InstituteQ Colloquium: David Jamieson of the University of Melbourne

When: 14:15, 20.09.2023
Where: The Kumpula Campus of the University of Helsinki, Exactum A111, Pietari Kalmin katu 5

Among new quantum technologies is one type of qubit made of ion-implanted donor atoms. This is the topic of the next InstituteQ Colloquium, held at the University of Helsinki’s Kumpula Campus by University of Melbourne Professor David Jamieson.

Topic

Einstein’s most revolutionary idea, of the light quantum, has led to the concept for a radical new type of computer that uses the strange rules of quantum mechanics to process information encoded in quantum bits, qubits. Especially promising qubits are ion-implanted donor atoms in isotopically pure semiconductors including silicon.

Successful development of large-scale devices that can solve important problems that cannot be solved by classical machines requires overcoming formidable scientific and technical obstacles. This necessitates the ability to manipulate and interrogate single atoms with unprecedented precision. This presentation looks at the emergence of quantum technology, Jamieson’s group’s work of engineering quantum states into single atoms implanted in silicon, and how they plan to build the first quantum machines.

Guest speaker

David Jamieson is a Professor of Physics at the University of Melbourne where he was Head of the School 2008-13. He has a PhD from Melbourne and held postdoctoral fellowships at Caltech (USA) and the University of Oxford (UK). He was President of the Australian Institute of Physics from 2005-06.

His research expertise in the field of ion beam physics applied to test some of the key functions of a revolutionary quantum computer constructed in silicon in the Australian Research Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology. In 2020 he received a Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellowship to work on new ideas for engineering silicon with single atoms. He gives the occasional public lecture on fundamental issues in Physics.

The event is free to attend for all. Please sign up via the Webropol registration form.

Please note that the event is on-site only and will not be recorded.