Curriculum Vitae
Publications
Dr. Rupert Ursin is a group leader and senior scientist at the IQOQI. His main field of research is to develop quantum communication and quantum information processing technologies, mainly for free-space, but also for fibre-based systems. The scope of his work ranges from near term engineering solutions for secure key sharing (quantum cryptography) to more speculative research (de-coherence of entangled states in gravitational fields). Experiments on quantum communication and teleportation using entangled photon pairs is also among his interests, with the long- term goal of a future global quantum network based on quantum repeaters. He has been experimentally active in numerous international collaborations in Germany, Italy, Spain, USA as well as in China and Japan. Lead several ESA funded projects as well as on the national and EU level. These allowed him to perform highly recognized experimental studies e.g. on a 144 km free-space link between La Palma and Tenerife [1] (cited more than 450 times). His group is performing time-energy entanglement distribution over a turbulent atmosphere just recently [5]. To date he and his publication recived several international awards and prizes. He was invited to several prestigious conferences to deliver talks (e.g. IEEE, SPIE, QCMC and others) and serves to important conferences as a program committee member e.g. ICSOS, SPIE, QCrypt and others. He currently holds a guest professorship at the University of Science and Technology (USTC) in Shanghai, China.
Research interests
Research interests include fundamental physics experiments on topics related to quantum optics and quantum information and their applications. Focus on the development of technologies required to perform space-based experiments concerning quantum information technologies. Numerous project partners in various fields (academic as well as industrial) together with national space agencies and the European Space Agency (ESA) are involved in this project. Contacts to international collaborators in Japan, China and USA are important partners to perform quantum communication on a global scale.
- Quantum Information science
- Quantum cryptography
- Space science
- Space Technology
Education / Professional History:
- 2011 – now: Deputy Director at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Austrian Academy of Sciences
- 2009 – 2011: Senior Scientist at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Austrian Academy of Sciences
- 2006 – 2009: University Assistant at the Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna
- 2005 – 2006: Postdoc at the Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna
- 2002 – 2006: Ph.D. thesis (Dr. rer. nat) at University of Vienna, Group of Prof. Zeilinger on ”Quantenteleportation über lange Distanzen” (with distinction)
- 2000 – 2002: Master Thesis (Mag. rer. nat.) at the Austria Academy of Science, at the ATRAP experiment atCERN, Geneva, Switzerland on ”Antiprotonmonitor am ATRAP Experiment” (with distinction)
Research / Career History:
- 2010 – now: Research activities at USTC, Shanghai, China
- 2005 – now: Space QUEST activities (ESA related activities)
- 2008: Research activities with NICT, Tokyo, Japan
- 2005 – now: Measurementcampaign on the Canary islands of La Palma and Tenerife at ESA’s Optical Ground Station (OGS), Tenerife, Spain
- 2004: Research activities at MPQ Garching. Munich, Germany
- 2003: Reseach activities at MLRO Laser Ranging Station with optical retroreflecting satellites, Matera, Italy
- 2001 – 2005: Long-distance quantum teleportation, Vienna, Austria
- 1999 – 2001: Research Activities on Antihydrogen Spectoscopy Experiment (ATRAP) at the Antiproton Decelerator at CERN. Geneva, Switzerland
- 1998: Research Activities on Pionic Hydrogen experiments at the Proton Accelerator in Paul Scherer Institute (PSI). Villigen, Switzerland
- 1998: Research Activities on Kaonic Hydrogen experiment at DAFNE Particle Accelerator in Laborator Nationale di Frascatti (INFN). Frascati, Italy
A more detailed CV is available upon request.
Publications
Full publications list
- Strategies for achieving high key rates in satellite-based QKD
npj Quantum Information, 7, 5 (2021) - A trusted node–free eight-user metropolitan quantum communication network
Science Advances, 6, 0959 (2020) - Verification of high-dimensional entanglement generated in quantum interference
Physical Review A, 101, 032302 (2020) - A No-History, Low Latency Photonic Quantum Random Bit Generator for Use in a Loophole Free Bell Tests and General Applications
In: C Springer, ed. Quantum Random Number GenerationQuantum Random Number Generation, (2020, 65-83) - Passively stable distribution of polarisation entanglement over 192 km of deployed optical fibre
NPJ QUANTUM INFORMATION, 6, 5 (2020) - Overcoming Noise in Entanglement Distribution
Physical Review X, 9, 041042 (2019) - Feasibility of a 3U CubeSat for uplink quantum communications
Proceedings Volume 11180, 11180V (2019) - Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometry on a biphoton beat note
NPJ Quantum Information, 43 (2019) - Entanglement-enhanced optical gyroscope
New Journal of Physics, 21, 053010 (2019) - Entanglement distribution over a 96-km-longsubmarine optical fiber
PNAS, n/a, 201818752 (2019) - An entanglement-based wavelength-multiplexed quantum communication network
Nature, 564, 225 (2018) - Polarization Entanglement by Time-Reversed Hong-Ou-Mandel Interference
Physical Review Letters, 121, 200502 (2018) - Cosmic Bell Test Using Random Measurement Settings from High-Redshift Quasars
Phys. Rev. Lett., 121, ARTN 080403 (2018) - Space QUEST mission proposal: experimentally testing decoherence due to gravity
New J. Phys., 20, ARTN 063016 (2018) - Challenging local realism with human choices
Nature, 557, 212-+ (2018) - Comparative study of afterpulsing behavior and models in single photon counting avalanche photo diode detectors
Scientific Reports, 8, 5076 (2018) - Satellite-Relayed Intercontinental Quantum Network
Physical Review Letters, 120, 030501 (2018) - Distribution of high-dimensional entanglement via an intra-city free-space link
Nature Communications, 8, 15971 (2017) - Experimental test of photonic entanglement in accelerated reference frames
Nature Communications, 8, 15304 (2017) - CubeSat quantum communications mission
EPJ QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY, 4, 6 (2017) - Cosmic Bell Test: Measurement Settings from Milky Way Stars
Physical Review Letters, 118, 060401 (2017) - Quantum Communication with Photons
In: Optics in our Time, Springer International Publishing (2016, 455-482) - Twisted light transmission over 143 km
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113, 13648-13653 (2016) - Attacks on quantum key distribution protocols that employ non-ITS authentication
Quantum Information Processing, 15, 327-362 (2016) - Significant loophole-free test of Bell's theorem with entangled photons
Physical Review Letters, 115, 250401 (2015) - A Simple and Robust Method for Estimating Afterpulsing in Single Photon Detectors
J. Lightwave Technol., 33, 3098-3107 (2015) - An On-Demand Optical Quantum Random Number Generator with In-Future Action and Ultra-Fast Response
Sci Rep, 5, 10214 (2015) - Macroscopic quantum resonators (MAQRO): 2015 Update
arxiv.org (2015) - Teleportation of entanglement over 143 km
P. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 112, 14202-14205 (2015) - On the equivalence of Clauser-Horne and Eberhard inequality based tests
Physica Scripta, 2104 (2014) - Turbulent single-photon propagation in the Canary optical link
Hannes-Jörg Schmiedmayer and Philip Walther, ed. (2014) - Communication with spatially modulated light through turbulent air across Vienna
New Journal of Physics, 16, 113028 (2014) - Bell violation with entangled photons, free of the coincidence-time loophole
Phys. Rev. A, 90, 032107 (2014) - Quantum estimation of the Schwarzschild space-time parameters of the Earth
arxiv.org (2014) - Efficient heralding of polarization-entangled photons from type-0 and type-II spontaneous parametric downconversion in periodically poled KTiOPO4
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, 2068-2076 (2014) - Crossed-crystal scheme for femtosecond-pulsed entangled photon generation in periodically poled potassium titanyl phosphate
Phys. Rev. A, 89, 042324 (2014) - Teleportation of entanglement over 143 km
arxiv.org, 1403.0009 (2014) - Quantum teleportation over a 143 km free-space link
Proc. of SPIE Vol. 10563 105630V-1 (2014) - Characterization of a Commercially Available Large Area, High Detection Efficiency Single-Photon Avalanche Diode
Journal of Lightwave Technology, 31, 3591--3596 (2013) - Quantum information: Sharing quantum secrets
Nature, 501, 37-38 (2013) - Bell violation using entangled photons without the fair-sampling assumption
Nature, 497, 227-230 (2013) - Quantum optics experiments using the International Space Station: a proposal
New Journal of Physics, 15, 043008 (2013) - Highly efficient heralding of entangled single photons
Optics Express, 21, 6707-6717 (2013) - Quantum erasure with causally disconnected choice
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 110, 1221-1226 (2013) - Active and passive optical sources for QKD
Proc. of SPIE, 1-1 (2013) - Bell violation with entangled photons, free of the fair-sampling assumption
arXiv, 1212.0533, 10 (2012) - Impact of turbulence in long range quantum and classical communications
Phys. Rev. Lett., 109, 5 (2012) - Experimental quantum teleportation over a high-loss free-space channel
Optics Express, 20, 23126 (2012) - Quantum teleportation over 143 kilometres using active feed-forward
Nature Physics, 489, 269-273 (2012) - A non-local quantum eraser
arXiv, arXiv:1206.6578v1, 13 (2012) - Loophole-free Einstein-Podolsky -Rosen experiment via quantum steering
New Journal of Physics, 14, 10 (2012) - Advanced Optical Wireless Communication Systems
Cambridge University Press(2012) - Experimental delayed-choice entanglement swapping
Nature Physics, 8, 479-484 (2012) - A high-brightness source of polarization-entangled photons optimized for applications in free space
Optics Express, 20, 9640-9649 (2012) - Field test of quantum key distribution in the Tokyo QKD Network
Optics Express, 19, 23 (2011) - Fast optical source for quantum key distribution based on semiconductor optical amplifiers
Optics Express, 19, 9 (2011) - Violation of local realism with freedom of choice
PNAS, 107, 19709-19713 (2010) - Quantum communication via free-space optical links
QCW2010 (2010) - Feasibility of 300km quantum key distribution with entangled states
New J. Phys., 085002 (2009) - Transmission of Entangled Photons over a High-Loss Free-Space Channel
www.2Physics.com (2009) - Performing high-quality multi-photon experiments with parametric down-conversion
J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., 114008 (7pp) (2009) - Quantum teleportation and entanglement swapping with linear optics logic gates
New Journal of Physics, 033008 (10pp) (2009) - Single photons from a satellite: quantum communication in space
SPIE Newsroom (2009) - High-fidelity transmission of entanglement over a high-loss free-space channel
Nature Physics (2008) - Violation of local realism with freedom of choice
E-print quant-ph (2008) - Space-QUEST. Experiments with quantum entanglement in space
2008 IAC Microgravity Sciences and Processes Symposium (2008) - Quantum communications at ESA: Towards a space experiment on the ISS
Acta Astronautica, 63, 165-178 (2008) - Experimental verification of the feasibility of a quantum channel between space and Earth
New Journal of Physics (2008) - Quantum communication at ESA: Towards a space experiment on the ISS
(2007) - Applications of quantum communication protocols in real world scenarios towards space
e & i Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, 124, 149-153 (2007) - Experimental analysis of a simple linear optics phase gate
International Journal of Quantum Information (2007) - Experimental Demonstration of Free-Space Decoy-State Quantum Key Distribution over 144 km
Phys. Rev. Lett. (2007) - Entanglement-based quantum communication over 144km
(2007) - Free-Space distribution of entanglement and single photons over 144 km
(2006) - Advanced Quantum Communication Experiments with Entangled Photons
In: Quantum Communications and Cryptography, (2006) - "More Complete" Quantum Teleportation über lange Distanzen
(2006) - Linear Optics Controlled-Phase Gate Made Simple
Phys. Rev. Lett. (2005) - Distributing entanglement and single photons through an intra-city, free-space quantum channel
Optics Express (2005) - A Novel Protocol-Authentication Algorithm Ruling Out a Man-in-the Middle Attack in Quantum Cryptography
International Journal of Quantum Information (2005) - Tools for long distance quantum communications
(2005) - Long-Distance Free-Space Distribution of Quantum Entanglement over Vienna
(2005) - Quantum teleportation across the Danube
(2005) - Space - QUEST
(2005) - Free Space Entanglement Distribution
(2005) - Experimental teleportation of quantum entanglement with an optimal linear optics Bell-state analyzer
(2004) - Quantum teleportation across the Danube
Nature (2004) - De Broglie Wavelength of a Nonlocal Four-Photon state
Nature (2004) - Practical Quantum Key Distribution with Polarization Entangled Photons
(2004) - Space-to-ground Quantum-communication Using An Optical Ground Station
Proceedings of SPIEQuantum Communications and Quantum Imaging II (2004) - Experimental Quantum Coin Tossing
Phys. Rev. Lett. (2004) - Demonstration of optimal linear-optics quantum teleportation
(2004) - Long-Distance Free-Space Distribution of Quantum Entanglement
Science (2003) - Quantum Communications in Space
(2003) - Experimental entanglement purification of arbitrary unknown states
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