Quantum Computing with Michele Burrello

How does a theoretical physicist design beautiful quantum systems? In this episode I learn how a theoretical physicist designs quantum devices and explores their physical characteristics. These quantum devices can be used as building blocks for quantum computers to solve some class of problems, like cryptography and logistics. While I was on the search for practical applications, I learn that the motivation for pure research often lies in the beauty of the system that is studied and exploring the border between "what is known and what is unknown". Michele Burrello⁠ is currently an Associate professor at the Niels Bohr Institute of Copenhagen, Denmark. He works on condensed matter theory and applications of quantum systems. He is an Italian physicist and studied at the Scuola Normale of Pisa (Italy) and got his PhD in statistical physics at SISSA (Trieste, Italy) in 2011. He previously worked at the University of Leiden (The Netherlands), the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (Garching, Germany). Mentioned or related to the episode: Unbreakable fibre network connection established between DTU and Niels Bohr Institute Quantum key distribution using deterministic single-photon sources over a field-installed fibre link 2:15 Meet Michele Burrello 5:20 Interesting work as a theoretical physicist 8:39 Basic research and theoretical aspects 9:00 How basic research could support commercial progress 10:24 How ideas could transfer to application 14:19 ones and zeros… how does information processing change 16:00 What is a ‘platform’ at the level of nano electronics 22:60 Discussing problems quantum computers could solve 28:31 Error correction 32:00 Michele’s interests in studying hybrid systems 33:10 Other branches of quantum technologies 35:20 A feeling of magic Continue listening, up next Quantum Devices with Saulius Vaitiekenas⁠ Quantum startups with Nishta R. Nem This episode was, Edited by⁠⁠Preneil Pillay ⁠⁠ Hosted by⁠⁠Prichelle Rugdeo ⁠⁠ Animation by GAMUCATEX Original music and sound mastering by Jakob Ranum,⁠⁠⁠ Studio25⁠⁠ Produced by Prichelle Rugdeo and Preneil Pillay Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this conversation, sharing it with your community.