Conveners
W3-5 Quantum Sensors and Quantum Technology (DAMOPC) | Détecteurs quantiques et technologie quantique (DPAMPC)
- Agata Branczyk (Perimeter Institute)
The past few years have seen the rapid maturation of quantum information processors, particularly in the category of superconducting microwave circuits. With claims from leading companies that they will commercialize quantum processors in the next five years, we must wonder what quantum technologies should be developed in tandem to fully utilize these processors. For example, we are all...
Friction reducing, two-dimensional dry lubricants, such as graphene, boron nitride, and molybdenum disulphide, have been shown to have a number of interesting frictional characteristics, such as a dependence on the number of layers, an exceptional dependence on the surface adhesion properties of the underlying substrate, and environmental stability. We explored the frictional properties of...
Using the well-known Autler-Townes effect, we have implemented a novel quantum memory in our laboratory in a medium of laser-cooled rubidium atoms. This new method relies on the absorption of the signal over a wide spectral region, making it inherently broadband and well-suited to quantum memory applications. This Autler-Townes splitting (ATS) protocol facilitates dynamical control of coherent...
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) is a powerful tool for detecting chemicals, including rhodamine 6G (R6G), at the molecular level. The authors have developed a plasmonic structure by depositing gold nanorods (GNRs, aspect ratio: 6.4) on a tapered optical fiber via optical tweezing. A 1064 nm laser was coupled to the un-tapered end of the tapered fiber for tweezing. The tweezing...
