Dr. Alannah Hallas: Blusson Quantum Matter Institute Title: Entropy engineering and tunable magnetic order in the spinel high entropy oxide Abstract: The field of high entropy oxides (HEOs) flips traditional materials science paradigms on their head by seeking to understand what properties arise in the presence of profound configurational disorder. This disorder, which emerges as the […]

Patrick Ledwith – Harvard University Title: Vortexability Chern bands in Twisted and Strained Graphene Abstract: Fractional Chern insulators realize the remarkable physics of the fractional quantum Hall effect (FQHE) in crystalline systems with Chern bands. The lowest Landau level (LLL) is known to host the FQHE, but not all Chern bands are suitable for realizing […]

Dmitri Pikulin – Microsoft Title: Aspects of Microsoft’s recent topological gap study Abstract: I will discuss the theory and data analysis techniques behind the recent study searching for Majorana zero modes. I will describe how the transport techniques can help identify the boundary and bulk signatures of the topological phase. The analytical insight is confirmed […]

John Birkbeck – Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science. Title: The Quantum Twisting Microscope Abstract: In this talk, I will present a new type of scanning probe microscope, the Quantum Twisting Microscope (QTM), capable of performing local quantum interference measurements at a twistable interface between two quantum materials. Its working principle is […]

Mattias Fitzpatrick – Dartmouth College Title: Quantum Simulation with Superconducting Circuits: Synthetic Quantum Matter to Non-Hermitian Sensing Abstract: In recent years, superconducting circuits have garnered much attention due to their use in quantum computers and quantum annealers. However, this technological platform can also be used to study problems in condensed matter and many-body physics where microwave […]

Lesley Cohen – Chair of the Advisory Board Title: Non-collinear Mn3NiN Antiferromagnets Abstract: Antiferromagnets (AFM) hold interest because of their potential for application in high density, high speed spintronic devices, as  an active layer and also as a component in superconducting S/AFM/S Josephson Junctions. Frustrated non-collinear antiferromagnets offer additional attractive functional properties due to their […]

Ting Ge – University of South Carolina Title: Mechanics of Non-Concatenated Ring Polymers – Effects of Topology Revealed by Molecular Simulations Abstract: Few aspects are as prevalent and important as topology in polymer mechanics, which provides an essential foundation for versatile functions of polymeric materials. Recent advances in chemistry have enabled the precise synthesis of […]

Lea Nienhaus – Florida State University Title: Stressing Halide Perovskites: Nanoscale Investigation of the Properties of Perovskite Thin Films Abstract: Solution-processed perovskite thin films consist of small grains with a size of 20 - 2000 nm connected by grain boundaries. As a result, there is a vast inhomogeneity in the optical and electronic properties of […]

Marcel Franz – Quantum Matter Institute Title: d-mon: an improved transmon qubit based on a cuprate Josephson junction   Abstract: Transmon qubit, based on a superconducting Josephson junction shunted by a large capacitance, is the workhorse component powering the majority of intermediate scale quantum computers currently in operation. I this talk I will describe a […]

Lindsay LeBlanc – University of Alberta Title: Light-matter interactions in cold and ultracold neutral atomic gases: Applications to quantum memory and holonomic quantum operations Abstract: Neutral atomic gases provide fantastic opportunities for studying and controlling quantum phenomena, ranging from many-body physics to quantum computers. In our research, we use the well-known interactions between cold gases […]

Joe Checkelsky– Massachusetts Institute of Technology Title: Natural Superlattice Design of Modulated Superconductors Abstract: Connecting theoretical models for exotic quantum states to real materials is a key goal in quantum materials synthesis.  Two-dimensional model systems have been proposed to host a wide variety of exotic phases- historically a number of techniques have been used to […]

Xiaodong Xu – University of Washington Title: Observation of Fractional Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect Abstract: The interplay between spontaneous symmetry breaking and topology can result in exotic quantum states of matter. A celebrated example is the quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) state, which exhibits an integer quantum Hall effect at zero magnetic field due to topologically […]