2025 Fall Seminar Series

Event graphic including speaker headshot, smiling, wearing a red shirt in an office setting. Text reads: Quantum computing with atomic qubit arrays. November 6, 2025 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project PML 2000 2301 Bonisteel Blvd Zoom Option Available. Mark Saffman, Johannes Rydberg Professor of Physics University of Wisconsin-Madison and Infleqtion. An image of someone working with quantum equipment glowing blue is featured.

Quantum Research Institute | Quantum computing with atomic qubit arrays: Mark Saffman – University of Wisconsin and Infleqtion

November 6, 2025 11:00 am

In-Person: Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project – PML2000 Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99333578305?jst=2 Abstract: Large arrays of neutral atoms are a leading modality in the race towards useful quantum computation. Systems with more than 1000 qubits in 2D arrays and gate fidelities approaching three nines are being developed by many academic and industrial groups. I will present recent ...
Event graphic with smiling outdoor headshot, in a collared shirt of Jonathan Hood, Assistant Professor Purdue University. Text reads: Cavity QED with molecular defects coupled to a photonic crystal cavity. October 23, 2025 11:00 am to 12:00 pm The Michigan League Henderson Room (3rd Floor), Ann Arbor Zoom Option Available.

Quantum Research Institute | Cavity QED with molecular defects coupled to a photonic crystal cavity: Jonathan Hood (Purdue University)

October 23, 2025 11:00 am

In-person: Michigan League – Henderson room (3rd Floor) Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/95387296886?jst=2 Abstract: We implement permanent spectral tuning to bring lifetime-limited emitters into collective resonance within an integrated photonic cavity. This addresses a fundamental challenge in solid-state cavity QED: combining multiple coherent quantum emitters with scalable nanophotonics. Our hybrid approach decouples emitter synthesis from nanophotonic fabrication ...
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Quantum Research Institute | New architectures for neutral atom quantum computing: Jeff Thompson (Princeton University)

October 9, 2025 11:00 am

In-Person: Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project – 2000PML Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/91548361604?jst=2 Abstract: I will present recent theoretical and experimental developments on fault-tolerant quantum computing with neutral 171Yb atoms. On the theoretical side, I will discuss hardware-efficient implementations of error correction leveraging unique features of neutral atom qubits. I will also present experimental realizations of these concepts ...
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Quantum Research Institute | A New Era in Quantum Optics: From Topological Photonics to Correlated Materials: Mohammad Hafezi (University of Maryland)

September 25, 2025 11:00 am

In-Person: West Hall 411 Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/91759211821?jst=2 Title: A New Era in Quantum Optics: From Topological Photonics to Correlated Materials Abstract: Quantum optics investigates the interactions between light and matter at their most fundamental level. In recent years, we have witnessed remarkable advances in controlling individual photons and other excitations, such as spin, charge, excitons, ...

Precision measurements and quantum sensing using cold atoms

September 11, 2025 11:00 am

In-Person: Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project. 2000PML Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/97924298308?jst=2