Measuring Your Ingredients: Topological Phases for Quantum Computing

Monday, April 19, 2021

Topological quantum computing relies on qubits encoded in quantum states that are exponentially protected from local perturbations. One method for realizing such protected states is a practical recipe for topological superconductivity: hybrid superconductor-semiconductor nanowires in finite magnetic fields. In this talk I will describe experimental methods for identifying and manipulating the topological phase and associated Majorana quasiparticles in these devices.

About the speaker
Sydney Schreppler is a Berkeley Physics PhD who was awarded the L'Oreal Fellowship(link is external) in 2017. She currently holds a position as Quantum Hardware Engineer in the Microsoft Quantum group(link is external). 

Location: Zoom

Speaker: Sydney Schreppler

Affiliation: Microsoft