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Two postdoctoral positions are open for an exciting multidisciplinary project at the intersection of quantum transport and quantum optics. This is a collaborative project between Prof. Baugh’s group and the group of Prof. Michael Reimer, both at the Institute for Quantum … Continue reading →

Here is an interview with John Donohue, Scientific Outreach Manager at IQC, regarding our recent work developing InSb heterostructures for topological quantum computing and other applications. It features work led by PhD student Annelise Bergeron, with many contributions from Dr. Francois … Continue reading →

The Silicon quantum electronics workshop held near Sherbrooke, QC, was a great meeting with many impressive results in the area of silicon spin qubits. Bohdan presented his talk on simulating small QI processors and a novel method of pulse design.    Hazem … Continue reading →

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Sean successfully defended his PhD thesis, entitled “Scanning tunneling microscopy of electrically driven phase transitions in a charge density wave material” on March 3, 2022. His PhD is in Chemistry with a Quantum Information specialization. Part of his thesis work … Continue reading →

Here is an animation based on our 2019 paper “Network architecture for a topological quantum computer in silicon”. First, an entangled state of two spins is created by loading the electrons into the same dot, which leads to a spin singlet … Continue reading →

Congratulations to Bohdan Khromets and Alex Currie for both successfully defending their MSc theses during the Fall 2021 term! Bohdan’s MSc thesis entitled “Heterostructure development and quantum control for semiconductor qubits” was defended on Dec. 7. Bohdan was co-supervised by Prof. Zbig Wasilewski. … Continue reading →

UPDATE: this paper is now published in Applied Physics Letters! A preprint describing our recent work on single electron pumps in dopant-free GaAs 2D electron gases is now available on the arxiv. Here is the abstract: We have realized quantized charge … Continue reading →

Stephen Harrigan’s poster at the 2021 Canadian Association of Physicists’ Virtual Congress titled ‘Microwave Resonators for Global Control of Electron Spin Qubits ‘ won 1st place in the Division of Condensed Matter and Materials Physics and 3rd place at the conference overall. Congrats … Continue reading →

Prof. Baugh served as editor and co-author for the article “Roadmap on quantum nanotechnologies“, newly published by IOP Nanotechnology. Baugh, together with co-editor Dr. Arne Laucht (UNSW), conceived of the roadmap and invited nearly 30 expert co-authors to contribute. Here is … Continue reading →