Dear quanta,
As a reminder, this talk is tomorrow at 11am. Our next meeting will be
next Friday, Apr 13, at 11am.
aram
On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 10:09 AM, Aram Harrow <aram(a)mit.edu> wrote:
Dear quanta,
This talk is at our usual group meeting time. I suggest we go to this and
skip the group meeting that week. We also won't have a group meeting this
week because of spring break.
We are looking for speakers for future weeks. Send me an email if you're
intersted in speaking.
aram
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From: Nina Wu <ninawu(a)mit.edu>
Date: Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 2:22 PM
Subject: The Robert H. Meservey Memorial Lecture on 4/6
To: Nina Wu <ninawu(a)mit.edu>
*Robert H. Meservey Memorial Lecture*
*Friday, April 6, 2018, 11:00am - 12:00pm in the Pappalardo Community
Room, 4-349*
*Reception to precede talk at 10:30am in the lobby of 4-349*
Charles Marcus
Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen and Director of the Center
for Quantum Devices
“Using Topology to Build a Better Qubit”
This talk will describe an adventure currently underway to coax into
existence excitations (particles) that have non-Abelian braiding
statistics—something yet unseen in the physical world—and to not stop
there, but to try to employ these new excitations, Majorana zero modes, for
a topological quantum computing. Which is more challenging: the mathematics
of computing by braiding particles? The material science of creating hybrid
materials that support Majorana modes? The nanotechnology of fabricating
the devices? The condensed matter physics of producing them in the lab? The
electrical engineering of controlling and reading out their state? The
software to control the electronics on submicrosecond timescales? This talk
will try to cover a small amount of each of these aspects, to convey the
sense of complexity of quantum computing generally.
*Robert H. Meservey Memorial Lectureship*
A lectureship established by family and friends in memory of Robert H.
Meservey. The lectureship brings in speakers in the field of Experimental
and Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics for the Physics Department, as
well as providing support for research and educational activities in the
fields of Condensed Matter and Atomic Physics.
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