Quantum Information Science Seminars - Fall 2006

What is expected of registered students and what QIS courses are offered by GMU.

An introductuction of basic cryptographic services and modern ways of implementing these services using traditional secret-key and public key cryptographic algorithms.

An independent investigation into a new 3-D loop action geometry (Skew Geometry) and its application to physical reality specifically addressing how this geometry produces known mass values.

Experimental results on the scattering fluctuations of one quantum-chaotic system in the form of a chaotic microwave resonator, showing their agreement with corresponding predictions of Random Matrix Theory.

A review of the silent revolution in Rare Earth Permanent Magnets and some of their revolutionary applications.

The challenge is to explain what we do to a non-technical audience. What is it about QIS that fascinates us? Can that fascination conveyed to regular people who are generally interested in the mysteries of the Universe without getting bogged down in detail?

Following a review of positive-operator and projection valued measures in quantum mechanics, several applications to quantum key distribution are elaborated. The positive operator valued measure (POVM) is useful in the design of a quantum key receiver.

The interference and measurements aspects for Double Coil resonance experiment are reanalyzed. This analysis gives rise to a situation analogous to partial reduction of the wave packet in quantum mechanics. Using convergence results of relative frequencies, magnitudes of the intensity are calculated when prior probabilities are assigned to the coefficients associated with states.

The impacts of quantum engineering and quantum information processing (QIP) are just beginning to reverberate throughout the technology industry. As the space begins to mature, many of the technologies are ripe for commercialization. In the case of quantum cryptography, they are already being brought to market. The speaker will describe the evolution of quantum information processing; the potential impacts of such technologies in the 21st century; and will explain how MagiQ’s quantum cryptography solution operates (Quantum Private Network.)

Dr. Sebby-Strabley describes the design and implementation of a 2D optical lattice of double wells suitable for isolating and manipulating an array of individual pairs of atoms in an optical lattice.