Seminar

H. Jeff Kimble, California Institute of Technology

Localizing arrays of atoms in photonic crystals could provide new capabilities for quantum networks and quantum many-body physics. Intriguing theoretical analyses suggest the emergence of completely new paradigms for strong atom-photon interactions that exploit the tremendous flexibility for modal and dispersion engineering of one and two-dimensional photonic crystals.

Peter Love, Haverford College

Quantum simulation proposes to use future quantum computers to calculate properties of quantum systems. In the context of chemistry, the target is the electronic structure problem: determination of the electronic energy given the nuclear coordinates of a molecule. Since 2006 we have been studying quantum approaches to quantum chemical problems, and such approaches must face the challenges of high, but fixed, precision requirements, and fermion antisymmetry.

Dr. Manuel Endres, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching, Germany

Joint IQC Physics Seminar

The manipulation and detection of individual quantum excitations forms the basis of modern quantum physics experiments. However, most of these experiments have been restricted to systems composed of only a few particles.

Ni Ni, University of California, Los Angeles

Nicolas Menicucci, The University of Sydney

Eduardo Martin-Martinez, Institute for Quantum Computing

Chris Herdman, The University of Vermont

Igor Radchenko, Russian Academy of Sciences

Jonathan Baugh, Institute for Quantum Computing