Please note that this is Harvard’s zoom talk.
Speaker: Mikhail Lukin (Harvard)
Time: May 13, Wednesday, 16:30-17:30 (4:30pm EST)
Location: Online via Zoom (https://harvard.zoom.us/j/952543678)
Title: Exploring New Frontiers of Quantum Science with Programmable Atom Arrays
Abstract: We will discuss recent work at a new scientific interface between many-body physics and quantum information science. Specifically, we will describe the advances involving programmable, coherent manipulation of quantum many-body systems using
atom arrays excited into Rydberg states. Within this system we performed quantum simulations of one dimensional spin models, discovered a new type of non-equilibrium quantum dynamics associated with the so-called many body scars and created large-scale entangled
states. We will also describe the most recent developments that now allow the control over 200 atoms in two-dimensional arrays. Ongoing efforts to study exotic many-body phenomena and to realize and test quantum optimization algorithms within such systems
will be discussed.
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