Quantum Physics
Quantum science and engineering at Yale is a broad interdisciplinary area spanning several subfields of physics, electrical engineering, chemistry, computer science and materials science. Key intellectual foci include quantum computation and communication, quantum simulations, quantum sensing, and quantum materials.
Recent Quantum Physics News
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With NSF grant, Yale leads effort to develop practical, industry-scale quantum computers
The five-year, $37.5 million effort brings together scientists from Yale and partner universities to solve quantum computing’s biggest obstacle.
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Major NSF award to turbocharge quantum tech innovation in Conn.
QuantumCT will receive a two-year, $15 million award to help advance quantum innovation.
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Yale Quantum Institute Events
Group Members
Research Groups in Quantum Physics
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Many Body Physics and Quantum Computation
Click here to read about the work of Prof. Steven Girvin and his research group.
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Mesoscopic and Optical Physics
Click here to read about the work of Prof. A. Douglas Stone and his research group.
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Nanophotonics, quantum optics and mesoscopic physics of photons
Click here to read how Prof. Hui Cao’s lab focuses on mesoscopic physics and nanophotonics.
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Optically Pumped Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
The Barrett Lab pursues research projects in solid-state NMR, MRI of solids, as well as sparse-sampling and Fourier reconstruction algorithms.
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Computation and Simulation of Complex Quantum Systems
Click here to read about Prof. Michael Hatridge and his group’s research on superconducting microwave circuits as a quantum information platform.
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Quantum Optics, Quantum Electronics, Optomechanics, and Micromechanics
Click here to read about the diverse research of Prof. Jack Harris and his research group.
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Quantum sensors in instrumentation for millimeter wave cosmology
Click here to read about this exciting collaboration with the Simons Observatory.
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Quantum sensors in instrumentation for millimeter wave cosmology
Read about CMB-S4 and how it will provide measurements of the CMB at unprecedented precision and permit fundamental new insights into a broad range of physics.
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Quantum Computation & Optics with Microwave Photons and Superconducting Qubits
Read how the Schoelkopf Lab’s research focuses on the development of superconducting devices for quantum information processing leading to revolutionary advances in computing.
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ALPHA (Axion Longitudinal Plasma Haloscope)
Read about how the ALPHA (Axion Longitudinal Plasma HAloscope) Consortium is working to detect the axion and help explain the underlying structure of the universe.
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HAYSTAC (Haloscope At Yale Sensitive To Axion CDM)
The Haloscope at Yale Sensitive To Axion CDM (HAYSTAC) is a tunable microwave cavity experiment searching for axion dark matter in the galactic halo.
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RAY (Rydberg Atoms at Yale)
Rydberg atoms are atoms with a very high principal quantum number, meaning an excited valence electron likely exists far from its nucleus.
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SIMPLE
Read about SIMPLE (Search for new Interactions in a Microsphere Precision Levitation Experiment) and the Moore Lab here.
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Quantum Phenomena of Superposition and Entanglement
The Puri group in the Applied Physics department at Yale focuses on the theory of quantum information processing and quantum optics.
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