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<p class="MsoNormal">We return to our normal schedule next week with a colloquium by Peter Leek from the University of Oxford. As usual, tea/coffee and biscuits will be served after the talk.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Title: Cavity quantum electrodynamics in superconducting circuits<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Speaker: Peter Leek (Clarendon Laboratory, Physics, University of Oxford)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Time/Date: 3pm Wednesday 19<sup>th</sup> October 2016<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Venue: John Anderson JA3.14<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Abstract:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The last decade has seen remarkable improvements in coherence and control of superconducting quantum circuits, such that they have become a leading candidate for the implementation of a quantum computer. One of the most important advances
behind this progress is the realisation of circuit quantum electrodynamics (QED), in which superconducting qubits are coupled to electromagnetic resonators to realise the physics of cavity QED on an electronic chip. In this talk I will introduce this field
and discuss how it can be used for microwave frequency quantum optics experiments, demonstrations of fundamental building blocks of quantum computing, as well as how it can be employed to investigate the physics of other quantum systems in solid state. I will
touch on recent progress on realising new forms of circuit QED, motivated by the goal of building a practically useful quantum computer.<o:p></o:p></p>
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