Phys. Rev. A 71, 050701 (2005).
- L. Viverit, C. Menotti, T. Calarco, and A. Smerzi, Efficient and robust initialization of a qubit register with fermionic atoms, Physical Review Letters 93, 110401 (2004).
- T. Calarco, U. Dorner, P. Julienne, C. Williams, and P. Zoller, Quantum computations with atoms in optical lattices: Marker qubits and molecular interactions, Physical Review A 70, 12306 (2004).
- E. Pazy, T. Calarco, and P. Zoller, Spin State Readout by Quantum Jump Technique: For the Purpose of Quantum Computing, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology 3, 10 (2004).
- T. Calarco, A. Datta, P. Fedichev, E. Pazy, and P. Zoller, Spin-based all-optical quantum computation with quantum dots: understanding and suppressing decoherence, Physical Review A 68, 012310 (2003).
- E. Pazy, T. Calarco, I. D’Amico, P. Zanardi, F. Rossi, and P. Zoller, Implementation of an all-optical spin-based quantum computer, Physica Status Solidi B 238, 411 (2003).
- E. Pazy, E. Biolatti, T. Calarco, I. D’Amico, P. Zanardi, F. Rossi, and P. Zoller, Spin-based optical quantum gates via Pauli blocking in semiconductor quantum dots, Europhysics Letters 62,175 (2003).
- S. Bettelli, T. Calarco, and L. Serafini, Toward an architecture for quantum programming, European Physical Journal D 25, 181 (2003).
- E. Pazy, E. Biolatti, I. D’Amico, P. Zanardi, F. Rossi, T. Calarco, and P. Zoller, Paving the road for an all-optical spin-based quantum computer, Journal of Superconductivity 16, 383 (2003).
- V. Barone, T. Calarco, A. Drago, and M. C. Simani, Flavor asymmetry of the polarized light sea: model vs. data, Physics Letters B 572, 32 (2003).
- E. Andersson, T. Calarco, R. Folman, M. Andersson, B. Hessmo, J. Schmiedmayer, Multimode interferometer for guided matter waves, Physical Review Letters 88, 100401 (2002).
- A. Recati, T. Calarco, P. Zanardi, J.I. Cirac, P. Zoller, Holonomic quantum computation with neutral atoms, Physical Review A 66, 032309 (2002).
- T. Calarco, D. Jaksch, J. I. Cirac, P. Zoller, Controlling dynamical phases in quantum optics, Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics 4, S430 (2002).
- J. Schmiedmayer, R. Folman, T. Calarco, Quantum information processing with neutral atoms on an atom chip, Journal of Modern Optics 49, 1375 (2002).
- T. Calarco, J.I. Cirac, and P. Zoller, Entangling ions in arrays of microscopic traps, Physical Review A 63, 062304 (2001).
- T. Calarco, E.A. Hinds, D. Jaksch, J. Schmiedmayer, J.I. Cirac, and P. Zoller, Quantum gates with neutral atoms: Controlling collisional interactions in time dependent traps, Physical Review A 61, 022304, (2000).
- H.-J. Briegel, T. Calarco, D. Jaksch, J. I. Cirac, and P. Zoller, Quantum computing with neutral atoms, Journal of Modern Optics 47, 415 (2000).
- T. Calarco, H.-J. Briegel, D. Jaksch, J. I. Cirac, and P. Zoller, Entangling neutral atoms for quantum information processing, Journal of Modern Optics 47, 2137 (2000).
- T. Calarco, H.-J. Briegel, D. Jaksch, J.I. Cirac, and P. Zoller, Quantum computing with trapped particles in microscopic potentials, Fortschritte der Physik 48, 945 (2000).
- K. Brugger, T. Calarco, D. Cassettari, R. Folman, A. Haase, B. Hessmo, P. Krüger, T. Maier, and J. Schmiedmayer, Nanofabricated atom optics: Atom chips, Journal of Modern Optics 47, 2789 (2000).
- D. Jaksch, T. Calarco and P. Zoller, Quantenoptik und Nanotechnologie – auf dem Weg zum universellen Quantencomputer, Physik in unserer Zeit 31, 260 (2000).
- M. Bartenstein, D. Cassettari, T. Calarco, A. Chenet, R. Folman, K. Brugger, A. Haase, E. Hartungen, B. Hessmo, A. Kasper, P. Krüger, T. Maier, F. Payr, S. Schneider, and J. Schmiedmayer, Atom Chips, Journal of Quantum Electronics 36, 1364 (2000).
- D. Cassettari, A. Chenet, R. Folman, A. Haase, B. Hessmo, P. Krueger, T. Maier, S. Schneider, T. Calarco, and J. Schmiedmayer, Micromanipulation of neutral atoms with nanofabricated structures, Applied Physics B 70, 721 (2000).
- T. Calarco, M. Cini, and R. Onofrio, Tunneling in rf-SQUIDs and tests of quantum mechanics at the macroscopic level, Journal of Superconductivity 12, 819 (1999).
- T. Calarco, M. Cini, and R. Onofrio, Are temporal Bell inequalities there when somebody looks?, Europhysics Letters 47, 407 (1999).
- T. Calarco, Funzioni di struttura polarizzate del nucleone in modelli a quark, PhD Thesis, University of Ferrara (1998).
- V. Barone, T. Calarco, and A. Drago, Gluon Spin in a Quark Model, Physics Letters B 431, 405 (1998).
- T. Calarco, R. Onofrio, Quantum non demolition measurements on two-level atomic systems and temporal Bell inequalities, Applied Physics B 64, 137 (1997).
- V. Barone, T. Calarco, and A. Drago, A confinement model calculation of h1(x), Physics Letters B 390, 287 (1997).
- V. Barone, T. Calarco, and A. Drago, Double-spin transverse asymmetries and Drell–Yan processes, Physical Review D 56, 527 (1997).
- L. Viola, R. Onofrio, and T. Calarco, Macroscopic Quantum Damping in SQUID Rings, Physics Letters 229A, 23 (1997).
- T. Calarco, Impulsive quantum measurements: restricted path integral versus von Neumann collapse, Il Nuovo Cimento 110B, 1451 (1995).
- R. Onofrio and T. Calarco, Testing temporal Bell inequalities through repeated measurements in rf-SQUIDs, Physics Letters A 208, 40 (1995).
- T. Calarco and R. Onofrio, Optimal Measurements of Magnetic Flux in Superconducting Circuits and Macroscopic Quantum Mechanics, Physics Letters A 198, 279 (1994).
Conference proceedings
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E. Pazy, E. Biolatti, I. D’Amico, P. Zanardi, F. Rossi, T. Calarco, and P. Zoller, paving the road for an all-optical spin-based quantum computer, in Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing (eds. J. H. Shapiro and O. Hirota, Rinton Press, Princeton, 2003).
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J. Schmiedmayer, R. Folman, T. Calarco, Quantum information processing with atom chips, Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. Conference Edition (IEEE Cat. No.02CH37338) : (vol.1) 264, 2002.
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D. Jaksch, T. Calarco, J. I. Cirac e P. Zoller, Quantum computing with quantum optical systems, in Proceedings of the International Quantum Electronics Conference (IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, USA, 2000).
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T. Calarco, D. Jaksch, J.I. Cirac, and P. Zoller, Ultracold atoms for quantum computation, in Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Squeezed States and Uncertainty Relations, Naples (Italy) 24-29 May 1999.
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H.-J. Briegel, T. Calarco, D. Jaksch, J.I. Cirac, and P. Zoller, Quantum information process, in Proceedings of the 49. annual symposium of the Austrian Physical Society (Innsbruck, 1999).
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H.-J. Briegel, T. Calarco, D. Jaksch, J.I. Cirac, and P. Zoller, Quantum optical systems for implementation of quan-tum information processes, in Laser Spectroscopy (eds. R. Blatt et al., World Scientific, Singapore 1999), p. 256.
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T. Calarco, Temporal Bell inequalities in macroscopic and mesoscopic systems, in New Perspectives in the Physics of Mesoscopic Systems: Quantum-like Descriptions and Macroscopical Coherence Phenomena (eds. R. Fedele et al., World Scientific, Singapore 1997), p.15.
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V. Barone, T. Calarco, and A. Drago, The transverse polarization distribution h1(x), in Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on High-Energy Spin Physics (eds. C. W. de Jager et al., World Scientific, Singapore 1997), p. 201.
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T. Calarco, Temporal Bell inequalities and the uncertainty principle, in New Developments on Fundamental Problems in Quantum Physics (eds. M. Ferrero et al., Kluwer, Dordrecht 1997), p. 63.
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T. Calarco, Temporal Bell Inequalities in bistable systems, in Proceedings of the 5th International Wigner Symposium, Vienna (Austria) 25-29 August 1997, p. 524.
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T. Calarco and R. Onofrio, Temporal Bell inequalities, quantum measurements and decoherence in superconducting circuits, in Coherence and Quantum Optics (eds. J. H. Eberly et al., Plenum, New York 1996), p. 667.
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T. Calarco and R. Onofrio, Macrorealism, Non-invasivity and Quantum Mechanics, in The Foundation of Quantum Mechanics (eds. C. Garola et al., Kluwer, Dordrecht 1995), p. 59.
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T. Calarco, R. Onofrio, C. Presilla, and L. Viola, Quantum Phenomenology using the Path Integral Approach, in Quantum Communication and Measurement (eds. V. Belavkin et al., Plenum, New York 1995), p. 171.
- T. Calarco, R. Onofrio, C. Presilla, and L. Viola, Quantum Phenomenology using the Path Integral Approach, in
Quantum Communication and Measurement (eds. V. Belavkin et al., Plenum, New York 1995), p. 171.
General Publications
- T. Calarco, M. Aspelmeyer, D. Binosi, R. Blatt, A. Zeilinger, E. Polzik, A quantum leap in computing power, in Public
Service Review: European Union 15 (2008), p. 438.
- T. Calarco, P. Grangier, A. Wallraff, P. Zoller, D. Binosi, Small steps that will lead to Quantum leaps, eStrategies
(Issue 4, 2008), p. 64.

