Present appointment
(Since 04.2010) Full Professor of Applied Physics/Integrated Quantum Optics, Paderborn University
Previous appointments
(01.2009 – 03.2010) Head of an Independent Max Planck Research Group, Integrated Quantum Optics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany
(05.2005 – 12.2008) Head of an independent Max Planck Junior Research Group, Integrated Quantum Optics, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching/Munich (laboratory at Erlangen), Germany
(01.2005 – 04.2005) Research Assistant, Max Planck Research Group, Erlangen
(01.2003 – 12.2004) Post-doctoral Research Assistant at University of Oxford, Clarendon Laboratory, Head of group: Prof. I. A. Walmsley, UK
Academic qualifications
(05.2005 – 07.2008) Habilitation in Experimental Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Physics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Prof. Dr. G. Leuchs, Germany
(03.1999 - 12.2002) PhD in Physics (summa cum laude), Faculty of Sciences, Department of Physics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Prof. Dr. G. Leuchs, Germany
(11.1993 - 01.1999) Study of physics and mathematics at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Research summary
The research activities of Christine Silberhorn cover the exploration of novel optical technologies based on quantum optics, quantum tomography and light-based quantum systems for use in quantum communication and quantum information processing. In particular she is interested in new approaches for scaling photonic quantum systems, which is essential for the implementation of photonic quantum simulator and computers and opens new opportunities in quantum communication and quantum metrology. Her work bridges technological developments, such as the establishment of fabrication methods for nonlinear waveguide structures, with applied science, e.g. with the implementation of integrated quantum devices, and fundamental physics targeting new concepts for ultrafast quantum optics and quantum networks. She has contributed to the development of novel engineered sources of quantum light and quantum circuits using nonlinear integrated optics, and has pioneered timemultiplexed quantum networks for photon counting and quantum simulations. Her fundamental and conceptual work has advanced the realization of quantum communication systems and the exploration of novel quantum metrology application in the temporal-spectral domain.
Quantum technologies promise a change of paradigm for many fields of application, for example in communication systems, in high-performance computing and simulation of quantum systems, as well as in sensor technology. Current efforts in photonic quantum target the implementation of scalable systems, where the realization of controlled quantum network structures is key for many applications.
Here we present the progress for three differing approaches to overcome current limitations for the realization of multi-dimensional photonic systems: non-linear integrated quantum optics, pulsed temporal modes and time-multiplexing..