2. entanglement frontier!
Challenging the
entanglement frontier!
Quantum Information
Quantum Matter
Surface-spin
Quantum Optics
Mechanical Quantum Systems
1 atom

3. 23 Professorial Faculty, Two Divisions
PMA Division
Physics: 15 (+ 1 UCSB)
9 theorists, 7 experimentalists
(Total Physics Professorial Faculty: 40)
EAS Division
Applied Physics: 5 experimentalists
Computer Science: 2 theorists

4. MA1: Quantum Information (IQI)
Fernando Brandão
Xie Chen
Alexei Kitaev
John Preskill
Gil Refael
Leonard Schulman
Thomas Vidick
-- Interface of quantum physics with computer science and information theory.
-- Quantum algorithms and complexity.
-- Quantum error correction and fault tolerance.
-- Quantum cryptography, quantum games, …
-- Quantum hardware.
-- Algorithms for quantum many-body physics (MA2).
-- Foundations of thermodynamics, thermalization (MA2).
-- Quantum protocols and entanglement (MA3).
-- Foundations of quantum theory (MA4).
-- Quantum gravity and quantum field theory.
Algorithms for 1D physics
Holographic quantum codes

5. MA2: Quantum Matter (theory)
Jason Alicea
Xie Chen
Matthew Fisher
Alexei Kitaev
Lesik Motrunich
Gil Refael
-- Topological phases of matter, charge fractionalization.
-- Symmetry protected phases, edge states.
-- Highly correlated electron physics.
-- Out-of-equilibrium quantum dynamics.
-- Strong disorder, many-body localization.
-- Engineering systems with nonabelian anyons (MA1).
-- Classifying quantum phases of matter (MA1).
-- Driven open systems (MA3).
-- Exciton-photon interactions (MA3).
-- Quantum cognition (MA1).
Topolariton
Fibonacci
Anyons

6. MA2: Quantum Matter (experiment)
Jim Eisenstein
Manuel Endres
David Hsieh
Stevan Nadj-Perge
Thomas Rosenbaum
Nai-Chang Yeh
-- Hidden order in correlated materials.
-- Multilayer graphene.
-- Transport in doped graphene.
-- Strain engineering in graphene.
-- Excitonic condensates.
-- Quantum Hall nematic phases.
-- High-temperature superconductivity.
-- Creating quantum matter atom-by-atom.
-- Majorana fermions.
-- Topological insulators.
Probing hidden order
Detecting Majoranas

7. MA3: Quantum Optics Manuel Endres Andrei Faraon Jeff Kimble
Oskar Painter
Kerry Vahala
-- Strong atom-light interactions in 1D and 2D photonic crystals.
-- Exotic phases with long-range interactions.
-- Optical clocks on silicon chips.
-- Nano-photonic devices for quantum memories.
-- Quantum simulation with superconducting circuits.
-- Quantum error correction in superconducting circuits.
-- Atom-by-atom assembly in optical tweezers.
-- Many-body physics, but different platforms than MA2.
-- MA1 postdocs influenced photonic crystal program.
-- MA1/MA3 collaboration on quantum error correction.
Photonic crystal waveguide
Nd light-matter interface

8. MA4: Mechanical Quantum Systems
Rana Adhikari
Yanbei Chen
Oskar Painter
Keith Schwab
Kerry Vahala
-- Observing zero-point fluctuations of nanomechanical objects.
-- Detecting quantum backaction in mechanical systems.
-- Surpassing the standard quantum limit in measurements of mechanical systems.
-- Ponderomotive squeezing of light in micromechanical resonators.
-- Phonon-counting measurements in a nanomechanical oscillator.
-- Testing semiclassical gravity with mechanical objects.
-- Toward human-scale quantum mechanical objects.
-- Overlap with MA3, in methods, platforms, people.
Evading quantum backaction
Counting phonons

9. All cite IQIM as a positive factor in decision.
Jason Alicea, 2012
Quantum Matter
Theory
(Physics)
David Hsieh, 2012
Quantum Matter
Experiment
(Physics)
Andre Faraon, 2012
Quantum Optics
Experiment
(Applied Physics)
Xie Chen, 2014
Quantum Matter
Theory
(Physics)
Thomas Vidick, 2014
Quantum Information
Theory
(Computer Science)
Manuel Endres, 2016
Quantum Optics
Experiment
(Physics)
Fernando Brandão, 2016
Quantum Information
Theory
(Physics)
Stevan Nadj-Perge, 2016
Quantum Matter
Experiment
(Applied Physics)
All cite IQIM as a positive factor in decision.
5 of the last 9 Physics hires. (Not counting Tom Rosenbaum (2014)).

10. iqim.caltech.edu/outreach
Spiros Michalakis
IQIM quantum animations in collaboration with Jorge Cham of PHD Comics. Over 1 million views so far!

11. Unveiling the qCraft mod to MineCraft at MineCon 2013.
qCraft has been downloaded over 3 million times from qcraft.org

13. Anyone Can Quantum

15. Quantum Summit, Caltech, 27 January 2016 IQIM YouTube Channel
Jennifer Ouellette
Gizmodo
Jim Clarke
Intel
Parsa Bonderson
Microsoft
Ray Laflamme
IQC
Harmut Neven
Google
Charles Bennett
IBM
Ray Beausoleil HP
Quantum Summit, Caltech, 27 January 2016
IQIM YouTube Channel