Events

Past Events

Unraveling the Interplay of Spin and Topology in Bismuth Nanowires

E Gerber
  • Speaker: Eli Gerber
  • Event Type: Seminar
  • Date and Time: 03/14/2025 3:30 pm - 03/14/2025 4:30 pm
  • Location: Willamette 240D
Special Day and Time

The electronic structure of 3D bismuth has been experimentally and theoretically revealed to host topologically protected conducting 1D helical modes. Recent magnetotransport measurements of crystalline bismuth quantum wires connected to superconducting e… Read More

New opportunities with defects in superconducting qubits

M Chen
  • Speaker: Mo Chen
  • Event Type: Seminar
  • Date and Time: 03/10/2025 3:30 pm - 03/10/2025 4:30 pm
  • Location: Willamette 240D

Superconducting qubits are among the leading platforms for realizing fault-tolerant quantum computation. However, atomic-scale material defects, known as two-level systems (TLS), naturally occur at the surfaces and interfaces of all materials that constit… Read More

Sharpening Our Cosmic View: Advances in Optical/Infrared Interferometry

J Monnier
  • Speaker: John Monnier
  • Event Type: Seminar
  • Date and Time: 02/17/2025 3:30 pm - 02/17/2025 4:30 pm
  • Location: Willamette 240D

Optical and infrared interferometry has transformed high-angular-resolution astronomy, revealing stellar surfaces, mass transfer in binaries, the inner structure of planet-forming disks, exoplanet atmospheres, and the Galactic Center black hole. I will hi… Read More

Parameter-estimation approach to super resolution

A Boeschoten
  • Speaker: Alexander Boeschoten
  • Event Type: Seminar
  • Date and Time: 02/04/2025 3:30 pm - 02/04/2025 4:30 pm
  • Location: Willamette 240D
Special Day and Time

The resolution of optical systems, formulated as the smallest possible distance between two point sources for which they still can be resolved, was for a long time believed to be limited by diffraction, formulated by the Rayleigh criterion. However, recen… Read More

Harnessing Parametric Interactions for Superconducting Quantum Systems

Simmonds
  • Speaker: Raymond W Simmonds
  • Event Type: Seminar
  • Date and Time: 01/17/2025 3:30 pm - 01/17/2025 4:30 pm
  • Location: Willamette 240 - OMQ Conference Room
Special Day and Time

Presenting Author: Raymond Simmonds, National Institute of Standards & Technology, Boulder COContributing Authors: Xiaoyue Jin, Taewan Noh, Sudhir Sahu, Trevyn Larson, Katarina Cicak, Zachary Parrott, Kaixuan Ji, Tongyu Zhao, Shlomi Kotler, Eliot Kapi… Read More

Experimental demonstration of scalable and reconfigurable repeaterless quantum networks

  • Speaker: Shelbi Jenkins
  • Event Type: Seminar
  • Date and Time: 11/21/2024 1:00 pm - 11/21/2024 2:00 pm
  • Location: Willamette 240 - OMQ Conference Room
Special Day and Time

The realization of practical quantum networks is highly sought after for the advancement of secure communications, distributed quantum computing, and quantum-enhanced sensing. Previous work on analytical models of repeaterless quantum networks emphasizes… Read More

Next-generation superconducting qubits via defect and phonon engineering

Alp
  • Speaker: Alp Sipahigil
  • Event Type: Seminar
  • Date and Time: 11/04/2024 3:30 pm - 11/04/2024 4:30 pm
  • Location: Willamette 240 - OMQ Conference Room

Abstract: Fault-tolerant quantum computation requires further advances in lowering physical qubit error rates in scalable architectures [1]. In this talk, I will present our work on superconducting quantum devices to reduce error rates and resource overhe… Read More

Zooming in on Brownian Motion with Einstein’s Speed Demon

Raizen
  • Speaker: Mark G. Raizen
  • Event Type: Seminar
  • Date and Time: 10/25/2024 2:00 pm - 10/25/2024 3:00 pm
  • Location: Willamette 240 - OMQ Conference Room
Special Day and Time

In 1905, Albert Einstein formulated his seminal model for Brownian motion, the apparently random movement of particles suspended in a fluid.  While this theory was a major achievement, it predicted infinite particle velocities at short times!

OMQ Fall Research Symposium 2024

  • Speaker: Oregon Center for Optical Molecular and Quantum Science
  • Event Type: Symposium
  • Date and Time: 09/12/2024 1:00 pm - 09/14/2024 2:00 pm
  • Location: SpringHill Suites - Bend, Oregon

The OMQ Fall Research Symposium 2024 is scheduled for September 13th-14th, at the SpringHill Suites in Bend, Oregon. The event will feature talks from OMQ faculty and students as well as our invited guest speakers: 

New Techniques for Fast and High-Fidelity Trapped Ion Interconnects

O'Reilly
  • Speaker: Jameson O'Reilly
  • Event Type: Seminar
  • Date and Time: 06/10/2024 3:30 pm - 06/10/2024 4:30 pm
  • Location: Willamette 240 - OMQ Conference Room

Trapped atomic ions are a leading candidate platform for quantum simulation and computing but system sizes are limited by motional mode crowding and transport overhead. Multiple reasonably-sized, well-controlled modules can be connected into one universal… Read More