Unboxing Quantum: Spooky Action
Virtual eventSpooky Action at a Distance Quantum Entanglement and Spooky Action won the Nobel Prize in physics this year. Once considered a boogieman in physicists' closets, quantum entanglement is one of […]
Experience the World’s Fastest Visible and Thermal Cameras
BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaProgram 12:00 PM: Seminar 1:00 - 3:00 PM: Live Demos & Pizza Location: Brimacombe 311 Overview This showcase will provide an overview of High Speed & Thermal Imaging, with an […]
CM Seminar: Zac Ward – Disorder as an Order Parameter
Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute Room 311, 2235 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaZac Ward - Oak Ridge National Laboratory Titel: Disorder as an Order Parameter Abstract: The way that materials behave can simply be thought of as a response to what the […]
CM Seminar: Professor Romain Vasseur – Anomalous Diffusion in Quantum Spin Chains
Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute Room 311, 2235 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaProfessor Romain Vasseur – University of Massachusetts, Amherst Title: Anomalous diffusion in quantum spin chains Abstract: High-temperature quantum transport is usually assumed to be incoherent and diffusive. In this talk, […]
CM Seminar: Joyce Poon: Visible-light Silicon Integrated Photonics for Future Computing
BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaJoyce Poon - University of Toronto Title: Visible-light Silicon Integrated Photonics for Future Computing Abstract: The emerging demands of computing require hardware advances to realize new types of computing architectures and […]
CM Seminar: Professor Kai-Mei C Fu – Quantum Point Defects: Can These Defects Be Less Defective?
BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaProfessor Kai-Mei C Fu - University of Washington Title: Quantum point defects: Can these defects be less defective? Abstract: Point defects in crystals are the solid state analog to trapped […]
Special Seminar: Thin film lithium niobate photonic platform
BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaSpeaker: Marko Loncar, Harvard University Abstract: I will present thin film lithium niobate photonic platform, featuring strong light confinement and dense integration, that has the potential to revolutionize optical communications, […]
CM Seminar: Long Ju – Electron Correlation and Coupling with Phonon in the Trilayer Graphene/hBN Moire Superlattice
BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaLong Ju - MIT Physics Department Title: Electron Correlation and Coupling with Phonon in the Trilayer Graphene/hBN Moire Superlattice Abstract: ABC-stacked trilayer graphene/hexagonal boron nitride moiré superlattice (TLG/hBN) has emerged as […]
CM Seminar: Thomas Scaffidi – Spread and Erase – How Electron Hydrodynamics Can Eliminate the Landauer-Sharvin Resistance
BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaThomas Scaffidi - University of California Irvine Title: Spread and Erase - How Electron Hydrodynamics Can Eliminate the Landauer-Sharvin Resistance Abstract: What is the ultimate limit of conductance of a […]
New Frontiers in Quantum Materials Research (Online)
The Rice University Center for Quantum Materials and the Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute at the University of British Columbia will host an online workshop titled New Frontiers in Quantum […]
CM Seminar: Mark Rudner: “The Lindblad Quantum Master Equation: Not Just for quantum Optics Anymore”
BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaProf. Mark Rudner - University of Washington Title: “The Lindblad Quantum Master Equation: Not Just for quantum Optics Anymore" Abstract: With the exception of the universe as a whole, the […]
Special Seminar by Kyle Monkman – Symmetry Protection in Hermitian and Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians
Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute Room 311, 2235 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaSpeaker: Kyle Monkman, The University of Manitoba Talk title: Symmetry Protection in Hermitian and Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians Abstract: Symmetry-protected topological insulators are protected by both the symmetry and by the system’s […]