The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay is organizing an Institute Colloquium on February 17, 2023.

The details of the colloquium are given below:

Title: "Quantum Science with Rydberg Atoms"

Speaker: Prof. Serge Haroche, "Nobel Laureate in Physics (2012)", Collège de France, Paris

About the speaker:  Serge Haroche was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics 2012 for developing groundbreaking methods that enable the measurement and manipulation of individual quantum systems. He has pioneered a research field called “Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics” which plays an important role in the development of quantum information science. He is an emeritus professor at Collège de France in Paris and a Member of the French Academy of Sciences.

Abstract:  The exaggerated properties of Rydberg atoms (enormous sizes, very long life times..) make them extremely sensitive to their environment. These giant atoms can be prepared and manipulated by laser excitation with exquisite precision. They interact very strongly with microwave photons and between each other, at distances which are huge at the atomic scale. These features make them ideal tools to explore fundamental quantum phenomena, to build quantum gates and to realize quantum simulators of condensed matter systems.