BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Memento EPFL//
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:QSE Center's Quantum Seminar: Iris Cong\, Harvard University
DTSTART:20230426T131500
DTEND:20230426T141500
DTSTAMP:20260528T021132Z
UID:874d95726e8d6de50e6560c8d23d21f3160d67e930941dbd957abf93
CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Iris Cong\nWe are happy to announce the next talk in our “Qu
 antum Seminar” series. As last time\, Pizzas will be available in the at
 rium (12:30-13:00)\, on a first come first served basis. All PhDs\, postdo
 cs\, students\, and PIs are welcome to join us. All PIs are also welcome t
 o suggest speakers.\n \nThis Wednesday\, April 26\, we have the pleasure 
 of having Dr. Iris Cong from the Physics Department\, Harvard University\,
  talk about “Hardware-Efficient\, Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computation wit
 h Rydberg Atoms”. Location: ELA 1\n\nAbstract\n\nThroughout human histor
 y\, the specialization of labor has led to remarkable advances in knowledg
 e and productivity. Analogously\, in quantum information\, general-purpose
  quantum error correction protocols can only be as efficient as a society 
 in which every member has the same duties. Indeed\, despite major efforts 
 across different platforms\, most general-purpose approaches for error-cor
 rected quantum computation are still out of reach even for the most advanc
 ed systems because of significant overhead in extra qubits and quantum gat
 es. Motivated by these considerations\, we propose and analyze the special
 ized design of fault-tolerant quantum computation protocols tailored to a 
 quantum computer built from arrays of neutral Rydberg atoms\, atoms in whi
 ch one electron is in a very highly excited state.\n\nInspired by recent e
 xperimental advances in quantum control of arrays exceeding 200 atoms\, ou
 r work provides the first comprehensive study of the relevant error channe
 ls in this system and identifies several decay mechanisms that are challen
 ging to address using traditional\, general-purpose techniques. We exploit
  the specific structure of the error model to considerably simplify severa
 l error-correction requirements\, and we make use of important features of
  neutral atoms to greatly facilitate the key steps in our protocols. Our a
 pproach to error correction for neutral Rydberg array quantum computation 
 is dramatically more efficient than existing methods and could be implemen
 ted in near-term experiments involving hundreds of programmable atoms.
LOCATION:ELA 1 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==ELA%201
STATUS:CONFIRMED
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR