NAME: Rick Edelson

DATE: Friday, March 29, 2024

TIME: 4:10

LOCATION: PS 234

Title: Probing The Central Engines of Active Galaxies With Reverberation Mapping.

Bio: Rick Edelson received his B.A. in Physics from UC-Berkeley (1981) and Ph.D. in Astronomy from Caltech (1987). His research utilizes AGN variability to study the central engines in which their prodigious luminosities are produced. An early contribution was development of the Discrete Correlation Function, a time-series analytical tool to measure lags between unevenly sampled light curves. He has led or played key roles in numerous multi-observatory monitoring campaigns of AGN including PKS 2155-304 (1992, IUE, Rosat, various ground-based

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NAME: Claire Lamman

DATE: Friday,April 12, 2024

TIME: 4:10

LOCATION: PS 234

ABOUT: TBD

Bio: TBD  

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NAME: Chris Wood- World Quantum Day

DATE: Monday, April 15, 2024

TIME: 4:10

LOCATION: PS 214

Title: From Lander, Wyoming To Quantum Computing, And All The Cool Quantum Stuff at Infleqtion.

Bio:  Chris Wood is the Chief Technology Officer at Infleqtion, and oversees all technology areas as well as the critical transitions from Research to Engineering to Product. He has extensive familiarity with rugged, field-proven mil-spec solid-state lasers, Telcordia-qualified lasers, Photonic Integrated Circuits, and optical fabrication and coatings from previous jobs at Insight LiDAR, KMLabs (Partial acquisitions by ThorLabs), Coherent Technologies (acquired by Lockheed Martin), Precision Photonics Corporation (acquired by IDEX corp.), ILX Lightwave, and Network Photonics. Prior roles as VP/GM at Insight LiDAR, CTO at KMLabs, and Director of Business Development at Precision Photonics provide the foundation for guiding new product release and technology strategy for Infleqtion. He has managed over 15 SBIR programs, completed a role as the lead optical scientist on a rapid, ~$60M flagship demonstration program for LM Space Systems Company, and has led three product teams to SPIE Prism Award finalist spots. After completing a BS Physics from the University of Wyoming, Dr. Wood became a graduate student at CU-Boulder under the direction of Dr. Carl Wieman (2001 Physics Nobel Laureate). This work involved many high performance lasers to study extremely small parity-violating atomic effects, culminating in the 1998 Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical physics by the American Physical Society. He then received a National Research Council post-doctoral fellowship position at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) in Boulder, with Dr. David Wineland (2012 Physics Nobel Laureate).  In industry, Dr. Wood has lived and worked with 7 different business models through the years, is widely known in the industry, and participates in multiple laser industry committees and conferences. His position at Infleqtion provides a natural way to leverage this unique combination of technical skills, project management, and business development.

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NAME: Patrick Behr

DATE: Friday, April 26, 2024

TIME: 4:10 pm

LOCATION: PS 234

Title: Seeing is Believing: Studying Quantum Matter at the  Atomic Level by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy.

TOPIC: Heterogeneity exists in any materials, such as structural defects, impurities, surfaces, edges, interfaces, and disorder. The electronic and magnetic structures of these heterogeneities often define and affect the quantum phenomena such as coherence, interaction, entanglement, and topological effects in a host system. To endow materials with quantum functionality for quantum technology, a critical need is to understand the roles of heterogeneities. This new frontier in quantum materials research requires an integrated approach. Use of advanced microscopy and spectroscopic probes, especially scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) is mandatory to build a comprehensive understanding of matter. In this presentation, I will first introduce the state-of-the-art scanning tunneling microscopy technique, then give a couple of examples to illustrate how heterogeneities to impact the quantum behaviors of real materials at the atomic level.  

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