Jeremy O'Brien

Jeremy L. O'Brien
O'Brien in 2022
Born	(1975-11-07) 7 November 1975 (age 49) Australia
Alma mater	University of New South Wales
Known for	Variational quantum eigensolver
Scientific career
Fields	quantum optics, optical quantum metrology, quantum information science
Institutions	University 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]

Honours and awards

• 2009 European Quantum Information Young Investigator Award ^[7]
• 2010 Adolph Lomb Medal of the Optical Society of America ^[2]
• 2010 IUPAP Prize in Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics ^[8]
• 2010 Moseley medal and prize of the Institute of Physics ^[9]
• 2010 Daiwa Adrian Prize
• 2011 Elected to the Global Young Academy "PsiQuantum Valuation" . Retrieved 25 September 2025.

Selected publications

• O'Brien, JL; Schofield, S. R.; Simmons, M. Y.; Clark, R. G.; Dzurak, A. S.; Curson, N. J.; Kane, B. E.; McAlpine, N. S.; Hawley, M. E.; Brown, G. W. (2001). "Towards the fabrication of phosphorus qubits for a silicon quantum computer". Physical Review B . 64 (16) 161401. arXiv: cond-mat/0104569 . Bibcode:2001PhRvB..64p1401O. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.64.161401. S2CID   119494991.
• 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.
• O'Brien, Jeremy L. (2007). "Optical Quantum Computing". Science . 318 (5856): 1567–1570. arXiv: 0803.1554 . Bibcode:2007Sci...318.1567O. doi:10.1126/science.1142892. PMID   18063781. S2CID   15701944.
• Politi, Alberto; Cryan, Martin J.; Rarity, John G.; Yu, Siyuan; O'Brien, Jeremy L. (2008). "Silica-on-Silicon Waveguide Quantum Circuits". Science . 320 (5876): 646–9. arXiv: 0802.0136 . Bibcode:2008Sci...320..646P. doi:10.1126/science.1155441. PMID   18369104. S2CID   3234732.
• O'Brien, Jeremy L. (2008). "Quantum computing over the rainbow". Physics. 1 (23): 23. Bibcode:2008PhyOJ...1...23O. doi: 10.1103/Physics.1.23 .

References

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. 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.
7. "QIPC Young Investigator Award 2009". QUROPE (Quantum Information Processing and Communication in Europe). Archived from the original on 16 September 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
8. "Double honour for Professor O'Brien". University of Bristol . Retrieved 29 May 2010.
9. "2010 Moseley medal and prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 5 July 2010.

External links

• Jeremy O'Brien: Home page. Department of Physics, University of Bristol.
• Professor Jeremy O'Brien. Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Bristol.
• Jeremy O'Brien: Recent publications. Quantum Computation & Information Group, University of Bristol.
• PsiQuantum Valuation The Quantum Computing Pioneer