Joint Quantum Institute
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The Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) is a publicly funded research organization dedicated to basic and applied research in quantum physics, with particular emphasis on quantum information
science.
(UMD) at College Park, Maryland
, Joint Quantum Institute was created on September 11, 2006 by a joint memorandum of understanding
among University of Maryland, the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST) and the Laboratory for Physical Sciences. http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/joint_quantum_institute.htm
It has a base annual budget of approximately $6 million, which supports both theory and experimental research by Joint Quantum Institute’s 27 Fellows, associated graduate students and postdoctoral scientists.
In pursuing these objectives, the Joint Quantum Institute is expected to train scientists and engineers for future industrial opportunities and provide U.S. industry with cutting-edge research results.
JQI also operates a National Science Foundation Physics Frontier Center under a five-year cooperative agreement with NSF. The project, titled “Processing Quantum Coherence,” supports three major research activities:
The co-Directors of the Physics Frontier Center are Nobel laureate William D. Phillips of NIST and UMD, and Luis Orozco of UMD. The PFC Research Council also includes Sankar Das Sarma
(UMD), Christopher Monroe (UMD) and Glenn Solomon (NIST).
A list of Fellows and programs, along with other information, can be found at http://www.jqi.umd.edu.
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/joint_quantum_institute.htm
Quantum information
In quantum mechanics, quantum information is physical information that is held in the "state" of a quantum system. The most popular unit of quantum information is the qubit, a two-level quantum system...
science.
Location
Located on the campus of the University of MarylandUniversity of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...
(UMD) at College Park, Maryland
College Park, Maryland
College Park is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, USA. The population was 30,413 at the 2010 census. It is best known as the home of the University of Maryland, College Park, and since 1994 the city has also been home to the "Archives II" facility of the U.S...
, Joint Quantum Institute was created on September 11, 2006 by a joint memorandum of understanding
Memorandum of understanding
A memorandum of understanding is a document describing a bilateral or multilateral agreement between parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action. It is often used in cases where parties either do not imply a legal commitment or in...
among University of Maryland, the National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Institute of Standards and Technology
The National Institute of Standards and Technology , known between 1901 and 1988 as the National Bureau of Standards , is a measurement standards laboratory, otherwise known as a National Metrological Institute , which is a non-regulatory agency of the United States Department of Commerce...
(NIST) and the Laboratory for Physical Sciences. http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/joint_quantum_institute.htm
It has a base annual budget of approximately $6 million, which supports both theory and experimental research by Joint Quantum Institute’s 27 Fellows, associated graduate students and postdoctoral scientists.
Membership and governance
Joint Quantum Institute’s co-directors are Steve Rolston, Professor of Physics at University of Maryland, and Charles W. Clark, Adjunct Professor of Physics at University of Maryland. Approximately half the Joint Quantum Institute fellows are from University of Maryland and half from NIST. One is from the Laboratory for Physical Sciences, a university-government facility adjacent to the UMD College Park campus.Objectives
The official objectives of Joint Quantum Institute are to- develop a world-class research institute that will build the scientific foundation for understanding coherent quantum phenomena and thereby lay the foundation for engineering and controlling complex quantum systems capable of using the coherence and entanglement of quantum mechanics;
- sustain and enhance the nation’s leading role in high technology through the creation of a powerful collaboration among NIST, University of Maryland and LPS; and
- establish a unique, interdisciplinary center for the interchange of ideas among atomic physicsAtomic physicsAtomic physics is the field of physics that studies atoms as an isolated system of electrons and an atomic nucleus. It is primarily concerned with the arrangement of electrons around the nucleus and...
, condensed matter and quantum information scientists.
In pursuing these objectives, the Joint Quantum Institute is expected to train scientists and engineers for future industrial opportunities and provide U.S. industry with cutting-edge research results.
Selected Research
Current research areas include:- Quantum properties of superconducting quantum bits
- Quantum entanglementQuantum entanglementQuantum entanglement occurs when electrons, molecules even as large as "buckyballs", photons, etc., interact physically and then become separated; the type of interaction is such that each resulting member of a pair is properly described by the same quantum mechanical description , which is...
, control, and transport of atoms in cavities and optical lattices - Decoherence studies with atoms and condensed matterCondensed MatterCondensed matter may refer to several things*Condensed matter physics, the study of the physical properties of condensed phases of matter*European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, a scientific journal published by EDP sciences...
systems - Spin- and charge-based quantum computing
- Using topologyTopologyTopology is a major area of mathematics concerned with properties that are preserved under continuous deformations of objects, such as deformations that involve stretching, but no tearing or gluing...
to do fault-tolerant quantum computing - Quantum coherence and entanglementQuantum entanglementQuantum entanglement occurs when electrons, molecules even as large as "buckyballs", photons, etc., interact physically and then become separated; the type of interaction is such that each resulting member of a pair is properly described by the same quantum mechanical description , which is...
- The quantum-classical interface
- Quasi-one-dimensional fluid flow as an analog to superconductivitySuperconductivitySuperconductivity is a phenomenon of exactly zero electrical resistance occurring in certain materials below a characteristic temperature. It was discovered by Heike Kamerlingh Onnes on April 8, 1911 in Leiden. Like ferromagnetism and atomic spectral lines, superconductivity is a quantum...
- Using the bi-layer quantum Hall effectHall effectThe Hall effect is the production of a voltage difference across an electrical conductor, transverse to an electric current in the conductor and a magnetic field perpendicular to the current...
for quantum computing - Quantum analog simulations of condensed matter systems using neutral atoms in optical lattices
JQI also operates a National Science Foundation Physics Frontier Center under a five-year cooperative agreement with NSF. The project, titled “Processing Quantum Coherence,” supports three major research activities:
- Correlated and Topological Matter with Cold Atoms
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at the AMO/CM Interface - Quantum opticsQuantum opticsQuantum optics is a field of research in physics, dealing with the application of quantum mechanics to phenomena involving light and its interactions with matter.- History of quantum optics :...
with Hybrid quantum systems
The co-Directors of the Physics Frontier Center are Nobel laureate William D. Phillips of NIST and UMD, and Luis Orozco of UMD. The PFC Research Council also includes Sankar Das Sarma
Sankar Das Sarma
Sankar Das Sarma is an Indian-born American theoretical condensed matter physicist, who has worked in the areas of strongly correlated materials, graphene, semiconductor physics, low-dimensional systems, topological matter, quantum Hall effect, nanoscience, spintronics, collective properties of...
(UMD), Christopher Monroe (UMD) and Glenn Solomon (NIST).
A list of Fellows and programs, along with other information, can be found at http://www.jqi.umd.edu.
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/joint_quantum_institute.htm