QSE Quantum Seminar - Materials for quantum computing: On and off the beaten path

Please join us for the QSE Center Quantum Seminar with Dr Giordano Scappucci from QuTech TU Delft, who will give the talk "Materials for quantum computing: On and off the beaten path" on Thursday February 20^th. 
Location: BS 260.

Pizzas will be available before the seminar at 12:00. All PhDs, postdocs, students, and PIs are welcome to join us.


TITLE: Materials for quantum computing: On and off the beaten path

ABSTRACT:
The semiconductor industry knows how to make and integrate billions of excellent transistors. These transistors define the current information age. What materials do we need to integrate excellent qubits at large scale for the quantum information age of tomorrow? How will we measure at scale the quantum properties of these materials to accelerate progress in the field? I will examine the materials science progress underpinning silicon and germanium-based planar heterostructures, review our most significant experimental results demonstrating key building blocks for quantum technology, and identify the most promising avenues toward scalable quantum information processing.

BIO:
Dr Giordano Scappucci is a distinguished physicist with a rich academic and research background in quantum technology. He earned his MSc in Physics from Università La Sapienza in Rome in 2000, followed by a PhD in Physics from Università Roma TRE in 2004. He began his research career at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, where he contributed to the Centre for Quantum Computing Technology as a researcher in 2005. In 2015, he became a Group Leader at QuTech, TU Delft, in the Netherlands, where he has played a pivotal role in advancing the field of quantum computing.The silicon-germanium quantum materials developed by Giordano’s team enabled landmark experiments in the field of quantum information and are used by researchers globally for the development of quantum technologies.