Physics Colloquium, "Progress and Prospects for the Second Quantum Revolution"

Presented by: Steve Girvin, Department of Physics & Yale Quantum Institute, Yale University and Director, Co-Design Center for Quantum Advantage, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Abstract: The first quantum revolution brought us the great technological advances of the 20th century—the transistor, the laser, the atomic clock and GPS, the global positioning system.  A ‘second quantum revolution’ is now underway based on our relatively new understanding of how information can be stored, manipulated and communicated using strange quantum hardware that is neither fully digital nor fully analog.  We now realize that 20th century hardware does not take advantage of the full power of quantum machines.  This talk will give a gentle introduction to the basic concepts that underlie this quantum information revolution and describe recent remarkable experimental progress in the race to build quantum machines for computing, sensing and communication.

Host: Ana Maria Rey

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Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at 9:00am to 10:00am

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