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Public lecture by Dr. Krysta Svore, Microsoft Research

In 1981, Richard Feynman proposed a device called a “quantum computer” to take advantage of the laws of quantum physics to achieve computational speed-ups over classical methods. Quantum computing promises to revolutionize how we compute.

Sajeev John, University of Toronto

Photonic band gap materials: semiconductors of light

Join us for the next Quantum Frontiers Distinguished Lecture Series when Dr. Sajeev John will talk about light-trapping crystals.

Viatcheslav Dobrovitski,

Na Young Kim, Stanford University

We in modern society are beneficiaries of advanced electronics, photonics and the combination of two. As an effort to develop new platforms of electronics, photonics and optoelectronics harnessing quantum nature, I have studied transport properties of carbon nanotubes, where long-range interaction plays a significant role. In photonics domain, I have been studying exciton-polaritons in a quantum-well-microcavity structure, where dynamical macroscopic condensation emerge via stimulated scattering process arising from exchange interactions.

Konstantinos Lagoudakis,  Stanford University

Light matter interactions lie in the heart of several phenomena of fundamental and applied interest. Both condensation of exciton polaritons in semiconductor microcavities as well as quantum information processing with charged quantum dots in micro-resonators rely on strong light matter interactions.

Matthieu Nannini, McGill University

While IBM Zurich's millipede project of data storage did not
have the success anticipated it would, a new technology for nano
lithography was born. Since 2009, IBM Zurich has been refining their

Laura Mančhinska, CQT, Singapore

Quantum thermodynamics is a research field that aims at fleshing out the ultimate limits of thermodynamic processes in the quantum regime. A complete picture of quantum thermodynamics allows for catalysts, i.e., systems facilitating state transformations while remaining essentially intact in their state, very much reminding of catalysts in chemical reactions. In this work, we present a comprehensive analysis of the power and limitation of such thermal catalysis.

Thomas Babinec, Stanford University

Tremendous progress has been made in the development of high-purity semiconductor materials so that their optoelectronic properties can now be controlled at the level of a single active dopant1. These individual impurities, which are quantum systems embedded in a solid-state host, possess diverse applications in quantum information science and technology2. As a simple and noteworthy example, single photons emitted from an optically active dopant may be used to share secure bits via quantum cryptographic key distribution3.