Speaker:
Jason Alicea
Institution:
Caltech
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Date:
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Time:
4:00 pm
Location:
NS2 1201
Abstract:
Abstract: The search for condensed-matter analogues of Majorana fermions is now well underway, motivated by both the prospects of revealing new facets of quantum mechanics and longer-term quantum computing applications. This talk will survey recent advances in this pursuit. In particular, I will describe strategies for "engineering" Majorana platforms from simple building blocks, preliminary experimental successes, and future milestones that reveal foundational aspects of Majorana physics directly relevant for quantum computation.
Host:
Jing Xia