Physics Department Colloquia - Materials Theory and Computation for the Design of Quantum Technologies
When: Thursday,
November 5, 2020
6:00 PM
-
8:00 PM
Where: Online
Description: The UMASS Dartmouth Physics Department Colloquia
A weekly seminar series of fully online colloquia featuring speakers from around the globe.
Date: Thursday, November 5, 2020
Time: 6:00pm
Zoom Link:
https://umassd.zoom.us/j/98360315189?pwd=VktzWEJFZXF4bUMxUStUbEdiOE56dz09
Title: Materials Theory and Computation for the Design of Quantum
Technologies
Speaker: Katherine Inzani Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory
Abstract:
Ab initio computational approaches to solid state physics provide a valuable bridge between fundamental condensed matter phenomena and application driven materials engineering. In this talk, I outline the principles of design, discovery and optimization of advanced functional materials in collaborative, co-design processes, often led by first-principles modelling. This practice has been greatly helped by the burgeoning of materials informatics tools and computational capabilities in recent years. When applied to quantum materials, these tools can deeply enhance our understanding of atomic-scale influences and complex couplings between spin, orbital, charge and lattice degrees of freedom.
Such techniques have been integral in finding materials solutions to the pressing physics questions of our time including the next-generation of electronics beyond Moorea's law, the future of quantum computing and the nature of dark matter. I highlight recent work in applying targeted, theory-driven searches in the field of quantum technologies, including results in the design of tuneable quantum sensors for dark matter detection and a novel type of spin-orbit qubit
For additional information please contact Dr. Robert Fisher (rfisher1@umassd.edu) or Dr. Renuka Rajapakse (rrajapakse@umassd.edu)
A weekly seminar series of fully online colloquia featuring speakers from around the globe.
Date: Thursday, November 5, 2020
Time: 6:00pm
Zoom Link:
https://umassd.zoom.us/j/98360315189?pwd=VktzWEJFZXF4bUMxUStUbEdiOE56dz09
Title: Materials Theory and Computation for the Design of Quantum
Technologies
Speaker: Katherine Inzani Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory
Abstract:
Ab initio computational approaches to solid state physics provide a valuable bridge between fundamental condensed matter phenomena and application driven materials engineering. In this talk, I outline the principles of design, discovery and optimization of advanced functional materials in collaborative, co-design processes, often led by first-principles modelling. This practice has been greatly helped by the burgeoning of materials informatics tools and computational capabilities in recent years. When applied to quantum materials, these tools can deeply enhance our understanding of atomic-scale influences and complex couplings between spin, orbital, charge and lattice degrees of freedom.
Such techniques have been integral in finding materials solutions to the pressing physics questions of our time including the next-generation of electronics beyond Moorea's law, the future of quantum computing and the nature of dark matter. I highlight recent work in applying targeted, theory-driven searches in the field of quantum technologies, including results in the design of tuneable quantum sensors for dark matter detection and a novel type of spin-orbit qubit
For additional information please contact Dr. Robert Fisher (rfisher1@umassd.edu) or Dr. Renuka Rajapakse (rrajapakse@umassd.edu)
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