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SUMMARY:Engineered Quantum Systems (Prof. Gerard J. Milburn\, The Universi
 ty of Queensland) - Prof. Gerard J. Milburn\, School of Mathematics and Ph
 ysics\, The University of Queensland
DTSTART:20140730T140000Z
DTEND:20140730T150000Z
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CONTACT:Dr. Jonathan D. Mar
DESCRIPTION:The last decade has seen a revolution in the variety and size 
 of physical systems which can be subjected to coherent quantum control. Gi
 ven sufficiently sophisticated fabrication\, certain collective degrees of
  freedom can be engineered so as to enable coherent quantum control. Engin
 eered quantum systems are now moving beyond single technology platforms to
 wards hybrid systems. Examples include combining optical and microwave con
 trol of electron and nuclear spins in solids such as NV diamond\, combinin
 g superconducting electronic circuits with trapped ions and molecules and 
 interfacing microwave and optical cavities via nanomechanical and micro me
 chanical quantum resonators. The continued development of this field will 
 require a more systems-level engineering perspective to address such issue
 s as\; noise and decoherence in complex\, multi-platform systems\, quantum
  and classical control of diverse physical components with diverse timesca
 les\, in-line quantum information processing and quantum memories\, coexis
 tence of discrete and continuous dynamics etc. In this talk I will give so
 me examples of how these issues arise in the context of particular hybrid 
 quantum systems and give some examples of possible quantum enabled technol
 ogies based on hybrid quantum systems.
LOCATION:Small Lecture Theatre\, Bragg Building\, Cavendish Laboratory (Ph
 ysics Department)
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