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Thursday, November 06, 2014
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
T-DO Conference Room (TA-3, Bldg 123, Room 121)

Quantum Lunch

The Quantum Road Most Taken

Andrew Jordan
University of Rochester

Recent advances in superconducting quantum circuits have permitted the continuous monitoring of the state of a qubit as it is changing from a combination of unitary dynamics and measurement disturbance. I will discuss new experiments where the state is prepared and postselected in freely chosen states separated in time, and the most likely quantum path between the boundary conditions is found. Comparison to our recently developed stochastic path integral formalism for continuous quantum measurement will be shown.

References: Mapping the optimal route between two quantum states S. J. Weber, A. Chantasri, J. Dressel, A. N. Jordan, K. W. Murch, I. Siddiqi Nature 511, 570–573 (2014)

Action principle for continuous quantum measurement A. Chantasri, J. Dressel, A. N. Jordan Phys. Rev. A 88, 042110 (2013)

Host: Nikolai Sinitsyn