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, microwave and quantum photonics. Electro-optic modulators, frequency combs, photon pair sources, and their integration with lasers and detectors, will be discussed.
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 a playground for correlated electron physics. A spectroscopy study of this system is, however, challenging due to the device configuration. In this talk, I will […]
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 metallic device of lateral size W? In the ballistic limit, the answer is the Landauer-Sharvin conductance, which is associated with an abrupt reduction of the […]
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 Materials Research on Dec 12-13. Sessions & Speakers Strange Metals & Topology Jie Shan (Cornell), Doug Bonn (UBC), Joern Bannies (UBC), Emilia Morosan (Rice) Flat […]
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 evolution of a quantum system is generically non-unitary due to the coupling between the system and its environment. In quantum optics, the powerful framework of […]
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 band gap. This protection means that certain properties of the system remain unchanged by deformations of the (Hermitian) Hamiltonian. In my PhD work, we have […]
CM Seminar: Alannah Hallas: Entropy Engineering and Tunable Magnetic Order in the Spinel High Entropy Oxide
BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaDr. 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 […]
CM Seminar: Patrick Ledwith – Harvard University: Vortexability Chern bands in Twisted and Strained Graphene
BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaPatrick 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 […]
CM Seminar: Dmitri Pikulin – Microsoft: Aspects of Microsoft’s recent topological gap study
BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaDmitri 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 […]
Ars Scientia Artist Talks 2023: Algorithmic Allegories by JG Mair
BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaJoin visual/media artist and Ars Scientia Resident, JG Mair, for a discussion on his art practice and experiences as a collaborative participant in Ars Scientia. As part of his talk, Mair will present one of his major works Chroma Chamber, a web-based new media art installation that investigates human expectations of vision and machine algorithms […]
CM Seminar: John Birkbeck – Weizmann Institute of Science: The Quantum Twisting Microscope
BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaJohn 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 […]
CM Seminar: Frédéric Grillot – Télécom Paris/ University of New-Mexico: Semiconductor Quantum Dots
BRIM 311 2355 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaFrédéric Grillot – Télécom Paris/ University of New-Mexico Title: Semiconductor Quantum Dots Abstract: Semiconductor nanostructures with low dimensionality like quantum dots are one the best attractive solutions for achieving high performance photonic devices. When one or more spatial dimensions of the nanocrystal approach the de Broglie wavelength, nanoscale size effects create a spatial quantization of carriers […]