Symposium LN01-Materials Science to Empower Quantum Information Technologies

Quantum materials have exotic physical properties that arise from quantum mechanical or topological properties of their electrons. These materials display novel surface properties, magnetic effects, and optical properties, and are expected to lead to, for example, qubits with enhanced coherence times and sensors with unprecedented accuracy. This session will focus on near term applications of quantum devices for information processing and enhanced sensing, how these applications can be enhanced using novel quantum materials, and what tools and techniques will be required to accelerate this process.

The symposium will consist of invited speakers, but we welcome submissions for an evening poster session.

• Enhancing qubit coherence with novel or improved materials
• Predicting and measuring microscopic origins of quantum decoherence
• Harnessing topological materials for sensing or information processing
• Techniques for measuring quantum devices with greater precision
• Advances and developments of ab-initio and multi-scale methods applied to topological materials or materials used in quantum information systems
• Near-term applications of quantum devices for information processing and enhanced sensing

• David Franke (Technische Universiteit Delft, Netherlands) (Technische Universiteit Delft, Netherlands)
• Nathalie de Leon (Princeton University, USA) (Princeton University, USA)
• Michael Manfra (Purdue University, USA) (Purdue University, USA)
• David P. Pappas (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA) (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA)
• Bogdan A. Bernevig (Princeton University, USA) (Princeton University, USA)
• Jay D. Sau (University of Maryland, USA) (University of Maryland, USA)