Quantum Processing Opportunities with Multilevel Atoms

By Wes Campbell, UCLA

  • Event Type: Seminar
  • Date and Time: 03/16/2023 9:00 am - 03/16/2023 10:00 am
  • Location: Willamette 240D
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While it can be useful in some cases to abstract away all but 2 levels of the atoms used for quantum computing, it should not be forgotten that these qubit hosts often have many levels capable of participating in processing tasks.  These include long-lived states within hyperfine, Zeeman, and electronic-state structure in atoms, but extend to rotational, vibrational, and more exotic level landscapes if one considers molecules instead of just atoms.  Given the effectively atom-limited regime in which many (possibly all) atomic processors currently operate, I will pose the question of how can more-flexible encodings that utilize beyond-qubit levels improve the computational power of these devices.

More information about Dr Campbell can be found here: Campbell Group