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interface of atomic, molecular, optical (AMO) physics, quantum information, and condensed matter (as well as many-body) physics

About

We are a theoretical research group working at the interface of quantum optics, quantum information science, and condensed matter physics.

Postdoc and graduate student positions available: email av[group leader's last name]@gmail.com

Group Lead

Alexey Gorshkov profile photo

Research

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News

  • torus

    Projective toric designs, difference sets, and quantum state designs

    November 29, 2023

    arXiv:2311.13479

  • ions

    Observation of a finite-energy phase transition in a one-dimensional quantum simulator

    November 4, 2023

    arXiv:2310.19869

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    Quantum Computers Run on Just the Right Amount of Connectivity

    October 19, 2023

    Scientists know that entanglement, a special connection that intertwines the fate of quantum particles, is a crucial ingredient for quantum computers. Without it, a quantum computer loses its ability to harness the fullness of quantum complexity—that special sauce that makes the quantum world impossible to emulate on ordinary computers. But whether entanglement is the only key, and exactly how much of it is needed, no one really knows.

  • erasure

    Quantum Sensing with Erasure Qubits

    October 8, 2023

    arXiv:2310.01512

  • double quench

    Non-equilibrium critical scaling and universality in a quantum simulator

    September 23, 2023

    arXiv:2309.10856

  • hyperbolic

    Fault-tolerant hyperbolic Floquet quantum error correcting codes

    September 21, 2023

    arXiv:2309.10033

  • A man wearing a hoodie and backpack stands in front of a scenic dessert landscape.

    Graduate Student’s Initiative Opened the Way to Numerous Research Collaborations and Accolades at UMD

    September 20, 2023

  • autonomous decoder

    Bounds on Autonomous Quantum Error Correction

    September 2, 2023

    arXiv:2308.16233

  • Hands pass buckets to the left containing spheres and arrows representing quantum states. Most are blue but one is red and is failing to move the bucket.

    Novel Quantum Speed Limits Tackle Messy Reality of Disorder

    August 21, 2023

  • nusc

    Improved Digital Quantum Simulation by Non-Unitary Channels

    July 30, 2023

    arXiv:2307.13028

  • collision

    High-Energy Collision of Quarks and Hadrons in the Schwinger Model: From Tensor Networks to Circuit QED

    July 7, 2023

    arXiv:2307.02522

  • 2-particle quantum walk

    Realization of 1D Anyons with Arbitrary Statistical Phase

    June 5, 2023

    arXiv:2306.01737

  • noisy circuit

    A sharp phase transition in linear cross-entropy benchmarking

    May 14, 2023

    arXiv:2305.04954

  • MERAQLE

    Entanglement Renormalization Circuits for Chiral Topological Order

    April 28, 2023

    arXiv:2304.13748

  • A man wearing a hoodie and backpack stands in front of a scenic dessert landscape.

    JQI Student Receives Outstanding Graduate Student Award

    April 18, 2023

  • A man stands on stage in front of a whiteboard covered with equations and diagrams.

    Recent Alumnus Embraced Community and Service at UMD

    February 8, 2023

  • quantum spin ice

    Quantum spin ice in three-dimensional Rydberg atom arrays

    January 16, 2023

    arXiv:2301.04657

  • graph state

    Sharp complexity phase transitions generated by entanglement

    January 11, 2023

    arXiv:2212.10582

  • Profile photo of Alexey Gorshkov

    Gorshkov Elected Optica Fellow

    November 10, 2022

    JQI Fellow Alexey Gorshkov was named a 2023 fellow of Optica, the organization formerly known as the Optical Society of America.

  • a 2d array of atoms

    Quantum Non-Demolition Photon Counting in a 2d Rydberg Atom Array

    November 3, 2022

    arXiv:2210.10798

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