Physics Department Colloquia |
Events During the Week of March 8th through March 15th, 2015
Monday, March 9th, 2015
- No events scheduled
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
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Wednesday, March 11th, 2015
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Thursday, March 12th, 2015
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Friday, March 13th, 2015
- Quantum information and a Michelson-Morley test with electrons
- Time: 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
- Place: 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
- Speaker: Hartmut Haffner, University of California, Berkeley
- Abstract: Quantum information processing promises to speed up certain computational tasks. The expectations are high, but many technological hurdles have to be overcome before we can build a quantum computer. Nevertheless, already today quantum information allows for novel insights into physics. In this talk, I will summarize our progress towards building an ion trap quantum computer as well as a surprising application of quantum information to fundamental physics. Using the precise experimental control over individual ions, we verify Lorentz invariance at a level of 10-18, improving the limits set by traditional Michelson-Morley experiments by a factor of five.
- Host: Mark Saffman