Tue March 1, 2022 4:00 pm
CUA Seminar – Christopher Monroe: Atomic Physics Engineering in Ion Trap Quantum Computers
Location:MIT 34-101
Christopher Monroe,
Duke University and IonQ
Ten Minute Talk:"Evidence of Two-Source King Plot Nonlinearity in Spectroscopic Search for New Boson" by
Eugene Knyazev,
Harvard
Trapped atomic ions are a leading physical platform for universal quantum computers, featuring qubits with essentially infinite idle coherence times that can be controlled with optical dipole forces and measured with nearly unit quantum efficiency. While atomic physics is obviously at the core of trapped ion quantum computers, recent strides in this field have come from the systems engineering of atomic systems. This has given rise to devices that can explore higher level scientific directions that have nothing to do with atomic physics. Nevertheless, we continue to discover aspects of atomic physics and qubit entanglement by building atomic quantum computer systems and demanding a more expressive set of tools. I will summarize this development, underlying the growing understanding that the quantum computer cores of the future will likely come from atomic physics.
3:45pm – Refreshments in 26-214
4:15pm – 10 Minute Talk in 34-101
4:30pm – Feature Seminar in 34-101