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Events During the Week of June 25th through July 2nd, 2023
Monday, June 26th, 2023
- No events scheduled
Tuesday, June 27th, 2023
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar
- Atomic and Molecular Calculations Using Quantum Algorithms
- Time: 10:00 am - 11:00 am
- Place: 5310 Chamberlin
- Speaker: Srinivasa Prasannaa V, Centre for Quantum Engineering, Research and Education (CQuERE), TCG CREST, Kolkata, India
- Abstract: The possibility of carrying out atomic and molecular calculations on quantum computers has opened new avenues for exploring various important applications within the quantum computing framework. In this talk, we will discuss important results from our recent and ongoing works that employ the VQE, HHL, and quantum annealing eigensolver algorithms, in view of our long-term goal to probe fundamental physics via quantum many-body theoretic calculations on quantum computers.
- Host: Trent Graham
- Network in Neutrinos, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Symmetries (N3AS) Seminar
- Dark matter in compact stars and galactic structure
- Time: 2:00 pm
- Place: Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 912 3071 4547
- Speaker: Joseph Bramante , Queen's University, Canada
- Abstract: Dark matter that accumulates in compact stars can have a number of observable effects, including thermal emission from the surface of neutron stars, converting neutron stars into black holes, and causing white dwarfs to explode. After very briefly reviewing these compact star dark matter searches I will present some preliminary work on dark matter induced white dwarf explosions, and how these can alter galactic structure through dark matter induced baryonic feedback.
N3AS online seminar series - Summer 2023 #1
- Host: A. Baha Balantekin
Wednesday, June 28th, 2023
- No events scheduled
Thursday, June 29th, 2023
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar
- Interactions Between Nitrogen-Based Spin Defects in Diamond
- Time: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
- Place: 5310 Chamberlin
- Speaker: Jonathan Marcks, Argonne National Laboratory
- Abstract: Defect center-based spin qubits in solid-state materials show great promise as quantum sensors and nodes in quantum networks. The success of these applications relies on precise control and understanding of the qubit host material and noise environment, which ultimately dictate qubit coherence. In this talk, I will describe our recent efforts to better understand environment-induced decoherence of the nitrogen vacancy (NV) center in diamond, an optically addressable spin qubit with coherent properties up to and above room temperature. I will focus on NV centers in nuclear spin-free diamond surrounded by low-dimensional dark electron spin baths, growth conditions achievable via in-house chemical vapor deposition (CVD) diamond growth. Introduction of unconverted nitrogen defects (P1 centers) is unavoidable in CVD growth and NV center synthesis, and it is thus critical to study NV-P1 interactions at scales relevant for quantum devices. To this end, I will first discuss quantitative computational studies of NV decoherence at the length and density scales relevant for synthesizing single NV centers, providing a reference for future NV synthesis, as well as revealing coherence behavior dependent on the spin bath dimensionality. These data are then applied to characterize nitrogen density in-situ via a statistical model, bypassing the need for unreliable bulk characterization techniques. I will then present measurements of spin bath dynamics at the single-spin level as a means to understand how microscopic processes cause decoherence. I will describe a polarization- and time-resolved measurement technique of a strongly coupled NV-P1 system that enables a probe of P1 polarization decay under arbitrary microwave and optical drives. These measurements reveal decay mechanisms on the single-spin level, allowing us to address open questions about the behavior of P1 spin baths in diamond.
- Host: Mark Eriksson
- Summer Recess
- Time: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
- Place: 4274 Chamberlin
- Speaker: Sharon Kahn
- Abstract: Come take a break and play from 12:30-1 in 4274.
Cards, games, juice boxes. . . .
Hope you’ll join us!
Friday, June 30th, 2023
- No events scheduled