Lin Tian, University of California, Merced
Zhenyu Zhang, University of Science and Technology of China & Harvard University
Semiconductor quantum dots provide a versatile and potentially scalable mechanism for manipulating quantum information encoded in discrete orbital and spin degrees of freedom. I will review the state-of-the-art in current developments in this field (leading to fast control on a scale of 200 picoseconds and very long memory times in excess of 200 microseconds).
Alexandre Blais, University of Sherbrooke
Patrick Coles, Carnegie Mellon University
... why these three fields of quantum research are intimately connected
Scott Aaronson, MIT
Quantum Money from Hidden Subspaces
Yingdan Wang, McGill
Evidence is presented for the finite wave vector crossing of the two lowest one-dimensional spin-split subbands in quantum point contacts fabricated from two-dimensional hole gases with strong spin-orbit interaction. This phenomenon offers an elegant explanation for the anomalous sign of the spin polarization filtered by a point contact, as observed in magnetic focusing experiments. Anticrossing is introduced by a magnetic field parallel to the channel or an asymmetric potential transverse to it.
Aashish Clerk, McGill University