Jeremy O'Brien

Jeremy L. O'Brien
O'Brien in 2022
Born (1975-11-07) 7 November 1975 (age 49)
Australia
Alma materUniversity of New South Wales
Known forVariational quantum eigensolver
Scientific career
Fieldsquantum optics, optical quantum metrology, quantum information science
InstitutionsUniversity of Queensland, University of Bristol, University of Western Australia

Jeremy O'Brien (born 1975, Australia[1]) is a physicist who researches in quantum optics, optical quantum metrology and quantum information science.[2] He co-founded and is CEO of the quantum computing firm PsiQuantum.[3][4] Formerly, he was Professorial Research Fellow in Physics and Electrical Engineering at the University of Bristol, and director of its Centre for Quantum Photonics.[5][3]

His work in optical quantum computing has included the demonstration of the first optical quantum controlled NOT gate.[6]

  1. ^ Barrow, John D.; Davies, Paul C. W.; Harper, Charles L. (2004). Science and ultimate reality: quantum theory, cosmology, and complexity. Cambridge University Press. p. 695. ISBN 978-0-521-83113-0.
  2. ^ "2010 OSA Awards" (PDF). Optics and Photonics News. June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
  3. ^ a b Titcomb, James (16 November 2019). "Bristol professor's secretive quantum computing start-up raises £179m". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  4. ^ Titcomb, James (27 July 2021). "Quantum computing start-up founded by British academics worth $3.2bn". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Bristol University Physics—Centre for Quantum Photonics—Academic Staff". University of Bristol. Archived from the original on 8 February 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
  6. ^ O'Brien, JL; Pryde, GJ; White, AG; Ralph, TC; Branning, D (2003). "Demonstration of an all-optical quantum controlled-NOT gate". Nature. 426 (6964): 264–267. arXiv:quant-ph/0403062. Bibcode:2003Natur.426..264O. doi:10.1038/nature02054. PMID 14628045. S2CID 9883628.