Research

News in 2019

2019.12.16-18 Prof. Kenji Ohmori co-chaired the meeting with Prof. Tommaso Calarco;“EU-Japan bilateral meeting on Quantum Science”of“EU-USA-Japan International Symposium on Quantum Technology”(website/program) held at Kyoto Brighton Hotel in Kyoto and was invited to give a talk at “Topical Conference on Quantum Computing 2019. (16-18 December 2019, Kyoto Brighton Hotel, Kyoto)
2019.12.14-15 Prof. Ohmori was invited to give a talk at the “Annual Conference Series title: Frontiers in Synthetic Quantum Systems, 2019 Focus: Quantum Simulations in Optical Lattices and Beyond”(website). (14-15 December 2019, Tianping Hotel, Shanghai, China).
2019.11.14 We obtained our first picture of a single Rb-87 atom trapped in an optical tweezers.
2019.10.29 The video has released explaining the basics and prospects of quantum simulators by Prof. Kenji Omori. (22 September, JST Tokyo Headquarters)
2019.10.21-25 Prof. Ohmori was invited to give a talk about “Development of an ultrafast quantum simulator and its application to quantum computing” at the Conference “Quantum Computing in Near Term” (21-25 Oct. 2019) within the framework of the Programme on “Quantum Simulation – from Theory to Applications” held at the Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics (ESI) of the University of Vienna fromSeptember 2 to October 31, 2019 (website). (21-25 October 2019, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria)
2019.10.17-18 Professor Kenji Ohmori was invited to the EU Quantum Flagship event in Helsinki as a representative to the Japanese government. (website/program)(October 17-18 2019, Aalto University, Finland, Helsinki)
2019.10.14 Our new paper has appeared in arXiv.
“Ultrafast creation of overlapping Rydberg electrons in an atomic BEC and Mott-insulator lattice”
Michiteru Mizoguchi, Yichi Zhang, Masaya Kunimi, Akira Tanaka, Shuntaro Takeda, Nobuyuki Takei, Vineet Bharti, Kuniaki Koyasu, Tetsuo Kishimoto, Dieter Jaksch, Alexander Glaetzle, Martin Kiffner, Guido Masella, Guido Pupillo, Matthias Weidemüller, and Kenji Ohmori
arXiv:1910.05292.
2019.9.27 We have succeeded in generating a magneto-optical trap of Rb-87 atoms with our new apparatus.
2019.9.20 Prof. Ohmori was invited to give a talk about “Development of an ultrafast quantum simulator with attosecond and nanometer precision and its application to quantum computing(you tube)” at JST CRDS. (22 September, JST Tokyo Headquarters, Tokyo)
2019.8.11-16 Prof. Ohmori served as a Vice Chairman (elected) of “2019 Gordon Research Conference on Quantum Control of Light and Matter: Coherent Control of Quantum Systems with Increasing Complexity” (website). (11-16 August 2019, Salve Regina University, Newport, USA)
2019.8.1 Prof. Ohmori was invited to give a talk at the 14th Femtochemistry Conference (website) on “Ultrafast Many-body Electron Dynamics in a Strongly Correlated Ultracold Rydberg Gas”.(abstract of the talk) (1 August 2019, Jin Jiang Hotel, Shanghai, China).
2019.7.1 Prof. Ohmori was invited by Prof. Thomas Killian and Prof. Kaden Hazzard to give a talk at P&A AMO Seminar of Rice University (website) on “Ultrafast Many-body Electron Dynamics in a Strongly Correlated Ultracold Rydberg Gas”.(abstract of the talk) (1 July 2019, Rice University, Houston, USA).
2019.6.25-29 Prof. Ohmori was invited to give a talk at a workshop on “Quantum Dynamics and Spectroscopy in Condensed-Phase Materials and Bio-Systems” (website).
(25-29 June 2019, Telluride Science Research Center (TSRC), Telluride, USA).
2019.6.19-21 Prof. Ohmori was invited to give a talk at “International Symposium: Highly-excited States and Non-covalent Interactions”.
(19-21 June 2019, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK)
2019.6.6-9 Prof. Ohmori was invited to give a talk at a workshop on “the 4th International Workshop on Rydberg Atoms and Molecules” (website).(6-9 June 2019, Hangzhou, China)
2019.5.20 We have uploaded a new promotion video.
2019.5.6-7 Prof. Ohmori was invited to give a talk at an IAS Workshop on “Quantum Simulation of Novel Phenomena with Ultracold Atoms” (website).(abstract of the talk)(6-7 May 2019, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China)
2019.4.22 Prof. Ohmori delivered an invited lecture at JST CRDS on “International trends of quantum simulation and its future challenges”. (22 April (13:30-15:30), JST Tokyo Headquarters, Tokyo)
2019.4.1 A new Research Assistant Professor Takafumi Tomita has arrived.
A new Postdoctoral Fellow Masaya Kunimi has arrived.
2019.3.16 A new tenured Assistant Professor Sylvain de Léséleuc has arrived.
2019.3.14 Prof. Ohmori was invited to give a lecture at the “2019 Annual (74th) Meeting (All divisions) of the Physical Society of Japan”(website) on “International trends of quantum simulation and its future challenges”. (14 March 2019, Fukuoka, Japan).
2019.2.21-22 Prof. Peter Zoller at University of Innsbruck stayed in our group and gave a colloquium lecture (website). We discussed with Professor Zoller for ongoing and future projects including “JSPS Specially Promoted Research” and “MEXT Q-LEAP”.
2019.2.1 Prof. Ohmori was invited by Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) (website) to give a lecture at the “1st Academic-Industrial Collaboration Seminar” on ” Challenging 100 years’ mystery of quantum mechanics”. (1 February 2019, Tokyo, Japan).

 

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