Quantum Information Science
Michigan’s Applied Physics program is home to some of the cutting-edge work in the emerging field of quantum computing. In collaboration with Dr. Paul Benioff (Argonne National Labs) , a pioneer of quantum computing architectures, one of our students recently completed the first Ph.D. thesis in the area of quantum cyclic networks. Other current projects include the use of cold, trapped atoms to implement a model qubit register, studies of decoherence in semiconductor quantum dots, and an implementation of Grover’s search algorithm using Rydberg atoms excited by shaped laser pulses. This work, and related research in ultrafast optical science, draws on Michigan’s strength in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, and synergism with the NSF Frontiers of Physics FOCUS Center.
[Projects to include: D. Steel, G. Raithel]