Cavendish Quantum Colloquium


2017-10-13 14:00: Cold atoms vs solids: Differences and opportunities  (Dr. Ulrich Schneider, AMOP group, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge)

2017-10-27 14:00: Concepts and techniques in Magnetism (Dr. Adrian Ionescu, TFM group, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge)

2017-11-10 14:00: Introduction to topological phases (Dr. Benjamin Beri, Cavendish & DAMTP, Cambridge)

2017-11-24 14:00: Concepts and techniques in Quantum Matter research at the Cavendish  (Dr. F. Malte Grosche, QM group, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge)

2018-02-02 15:00: Quantum Gas Microscopes - From Textbook Experiments to New Frontiers (Dr. Christian Gross, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany)

2018-02-16 15:00: Giant response of weakly driven systems (Prof. Achim Rosch, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne, Germany)

2018-03-09 15:00: Measuring interacting electrons in low dimensional systems: spin-charge separation and 'replicas & tbd (Prof. Chris Ford & Prof. Charles Smith   SP Group, Cavendish laboratory, Cambridge)

2018-03-16 15:00: Tunable Functional Magnetic Skyrmions at Room Temperature (Prof. Christos Panagopoulos, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

2018-10-04 15:30: Spotting the elusive Majorana under the microscope (Prof. Ali Yazdani, Princeton University)

2018-10-19 14:30: Electrical contacts between three-dimensional metals and two-dimensional semiconductors (Prof. Manish Chhowalla, Goldsmiths' Professor of Materials Science, University of Cambridge)

2018-11-02 14:30: Probing Non-Equilibrium Dynamics in Energy Materials with Extreme Spatio-Temporal Resolution ( Dr Akshay Rao, EPSRC Early Career Fellow, Winton Advanced Research Fellow, Cavendish Laboratory)

2018-11-16 14:30: Helium Spin-Echo: A Flexible Tool for Studying Nanoscale Processes at Surfaces (Dr Andrew Jardine, University of Cambridge )

2018-11-30 14:30: Topology, symmetry, and anomalies: investigating domain wall physics in quantum Hall nematic states (Associate Professor, Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford )

2019-01-18 14:30: Playing with perovskites - tuning physics through chemical control (Dr. Helen Walker. Merlin Instrument Scientist, STFC · Rutherford Appleton Laboratory	)

2019-02-01 15:00: Quantum Information Processing with Superconducting Circuits ( Prof. Andreas Wallraff, ETH Zurich)

2019-02-15 14:30: Quantum logic with trapped ions: precise, fast, networked (Prof. David Lucas, University of Oxford)

2019-03-01 14:30: Simulating higher spatial dimensions with atoms and photons (Dr. Hannah Price, University of Birmingham)

2019-03-15 14:30: Many-body physics with arrays of individual Rydberg atoms (Prof. Antoine Browaeys, Institut d’Optique, Laboratoire Charles Fabry)

2019-04-26 14:30: Crystal and Magnetic Structures of a Family of Quantum Kagome Antiferromagnets (Dr Lucy Clark, University of Liverpool)

2019-05-10 14:30: Challenges and Opportunities in Designing Quantum Materials (Prof Dr Roser Valenti, Goethe University Frankfurt)

2019-05-31 14:30: Exciton Superfluid and Ferromagnetic Superconductivity in Graphene (Prof Philip Kim, Harvard University )

2020-01-17 14:30: Vibronic coherence in light harvesting systems  (Professor Alexandra Olaya-Castro)

2020-01-31 15:00: Majorana edge modes in topological superconductors  (Carlo Beenakker)

2020-02-14 14:30: Special purpose quantum computers in integrated photonics (Dr. Anthony Laing, University of Bristol)

2020-02-28 14:30: Many-body physics with arrays of individual Rydberg atoms (Prof Prof. Antoine Browaeys, Institut d’Optique, Laboratoire Charles Fabry)

2023-05-17 16:00: Scanned Josephson Tunneling Microscopy: Visualizing Electron-Pair Fluids and Density Waves (Prof J.C. Séamus Davis, University of Oxford, University College Cork, Cornell University)

2023-05-31 16:00: The Electron-Phonon Problem Revisited (Prof Steve Kivelson, Stanford University)

2023-06-14 16:00: Spin dynamics and hydrodynamical regimes of quantum matter (Prof Joel Moore, University of California, Berkeley)

2023-10-11 16:00: Quantum Mechanics and Many Body Games (Prof Shivaji Sondhi, University of Oxford)

2023-10-26 16:00: New Avenues for Quantum Simulations In- and Out-of-equilibrium (Prof Immanuel Bloch, Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, LMU)

2023-11-08 16:00: Forces from fluctuations in and out of equilibrium (in QED and Active Matter) (Prof Mehran Kardar, MIT)

2023-11-15 16:00: Lighting up superconductivity (Prof Eugene Demler, ETH Zürich)

2024-01-17 16:00: Lighting the Quantum Future (Prof Ian Walmsley FRS, Imperial College London)

2024-01-31 16:00: Mixing, stopping, coupling, lifting, and other keys to the second Monte Carlo revolution (Prof Werner Krauth, Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris, Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford)

2024-02-13 16:00: Merons, bimerons and skyrmions in α-Fe2O3: from cosmology to spintronics (Prof Paolo Radaelli, University of Oxford)

2024-02-28 16:00: Protonic Electrochemical Synapses for Energy-Efficient Brain-Inspired Computing (Prof Bilge Yildiz, MIT)

2024-03-13 16:00: Attoscience, Nobel 2023, and Quantum Simulators (Prof Maciej Lewenstein, ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences)

2024-05-01 16:00: Chirality and Topology (Claudia Felser, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids)

2024-05-15 16:00: Scale invariance, a hidden symmetry explored with quantum gases (Prof Jean Dalibard, Collège de France, Kaster Brossel Laboratory)

2024-05-22 16:00: Atoms Interlinked by Light: Programmable Interactions and Entanglement (Prof Monika Schleier-Smith, Stanford University)

2024-06-05 16:00: Observation of Pines' Demon in Sr2RuO4 with Momentum-Resolved EELS (Peter Abbamonte (UIUC))

2024-10-16 16:00: Visualizing strongly interacting quantum phases of matter (Ali Yazdani (Princeton))

2024-10-18 15:00: Searching for Anyon in Quantum Materials (Philip Kim (Harvard))

2024-10-30 16:00: Flat bands: an obstruction or a resource? (Sebastian Huber (ETH Zurich))

2024-11-12 15:00: Quantum Sensing of Quantum Matter (Amir Yacoby (Harvard))

2024-11-13 16:00: Information scrambling and quantum advantage in quantum simulation (Andrew Daley (Oxford))

2024-11-22 10:30: Materials for the future (Konstantin Novoselov (Manchester))

2024-11-27 16:00: Searching for topological superconductors using ultrasound (Brad Ramshaw (Cornell))

2024-12-03 15:30: Strongly correlated topological flat bands in the novel class of moiré materials (Dmitri Efetov (LMU Munich))

2024-12-05 15:00: Feeling the strain: quadrupoles, octupoles and beyond (Ian Fisher (Stanford))

2025-01-13 15:00: Fermion pairs and loners under the microscope (Martin Zwierlein (MIT))

2025-02-05 16:15: Exploring Quantum Phases of Matter on Quantum Processors (Frank Pollmann (TU Munich))

2025-02-19 16:15: Searching for new physics with ultracold molecules (Michael Tarbutt (Imperial College))

2025-02-26 16:15: Porous nitride semiconductors for novel light sources (Rachel Oliver (DMSM))

2025-03-12 00:00: Coupling Light with Matter to Compute (CANCELLED) (Natalia Berloff (DAMTP))

2025-04-14 15:00: Extra seminar: Are we all set with materials for qubits? (Sergey Frolov (University of Pittsburgh))

2025-05-07 16:15: Quantum Computational Physics (Simon Trebst (Cologne))

2025-05-21 16:15: New Frontiers in Superconducting Quantum Hardware (Martin Weides (Glasgow))

2025-06-04 16:15: The Magic of Moiré Quantum Matter (Pablo Jarillo-Herrero (MIT))

2025-10-08 16:15: Non-reciprocal phase transitions (Peter Littlewood (The University of Chicago))

2025-10-15 16:15: Hunting for Hidden Order (Nicola Spaldin (ETH Zurich))

2025-10-29 16:15: Theory of g factors in semiconductors — some history, and new insights (David DiVincenzo (Forschungszentrum Jülich & JARA Institute for Quantum Information, Aachen))

2025-11-12 16:15: Tensor networks: entanglement as building blocks of quantum matter (Frank Verstraete (DAMTP, Cambridge))

2025-12-03 16:15: Cold Atom Quantum Technology to Explore Fundamental Physics (Oliver Buchmueller (Imperial College London & Oxford University))

2026-02-11 16:15: Emergent physics in atomically thin semiconductors (Atac Imamoglu (ETH Zurich))

2026-02-26 16:15: Novel quantum dynamics with superconducting qubits (Pedram Roushan (Google Quantum AI))

2026-03-11 16:15: How should we use (classical) computers to simulate (realistic) electrons? (George Booth (King's College London))

2026-04-30 16:15: Toward affordable preventive healthcare (Ferenc Krausz (Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics))

2026-05-06 16:15: Title to be confirmed (Natalia Berloff (DAMTP))

2026-05-20 16:15: Title to be confirmed (Sougato Bose (University College London))

2026-06-03 16:15: Quantum optics with organic molecules (Vahid Sandoghdar (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light))