CIQC Events

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,...

2/14/24 AMO/QI seminar Dr. Kevin Singh University of Chicago

Wednesday, February 14, 2024 11 am - 12 pm 375 Physics North

Please join us for this week’s AMO/QI seminar featuring Dr. Kevin Singh from the University of Chicago. He will be giving a talk titled, A dual-apecies Rydberg array

Abstract:
Rydberg atom arrays are a leading platform for quantum information science. Such arrays comprise hundreds of long-lived qubits that are used for highly coherent analog quantum simulation and digital quantum computation. Advanced quantum protocols such as quantum error correction, however, require...

2/21/24 AMO/QI seminar Dr. Harry Levine from AWS

Wednesday, February 21, 2024 11 am - 12 pm 375 Physics North

Please join us for this week’s AMO/QI seminar featuring Dr. Harry Levine from Amazon Web Services. He will be giving a talk titled: Novel strategies for hardware-efficient quantum processors

Abstract:
Quantum error correction is an exciting scientific frontier at the interface of many fields including quantum information science, many-body physics, and computer science. The field has developed rapidly in the last several years, with major milestones marking the first glimpses...

2/23/24 Quantum Gathering - Sajant Anand, UC Berkeley

Friday, February 23, 2024 3:30 - 4:30 pm 131 Campbell Hall

Please join us for this week’s Spark talk featuring a presentation by graduate student Sajant Anand from UC Berkeley. He will be speaking on the topic of: Quantum dynamics on a 127 Qubit Processor.

Then join us after the talk on the patio for boba and empanadas as well as beverages and continued conversation.

2/28/24 AMO/QI seminar Dr. Nathanan Tantivasadakarn, CalTech

Wednesday, February 28, 2024 11 am - 12 pm 375 Physics North

Please join us for this week’s AMO/QI seminar featuring Dr. Nathanan Tantivasadakarn, CalTech. He will be giving a talk titled, Sculpting quantum many-body states and quantum error correcting codes with measurements.

Abstract:
Quantum mechanics exhibits a stark dichotomy between unitary time-evolution and measurement. These aspects are further contrasted by the fact that traditional many-body quantum theory is developed solely based on unitary aspects. In this talk, I will...

3/6/24 AMO/QI seminar Dr. Sara Murciano, CalTech

Wednesday, May 1, 2024 11 am - 12 pm 375 Physics North

Please join us for this week’s AMO/QI seminar featuring Dr. Sara Murciano, CalTech. She will be giving a talk titled: Measurements and symmetries on the fate of entanglement

Abstract:

Entanglement plays a key role in different fields of physics. This talk focuses on two aspects where understanding its behaviour yields intriguing results: measurements and symmetries. The first topic explores how weak measurements alter the properties of critical models: We identify different protocols wherein...

3/13/24 AMO/QI Seminar: Qual Club, Prof. Hartmut Haeffner

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 11 am - 12 pm 375 Physics North

This week’s AMO/QI seminar is Qual Club, hosted by Prof. Hartmut Haeffner.

The AMO Qual Club is meant for our early-career graduate students who are learning broadly about AMO physics in preparation for their qualifying examination. This event is for graduate students, and in an effort to keep the gatherings more informal and less stressful, we ask professors, postdocs, undergraduate students, visitors and other researchers not to join us for this meeting.

3/15/24 Quantum Gathering - Dominic Williamson, IBM

Friday, March 15, 2024 3:30 PM 5:00 PM 131 Campbell Hall (map)

Please join us for this week’s Spark talk featuring a presentation by Dr. Dominic Williamson, a research staff member from IBM. He will be speaking on the topic of: There's still plenty of room at the bottom.

Then join us after the talk on the patio for burritos as well as beverages and continued conversation.

This week we are welcoming a larger crowd than usual because of prospective graduate...

3/18/24 How Quantum Complexity Found its Way into Black Hole Physics | Simons Institute

Monday, March 18, 2024 4:30 PM 5:30 PM Calvin Lab Auditorium (map)

Leonard Susskind from Stanford University presents a special lecture on How Quantum Complexity Found its Way into Black Hole Physics, as part of the Simons Institute’s workshop on...

3/22/24 AMO/QI Seminar Dr. Nelson Oppong, JILA

Friday, March 22, 2024 3:30 - 4:30 pm 131 Campbell Hall

Please join us for this week’s AMO/QI seminar featuring Dr. Nelson Oppong from JILA. Please note this seminar will take place on FRIDAY, March 22 from 1-2pm in 101 Campbell Hall. His talk is titled: Making, probing, and using 'Schrödinger cat' states in an optical clock

Abstract:
While optical atomic clocks continue to reach unprecedented levels of precision and accuracy, an important question concerns how quantum entanglement...