Events at Physics |
Events on Friday, March 15th, 2024
- Graduate Program Event
- Prospective Visit Days
- Time: 8:30 am
- Place: all over Chamberlin
- Speaker: various
- Abstract: This weekend, we'll host several prospective PhD student visitors to the department. Please welcome them as you see them around Chamberlin!
- Host: Sharon Kahn
- Physics Department Colloquium
- Using Dissipation to Preserve Superconducting Qubit Coherence
- Time: 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm
- Place: 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Speaker: Eli Levinson-Falk, USC
- Abstract: Superconducting qubits are a leading quantum information technology, combining high coherence, strong addressability, and flexible engineering. However, they are still prone to decoherence due to dissipative couplings to an uncontrolled environment. However, we can use dissipative coupling to a controlled environment to counteract decoherence and preserve the desired behavior. I will discuss some of our results using this approach, and focus on our recent development of a "dissipator" device that creates on-demand loss. By targeting this dissipation at a cavity, we can rapidly remove photons that might cause dephasing in a qubit coupled to the cavity. This dissipation both damps and refrigerates the target cavity, allowing for long-lived qubit coherence even when the bath temperature is high. I will discuss how to use this approach in a variety of applications, including both operating large-scale quantum processors and studies of foundational quantum mechanics.
- Host: Maxim Vavilov