The AMO/QI seminar returns for the Fall 2023 semester!
Please join us for our first seminar of the semester, featuring Dr. Chris Anderson from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

He will be presenting a talk titled: Building a quantum internet with photons and electron spins

Abstract:
How do we get quantum systems to ‘talk’ to each other? How can we distribute entanglement at global scales? I will describe our work tackling these challenges by using light as a robust mediator of quantum interactions between matter qubits. First, I overview the development of optically-active electron spins in silicon carbide as a platform to realize long-distance quantum links. These qubits uniquely combine world-record spin coherence, noiseless single photon emission, and nanophotonic device integration- all in a wafer-scale semiconductor. I will then present our recent discovery of a quantum material with an electro-optic tunability orders of magnitude greater than leading systems, enabled by harnessing quantum phase transitions. This large cryogenic optical nonlinearity paves the way for photonic quantum computing, scaling of superconducting processors, and the microwave-to-optical transduction needed to link leading quantum systems to optical networks. These results highlight the power of controlling electron spins and photons in condensed matter systems to enable a future quantum internet.