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Dr. Lupascu is an experimental physicist interested in the quantum dynamics of various types of physical systems and the application of quantum effects to build new types of detectors and quantum information processors. His Superconducting Quantum Device lab focuses on experimental research with superconducting devices, ranging from quantum bits for quantum information experiments, to superconducting resonators for loss characterization, among other projects.
Contact information
Office: QNC 2202; RAC1 2112
Phone: 519 888-4567 ext. 35468
Email: alupascu@uwaterloo.ca
Website: Superconducting Quantum Devices Group
Dr. Lupascu and his research group investigate quantum effects in solid state devices. The physical systems we are primarily interested in consist of nanostrucutured superconductors with Josephson junctions. With proper design and experimental control, these systems behave as artificial atoms. We are interested in using superconducting quantum devices as quantum bits (or qubits), which are the basic units of quantum information processors. In addition, we use the strong interaction between superconducting devices and eletromagnetic fields to explore new phenomena in quantum optics and quantum measurement with applications to amplification and sensing.
Current projects include
Flux qubits in a planar circuit quantum electrodynamics architecture: quantum control and decoherence,
J.-L. Orgiazzi, C. Deng, D. Layden, R. Marchildon, F. Kitapli, F. Shen, M. Bal,
F. R. Ong, A. Lupascu,
Physical Review B 93, 104518 (2016), Arxiv
Observation of Floquet states in a strongly driven artificial atom,
Chunqing Deng, Jean-Luc Orgiazzi, Feiruo Shen, Sahel Ashhab, Adrian Lupascu,
Physical Review Letters 115, 133601 (2015), Arxiv.
Suspended graphene devices with local gate control on an insulating substrate,
F. R. Ong, Z. Cui, M. A. Yurtalan, C. Vojvodin, M. Papaj, J.-L. F. X. Orgiazzi, C. Deng, M. Bal, A. Lupascu,
Nanotechnology 26 405201 (2015), Arxiv.
Dynamics of parametric fluctuations induced by quasiparticle tunneling in superconducting flux qubits,
M. Bal, M. H. Ansari, J.-L. Orgiazzi, R. M. Lutchyn, and A. Lupascu,
Physical Review B 91, 195434 (2015), Arxiv.
Quantum physics: The path most travelled,
A. Lupascu,
Nature, News and Views 511, 538 (2014), Arxiv.
Please see Dr. Lupascu's research site for a complete list of his publications.
2005 PhD Physics, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
2000 BSc Physics, University of Bucharest, Romania
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