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Abstract:
Atomic physics- and superconducting junction-based platforms for quantum information processing have over the last decade made rapid gains in performance relative to «condensed matter physics» platforms, notably those relying on spins in semiconductors. Nonetheless, the latter still promise advantages of scaling, power consumption and compatibility with standard microelectronic paradigms. We describe recent scientific work which imports concepts from atomic physics to launch solid state spin-based quantum technology on a competitive path.
Bio:
Gabriel Aeppli is professor of physics at ETH Zürich and EPF Lausanne, and head of the Center for Photon Science and Deputy Director of the Paul Scherrer Institute. All of his degrees are from MIT and include a BSc in Mathematics and Electrical Engineering, and MSc and PhD in Electrical Engineering. He started his career as a work-study student at IBM and after his PhD moved to Bell Laboratories and then NEC. During his more than two decades in industry, his work spanned topics from liquid crystals to magnetic data storage and quantum technologies. He was subsequently co-founder and director of the London Centre for Nanotechnology and Quain Professor at University College London. Aeppli also cofounded the AquAffirm company, of which he remains a non-executive director. He is a frequent advisor to numerous entities worldwide engaged in the funding, evaluation and management of science and technology. Honours include the Mott Prize of the Institute of Physics (London), the Oliver Buckley prize of the American Physical Society, the Néel Medal/International Magnetism Prize of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, and election to the US Academy of Arts and Sciences, the US National Academy of Sciences, Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences and Royal Society (London).