2/7/24 AMO/QI Seminar Dr. Sophia Economou Virginia Tech

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

11 am - 12 pm
375 Physics North

Please join us for this week’s AMO/QI seminar featuring a talk by Dr. Sophia Economou from Virignia Tech.
Her talk is titled: Spin-photon interfaces: control and distribution of entanglement
Abstract:
Spin-photon interfaces are ubiquitous in quantum information processing and also feature intriguing physics culminating from the interplay of spin-spin, spin-photon, and spin-field interactions. In these systems, of particular interest are entangled states of nuclear spins, which can be used as quantum memories, and of photonic qubits, which can be used to transmit information robustly. I will discuss the dynamics of these systems and applications to quantum networks and photonic quantum computing.

Bio:
Sophia Economou is a Professor and the T. Marshall Hahn Chair in Physics at Virginia Tech. She is also the director of the Virginia Tech Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering. She focuses on theoretical research in quantum information science, including quantum computing, quantum communications, and quantum simulation algorithms.