The MCQST Colloquium Series features interdisciplinary talks given by visiting international speakers. The monthly colloquium covers topics spanning all MCQST research units and will be broadcast live via Zoom for audiences worldwide. The main goal of the series is to create the framework for idea exchange, to strengthen links with QST leading groups worldwide, as well as to act as an integral part of the local educational environment.

MCQST Colloquium: Adam Kaufman

We are excited to invite you to the colloquium talk by Adam Kaufman (JILA).

Agenda

14:00 | Teaser talk by Alexander Impertro (LMU München) on "Probing orbital degrees of freedom for the study of interacting topological matter"

14:15 | Coffee break

14:30 | Colloquium talk by Adam Kaufman on "Programmable control of indistinguishable particles: from clocks to qubits to many-body physics"

Programmable control of indistinguishable particles: from clocks to qubits to many-body physics

Quantum information science seeks to exploit the collective behavior of a large quantum system to enable tasks that are impossible (or less possible!) with classical resources alone. This burgeoning field encompasses a variety of directions, ranging from metrology to computing. While distinguished in objective, all of these directions rely on the preparation and control of many identical particles or qubits. Meeting this need is a defining challenge of the field. There are several promising platforms that are targeting these capabilities, and I will focus on one such platform — optically-trapped neutral atoms. In this context, we have been developing a new suite of tools, based on the use of more exotic atomic species, new trapping architectures, and new control methods. I will provide an overview of these developments and then a specific example of our investigations of programmable, entangled optical atomic clocks.

About Adam Kaufman

Adam Kaufman is a JILA fellow and Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder. His work focuses on the use of microscopically-controlled systems of neutral atoms for applications in quantum information science.

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https://lmu-munich.zoom.us/j/99897798115
Meeting ID: 998 9779 8115, Passcode: mcqst2024