Defect-Engineered Photonic and Superconducting Quantum Circuits

Explore groundbreaking research in integrated quantum systems through this comprehensive lecture from UC Berkeley's Professor Alp Sipahigil. Discover recent advances in engineering integrated quantum systems and learn about innovative approaches to addressing device physics challenges in microwave, phononic, and photonic quantum technologies. Examine the limitations of silicon photonics in quantum computation and communication, and understand novel solutions using telecom-band quantum emitters in silicon. Follow the journey from first-principles defect search to groundbreaking experiments demonstrating indistinguishable photon generation from silicon defects. Gain insights into the development of integrated photonic quantum repeater nodes and the advancement of superconducting quantum processors through defect engineering. The lecture includes detailed discussions of recent research findings, supported by multiple published works, and draws from Professor Sipahigil's extensive expertise in solid-state device research and quantum technologies at the Berkeley Quantum Devices Group.