The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Caltech's hub for cutting-edge quantum research, the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, or IQIM, $13.8 million to support six more years of operations. IQIM is one of several Physics Frontiers Centers, which brings together a collection of research groups, often across disciplines, and is designed and supported by [...]
On August 10 Caltech celebrated the ground breaking for the Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Center for Quantum Precision Measurement. The Ginsburg Center will accelerate the exploration of quantum phenomena across all scales as well as the invention of instruments to measure these phenomena with unprecedented sensitivity. These concepts and tools, in turn, will enable [...]
On May 3, the United States Senate passed a bipartisan resolution introduced by Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) to commemorate and support the goals of World Quantum Day. This resolution highlights the importance of the quantum mechanics that are part of the technologies used in everyday life, such as semiconductors in computers, [...]
In anticipation of World Quantum Day (April 14th), Jeopardy! has included Quantum Science as a category during the Monday, April 10 episode. Spiros Michalakis, staff researcher and IQIM manager of outreach, will present clues for contestants in the Double Jeopardy! Round. Thank you to the Endres Group who opened their lab for the filming. Watch [...]
Thomas Vidick is the 2023 recipient of the National Academy of Sciences Michael and Sheila Held Prize. Vidick’s research is at the interface of theoretical computer science, quantum information and cryptography. His work has led to the proof that the class of languages in which membership may be established by quantum multiprover interactive proof systems [...]
Researchers have discovered that complex random behaviors naturally emerge from even the simplest, chaotic dynamics in a quantum simulator. This illustration zooms into one such complex set of states within an apparently smooth quantum system. Credit: Adam Shaw Producing quantum states at random has become increasingly important in modern quantum science, with applications [...]
There are many opportunities for postdocs at Caltech - have you considered applying? Many of our current postings have upcoming November deadlines. Applications are being accepted for IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar, AWS Quantum Postdoctoral Scholars, the PMA Postdoctoral Prize Fellowships in Experimental Physics or Astrophysics, Burke Fellows in Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Moore Postdoctoral Fellowship in [...]
A new Caltech-led study in the journal Science describes how machine learning tools, run on classical computers, can be used to make predictions about quantum systems and thus help researchers solve some of the trickiest physics and chemistry problems. While this notion has been proposed before, the new report is the first to mathematically prove that the [...]
Two Caltech physicists have received 2023 New Horizons in Physics Prizes, two of several Breakthrough Prizes announced on September 22. The New Horizons prizes are awarded to "promising early-career researchers who have already produced important work," according to the Breakthrough Prize website. Manuel Endres is being honored for "for the development of optical tweezer arrays to [...]
Read the article Quantum's Hub in the summer 2022 issue of Caltech magazine for insight into how IQIM developed at Caltech. The article includes comments from interviews conducted by science historian David Zierler, now director of the Caltech Heritage Project. John Preskill arrived at Caltech in 1983 planning to continue his work in particle physics [...]