START Fellow 2023
Technical University of Munich
Walter Schottky Institut
Am Coulombwall 4
85748 Garching
(+49) 089 289 12736
viviana.villafane[at]wsi.tum.de
Research WebpageI would like to contribute to the great challenge of building a future global quantum network, where quantum information is transmitted safely and efficiently over long distances.
Description
Research focus: quantum communications, quantum optics
One of the principal goals of my Postdoctoral project in MCQST is the experimental realization of a novel all-optical quantum repeater using group IV colour centres in diamond. This platform is particularly promising since group IV vacancy centres such as silicon, germanium, tin and lead show excellent optical properties due to their crystallographic symmetry which favours emission into ZPL along with T2 spin coherence times exceeding ~10ms.
Featured
- Featured on the Quantum Science Blog: "On the verge of a new paradigm"
- Viviana Villafañe Featured on "insideQuantum" Podcast
Viviana joined MCQST as a Distinguished Postdoc in 2020.