Emeka Ikpeazu will be presenting "Optical Frequency Combs in Modern Communications Applications". Coffee and cookies will be provided!
There are still presentation spots available in March and April, if you would like to sign up to present please do so here.
Boris Mesits, will be presenting "Exploring the Limits of Transmon Measurement Uncertainty" at the CMU Cohon University Center Danforth Conference Room.
Mihir Khanna will give a talk on Quantum Transduction via Cavity Electro-Optics at 2pm in 321 Allen Hall.
A Pitt-CMU Colloquium
Abstract: This largely historical colloquium is devoted to the evolution of experimental particle physics at colliders from the early 80s to the present, and beyond that to what is expected at the HL-LHC. I will cover my own experience from UA2 (1982-1990) to ATLAS (1984-2022) in some detail, from the discovery of the W/Z bosons at the CERN SppbarS to that of the Higgs boson at the LHC, but I will also use the measurement of the mass of the W boson as a common thread between these two experiments and those at LEP and the TeVatron.
A Pitt/CMU Colloquium
Abstract: For over half a century, high-energy particle accelerators have been a major enabling technology for particle and nuclear physics research as well as sources of X-rays for photon science research in material science, chemistry and biology. We will briefly review recent advances of the accelerator community to increase the energy and improve the performance of accelerators, reduce their cost, and make them more power efficient.
Numerous ideas and proposals of future accelerators were discussed in the course of the “...
Abstract: Quantum computing has been attracting public attention recently. This interest is driven by the advancements in hardware, software, and algorithms required for its successful usage and the promise that it entails the potential acceleration of computational tasks compared to classical computing. This perspective talk presents a short review of quantum computing, how this computational approach solves problems, and three fields that quantum computing can potentially impact the most while relevant to chemical engineering: computational chemistry, optimization, and...
A Pitt Physics seminar
Abstract: The discovery of graphene inaugurated research on the novel relativistic and topological electronic properties of 2D honeycomb quantum materials. One wonders whether other elemental graphene analogues beyond the group 4a elements exist. Motivated by revolutionary exploration of the synthesis and electronic characterization in Xenes, we address whether metallic elements can also embody similar molecular and electronic structures. We find that alkaline earth Ca monolayer (calcene) on Cu(111) indeed forms a new 2D honeycomb...
A CMU-Pitt Colloquium
Abstract: Electrons inside matter can behave as complex particles that do not exist in the Standard Model. These seemingly impossible effects are examples of emergent phenomena—that is, unexpected collective behavior—of electrons in quantum materials. The discovery and characterization of new emergent phenomena in quantum materials not only expand the boundary of our knowledge, but also provide unique opportunities for future quantum technologies. However, these effects often manifest in subtle ways, and thus detecting them requires...
A CMU-Pitt Colloquium
Abstract: Quantum materials host exotic states of matter with unique macroscopic phenomena, ranging from various correlated electron states to topological orders. The ability to manipulate and probe their emergent behavior with nanoscale precision is at the forefront of condensed matter research and underlies the future progress of new electronic and photonic technologies. Polaritonic platforms utilizing hybrid light-matter excitations with extreme light confinement enable a unique form of experimental inquiry into the...
A CMU-Pitt Colloquium
Abstract: With the advancements in quantum materials research, the emergent quantum many-body phenomena, such as competing orders, topological order and fractionalization, can be realized in much more controllable ways.
However, resolving them experimentally can be challenging. In this talk, I will tell two stories of understanding the emergent phenomena in quantum materials, with setups both in and out of equilibrium. First, I will discuss our theory of the charge orders in recently extensively studied Vanadium based kagomé...