EPIC Online Technology Meeting on Photonics for the Quantum Industry will focus on the role of photonic technologies as key enablers of emerging quantum systems and their transition from laboratory demonstrations to industrial platforms. Across quantum computing, communication, sensing, and metrology, photonics provides essential building blocks for state generation, control, distribution, and readout—while offering scalability, stability, and integration pathways critical for real-world deployment. This online meeting will bring together technology developers, system builders, component suppliers, and end users from across the EPIC network to discuss how photonics is being implemented in practical quantum architectures. Topics will include integrated photonic circuits for quantum information processing, single-photon sources and detectors, low-loss and cryo-compatible components, fiber-based and free-space quantum links, and scalable packaging and manufacturing approaches. With a strong industrial perspective, the discussions will address challenges such as performance reproducibility, system integration, reliability, and cost, as well as alignment with quantum system requirements and emerging standards. The meeting will provide a platform for knowledge exchange and collaboration, offering insight into how photonics is accelerating the industrialization of quantum technologies and shaping the future quantum supply chain.
Dr. Claudia Bett, physicist and optical engineer, pushes the development of Ge-on-Si single-photon detectors at Germanium Quantum Detectors (GeQD) to realize scalable, high-performance solutions for the emerging quantum industry.
Ahmad Atieh (Vice President - Optical Systems) had received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Ottawa Canada in 1997, M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Jordan University of Science and Technology in 1987 and B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Yarmouk University Jordan in 1985. His current research interests are in the fields of optical fiber communication systems including optical fiber characterization, optical amplifiers, nonlinear fiber optics, and optical communication transmission systems. As well as in Free-space optical communication systems. He has contributed more than 200 technical papers in different refereed journals and conferences. He holds over 35 issued patents and patent pending. He worked at the National Research Council of Canada, JDS Uniphase Inc, BTI Systems Inc in Canada, Taibah University in Madinah Saudi Arabia, Jordan University in Amman Jordan. He is currently VP at Optiwave Systems Inc. Canada and Adjunct Professor at University of Ottawa.