We present a profile of dr Tomasz Linowski from the International Centre for Theory of Quantum Technologies at the University of Gdańsk, winner of the prestigious START grant from the FPS in the field of physics. The START programme is the FPS’s longest-running fellowship programme, supporting outstanding young scientists across all fields of science.
Dr Tomasz Linowski is a theoretical physicist specialising in quantum optics, metrology and open systems. In his research, he focuses both on issues in fundamental physics and on the potential practical applications of quantum theories.
He began his academic career through collaboration with the Centre for Theoretical Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences whilst studying at the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, from which he graduated. He obtained his PhD from the University of Gdańsk in 2023. He currently works as an assistant professor at the International Centre for Theory of Quantum Technologies at the University of Gdańsk. He is the author of thirteen scientific publications in indexed international journals.
About his research
One of dr Tomasz Linowski’s main areas of research is so-called super-resolution, i.e. the ability to achieve optical resolution beyond the limitations of classical direct imaging techniques.
‘In recent years, I have been particularly interested in the application of super-resolution methods in the context of exoplanet detection. I have analysed how the performance of measurement techniques that theoretically achieve super-resolution translates into real experimental conditions, taking into account the most significant sources of experimental noise,’ explains dr Tomasz Linowski.
The researcher collaborates with experimental groups at the Collège de France in Paris and the Universidad de Concepción in Chile, where work is underway to experimentally implement the results of his research on super-resolution.
In his scientific work, he also addresses issues in fundamental physics, including the boundary between quantum and classical physics and the search for connections between alternative methods of describing the same physical phenomena.
‘I am interested in both the practical dimension of quantum technologies and their theoretical foundations. In one of my recent papers, I managed to find a direct operational link between the Husimi, Wigner and Glauber-Sudarszan quasi-distributions - which are key in quantum optics - describing the same quantum system in different ways,’ the scientist emphasises.
Among the researcher’s most significant achievements are also works on the stabilisation of quantum entanglement in complex systems and research into the ability of general unitary operations to generate entanglement in multi-particle quantum systems.
The START scholarship of the Foundation for Polish Science is awarded to the most outstanding young researchers under the age of 30 for their scientific achievements to date. The annual scholarship amounts to PLN 30,000.
Read about both programme laureates here