Event
IEEE Sensors Seminar: ARL's Qudsia Quraishi, "Laser-cooled quantum systems"
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
12:00 p.m.
Ballston Conference Center, 3811 N Fairfax Drive, Suite 600, Arlington, VA
Jurgen Daniel
408-515-0045
jhdaniel@ieee.org
IEEE Washington/NoVa Sensors Council Chapter Seminar
Laser-cooled quantum systems for applications in quantum sensing and networking
Dr. Qudsia Quraishi
US Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
Abstract
The next frontier in measurement and sensing involves quantum physics. Classical sensing measurements used for precise measurements (magnetic fields, gravity, gravity gradient), navigation (gyroscopes) and timing have essentially reached a plateau, whereas quantum sensing has gained much interest because of the significant improvement it can provide. Quantum systems can be controlled extremely well and so provide excellent ‘rulers’ for measurements. Additionally, the ability for two quantum systems to be not just related, but inextricably quantum mechanically-entangled with one another allows for quantum networking for ultra-precise measurement transfer. I will talk about modern quantum sensors and also discuss ARL’s current quantum networking program.
Biography
Dr. Qudsia Quraishi is the Team Leader for the Quantum Sciences Group at the Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD. She completed her doctoral work at JILA and NIST, Boulder on the development and applications of ultrafast lasers. She was an Intelligence Community (IC) Postdoctoral Fellow at the Joint Quantum Institute, Univ. of Maryland, in the group of Dr. Chris Monroe and worked on ultrafast laser-control of trapped ions. Before starting at ARL she was an ARL National Research Council (NRC) postdoctoral fellow working on neutral-atom quantum control.
