ESF Exploratory Workshop on Long-distance Quantum Communication Networks with Atoms and Light Prague, Czech Republic, April 9-12, 2005

This ESF exploratory workshop will be focused on the development of quantum communication networks based on atoms and light, pursuing a novel approach relying on continuous-spectrum quantum variables. The topics discussed during the workshop shall include, but are not restricted to, the experimental as well as theoretical aspects of continuous-variable quantum key distribution protocols, the generation of squeezed and non-Gaussian entangled states of light, the purification of continuous-variable entanglement, the interaction of light with atomic ensembles and the design of atomic quantum memories for light.