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08 Feb, 2023
Quantum@Harvard Seminar: Local Quantum Probes of Quantum Matter
Prof. Amir Yacoby, Harvard University
February 9, 2023 12pm ā 1pm Maxwell Dworkin 119
Abstract: Major scientific discoveries are often enabled by new measurement capabilities that provide novel perspectives into complex physical problems. Recent advances and discoveries made on quantum materials have challenged experimentalists to come up with new ways to probe their intrinsic properties. In this talk I will review some of the recent work we have done to develop a variety of local quantum sensing techniques as well as their application for exploring quantum matter.
About Speaker: Amir Yacoby is a Professor of Physics at Harvard University. He is also a Professor of Applied Physics at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University and a visiting Professor at the University of Waterloo. He currently holds the Lazaridis Chair in Physics. Following a bachelorās degree in aeronautical engineering and a masterās degree in theoretical physics professor Yacoby turned to experimental condensed matter physics. He received his PhD in 1994 from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. His work focused on understanding coherence in quantum mesoscopic systems. During his postdoc at Bell labs prof. Yacoby developed new techniques to explore electrical conduction in quantum wires and was the first to observe spin-charge separation, a hallmark of Luttinger Liquids. In 1998 Prof. Yacoby joined the faculty of the Weizmann Institute where he developed new techniques for imaging electrical charge. He joined the Harvard faculty in 2006.
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31 Jan, 2023
Quantum@Harvard Seminar: Integrated Photonics for Quantum Interconnects
Prof. Marko Loncar, Harvard University
February 3, 2023
12pm ā 1pm
Maxwell Dworkin 119
Abstract: Optical interconnects, empowered by a variety of integrated photonic platforms, form the backbone of modern communication systems, including Ā tele-com, data-com and microwave-photonics. Similarly, integrated photonic enabled Ā quantum interconnects will be crucial for realization of quantum networks. In my talk I will discuss quantum photonic platforms based on thin film lithium niobate and diamond and their applications in realization of quantum repeaters and quantum transducers. The former are important for the development of quantum internet while the latter will enable modular quantum computing.Ā
About Speaker: Marko LonÄar is Tiantsai Lin Professor of Electrical Engineering at Harvard's John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), as well as Harvard College Professor. LonÄar is expert in nanophotonics and nanofabrication, and his current research interests include quantum and nonlinear nanophotonics, quantum optomechanics, high-power optics, and nanofabrication. He is a co-founder of and a board member forĀ HyperLight Corporation, VC backed startup commercializing lithium niobate photonic technology.
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Highly Ordered Inverse Opal Structures Synthesized from Shape-Controlled Nanocrystal Building Blocks
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61(3), e202111048
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Creep of CarbFix Basalt: Influence of Rock-fluid Interaction
Xing, T., Ghaffari, H. O., Mok, U., & Pec, M. (2022). Creep of CarbFix basalt: influence of rockāfluid interaction. Solid Earth, 13(1), 137-160.
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Electronic thermal transport measurement in low-dimensional materials with graphene non-local noise thermometry
Nat. Nanotechnol. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-021-01015-x
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Intercellular nanotubes mediate mitochondrial trafficking between cancer and immune cells
Nat. Nanotechnol. 17, 98ā106 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-021-01000-4
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Highly Conductive and Permeable Nanocomposite Ultrafiltration Membranes Using Laser-Reduced Graphene Oxide
Nano Lett. 2021, 21, 6, 2429ā2435
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Oxynitride-Encapsulated Silver Nanowire Transparent Electrode with Enhanced Thermal, Electrical, and Chemical Stability
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14, 3, 4423ā4433
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Cascade of isospin phase transitions in Bernal bilayer graphene at zero magnetic field
arXiv:2110.13907 [cond-mat.mes-hall] (under review)
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Carbonate-hosted microbial communities are prolific and pervasive methane oxidizers at geologically diverse marine methane seep sites
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2006857118
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Interfacial ferroelectricity in rhombohedral-stacked bilayer transition metal dichalcogenides
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Probing dark exciton navigation through a local strain landscape in a WSe2 monolayer
Nature Communications volume 13, Article number: 232 (2022)
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