Research Areas
We perform theoretical studies of complex dynamics in materials. We use physically-motivated models to make predictions which can be tested experimentally and are useful to better understand the observed phenomena. We are currently working on several projects, including: quantum computing (superconducting Josephson-junction qubits, scalable quantum circuitry, improved designs for their quantum control), vortex dynamics in superconductors, new fluxtronics devices, complex collective phenomena, and nano-magnatism. We are also working on biologically-inspired solid-state devices that can control the motion of quanta
Research Subject
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Condensed matter physics; Computational physics; Complex systems |
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Quantum computing. Quantum information processing. Superconducting qubits. Artificial atoms.
Interface between atomic physics, quantum optics, and condensed matter physics.
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Vortex dynamics in superconductors |
List of Selected Publications
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You, J.Q., Liu, Y.-x., and Nori, F.:
"Simultaneous cooling of an artificial atom and its neighboring quantum system."
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 047001 (2008).
• http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v100/e047001
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Ashhab, S., Niskanen, A.O., Harrabi, K., Nakamura, Y., Picot, T., de Groot, P.C., Harmans, C.J.P.M., Mooij, J.E., and Nori, F.:
"Interqubit coupling mediated by a high-excitation-energy quantum object."
Phys. Rev. B 77, 014510 (2008).
• http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v77/e014510
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Rakhmanov, A.L., Zagoskin, A.M., Savel'ev, S., and Nori, F.:
"Quantum metamaterials: Electromagnetic waves in a Josephson qubit line"
Phys. Rev. B 77, 144507 (2008).
• http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v77/e144507
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Savel'ev, S., Rakhmanov, A.L., Hu, X., Kasumov, A., and Nori, F.:
"Quantum electromechanics: Quantum tunneling near resonance and qubits from buckling nanoscale bars."
Phys. Rev. B 75, 165417 (2007).
• http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v75/e165417
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Zagoskin, A.M., Savel'ev, S., and Nori, F.:
"Modeling an adiabatic quantum computer via an exact map to a gas of particles."
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 120503 (2007).
• http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v98/e120503
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You, J.Q., Liu, Y.X., Sun, C.P., and Nori, F.:
"Persistent single-photon production by tunable on-chip micromaser with a superconducting quantum circuit."
Phys. Rev. B 75, 104516 (2007).
• http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v75/e104516
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Liu, Y.X., Wei, L.F., Tsai, J.S., and Nori, F.:
"Controllable coupling between flux qubits."
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 067003 (2006).
• http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v96/e067003
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Savel'ev, S., Rakhmanov, A.L., Yampol'skii, V.A., and Nori, F.:
"Analogues of nonlinear optics using terahertz Josephson plasma waves in layered superconductors."
Nature Physics 2, 521-525 (2006). [PDF][Link]
Also featured in a companion Nature Physics "News and Views".
• http://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v2/n8/full/nphys358.html
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Cole, D., Bending, S., Savel'ev, S., Grigorenko, A., Tamegai, T., and Nori, F.:
"Ratchet without spatial asymmetry: Controlling the motion of magnetic flux quanta using time-asymmetric drives."
Nature Materials 5, 305-311 (2006). [PDF][Link]
Also featured in a companion "News and Views".
• http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/v5/n4/abs/nmat1608.html
• Publication (PDF)
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You, J.Q., and Nori, F.:
"Superconducting circuits and quantum information."
Phys.Today 58(11), 42(2005).
The article appeared in Physics Today, November 2005, page 42, and may be found at
• http://www.PhysicsToday.org/vol-58/iss-11/p42.shtml
• Publication (PDF:388KB)
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Laboratory
Head Franco NORI (Ph.D.)
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