Program

2 p.m. to 2:10 p.m.

• Introduction and ceremony (Paul Brumer and Boris Braverman)

2:10 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.

• Talk: Antoine Browaeys, Assembling quantum matter one atom at a time
• Talk: Mikhail Lukin, Exploring the quantum computing frontier with programmable atom arrays

3:45 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.

• Coffee break

4:15 p.m. to 5 p.m.

• Talk: Mark Saffman, Quantum science with entangled atoms and Rydberg interactions

Talk details and abstracts:

Antoine Browaeys - Assembling quantum matter one atom at a time
Abstract: Over the last decade, physicists have learned to assemble "atom by atom" a synthetic quantum matter. This seminar will present one example based on laser-cooled ensembles of individual atoms trapped in microscopic optical tweezer arrays. By exciting them to Rydberg states, we control their interactions even at micrometer distances. In this way, we study the many-body properties of more than a hundred interacting spins, in a regime where simulations by usual numerical methods are already very challenging when not impossible. Beyond the study of many-body problems, the control gained over the atoms could find applications in metrology and could lead to the development of a quantum computer. Some aspects of this research led to the creation of a company, Pasqal.

Mikhail Lukin - Exploring the quantum computing frontier with programmable atom arrays

Mark Saffman - Quantum science with entangled atoms and Rydberg interactions
Abstract: Single atoms provide an ideal setting for explorations in quantum information science by bringing together long coherence and fast control. Early experiments entangled pairs of atoms using Rydberg interactions. Rapid progress in the last decade has led to high fidelity entanglement on demand, arrays of thousands of qubits, and the connectivity needed for distributing entanglement. A race is on to synthesize architectures for quantum enabled information processing. I will present an approach based on combining different atomic elements in a single platform. Using one element for coherent operations, and the other for extraction of classical information, provides a robust solution for scalable quantum computing.