Seminar: Prof. Jonathan Dowling, Louisiana State University
Quantum technology: the second quantum revolution
We are currently in the midst of a second quantum revolution. Join us to discuss the tools and rules to deliver future quantum technologies, from quantum information technology and quantum electromechanical systems, to coherent quantum electronics and quantum optics.
Professor Jonathan Dowling with his book, Schrödinger's Killer App: Race to Build the World's First Quantum Computer
Presenter: Prof. Jonathan P. Dowling
Title: Quantum technology: the second quantum revolution
Abstract:
We are currently in the midst of a second quantum revolution. The first quantum revolution gave us new rules that govern physical reality. The second quantum revolution will take these rules and use them to develop new technologies.
In this review, we discuss the principles upon which quantum technology is based and the tools required to develop it. We discuss a number of examples of research programs that could deliver quantum technologies in coming decades including: quantum information technology, quantum electromechanical systems, coherent quantum electronics, quantum optics and coherent matter technology.
Jonathan P. Dowling is a co-director of the Horace Hearne Institute for Theoretical Physics and a Hearne chair in Theoretical Physics at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Louisiana State University. He is known for his work on quantum technology, particularly for exploiting quantum entanglement (in the form of a NOON state) for applications to quantum metrology, quantum sensing, and quantum imaging. He has also made contributions to quantum information theory, the field of photonic crystals, and the foundations of quantum electrodynamics. Dowling is one of the founders of the US Government program in quantum information processing.
