Condensed Matter Theory - Past Journal Clubs

Past Condensed Matter Theory Journal Clubs


2016 April 19 papers   talk Marcel Serina Topological mirror insulators in one dimension
2016 April 12 papers   talk Tibor Sekera Fingerprint of topological Andreev bound states in phase-dependent heat transport
2016 April 5 papers   talk Constantin Schrade Approaching a topological phase transition in Majorana nanowires
2016 March 29 papers   talk Christoph Orth In-plane Topological p-n Junction in the Three-Dimensional Topological Insulator Bi2−xSbxTe3−ySey
2016 March 22 papers   talk Niels Loerch Proposal to Test Bell's Inequality in Electromechanics
2016 March 15 papers   talk Kouki Nakata Magnon Dirac Materials
2016 March 8 papers   talk Simon Nigg Demonstrating Quantum Error Correction that Extends the Lifetime of Quantum Information
2016 March 1 papers   talk Axel Lode Pi-flux Dirac bosons and Bogoliubov edge states of Bose-Einstein condensed atoms
2016 February 23 papers   talk Christina Psaroudaki Edge instabilities and skyrmion creation in magnetic layers
2016 February 9 papers   talk Christoph Kloeffel Anisotropy of electron and hole g tensors of quantum dots: An intuitive picture based on spin-correlated orbital currents
2016 February 2 papers   talk Silas Hoffman Readout of Majorana parity states using a quantum dot
2016 January 25 papers   talk Ehud Amitai Quantum superposition, entanglement, and state teleportation of a microorganism on an electromechanical oscillator
2016 January 19 papers   talk Mohammad Alidoust Shiba chains of scalar impurities on unconventional superconductors
2016 January 12 papers   talk Alexander Zyuzin Quantum Tunneling of the Magnetic Moment in the S/F/S Josephson phi_0- Junction
2016 January 5 papers   talk James Wootton A proposal for self-correcting stabilizer quantum memories in 3 dimensions (or slightly less)
2016 December 22 papers   talk Simon Nigg A quantum annealing architecture with all-to-all connectivity from local interactions
2015 December 15 papers   talk Rakesh Tiwari Type-II Weyl semimetals
2015 December 8 papers   talk Pawel Szumniak Topological Edge States with Zero Hall Conductivity in a Dimerized Hofstadter Model
2015 November 24 papers   talk Tibor Sekera Specific heat and effects of pairing fluctuations in the BCS-BEC crossover regime of an ultracold Fermi gas
2015 November 17 papers   talk Constantin Schrade Physical Implementation of a Majorana Fermion Surface Code for Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computation
2015 November 10 papers   talk Christina Psaroudaki Emergent Supersymmetry from Strongly Interacting Majorana Zero Modes
2015 November 03 papers   talk Axel Lode Causality and quantum criticality with long-range interactions
2015 October 20 papers   talk Kouki Nakata Generalized Bloch theorem and chiral transport phenomena
2015 October 06 papers   talk Marcel Serina Exchange-interaction of two spin qubits mediated by a superconductor
2015 September 29 papers   talk Viktoriia Kornich Exchange and collective behavior of magnetic impurities in a disordered helical metal
2015 September 22    talk Ehud Amitai Noise-induced transitions in optomechanical synchronization
2015 September 14 papers   talk Adrian Hutter Experimental loophole-free violation of a Bell inequality using entangled electron spins separated by 1.3 km
2015 September 08 papers   talk Silas Hoffman Current Correlations in a Majorana Beam Splitter
2015 September 01 papers   talk Christoph Kloeffel Reduced sensitivity to charge noise in semiconductor spin qubits via symmetric operation
2015 August 25 papers   Mohammad Alidoust Does the bulk disorder in the superconductor affect proximity-induced topological superconductivity?
2015 August 18 papers   talk Christoph Orth Percolating states in the topological Anderson insulator
2015 August 04 papers   talk Alexander Zyuzin Helicons in Weyl semimetals
2015 July 28 papers   talk Constantin Schrade Majorana Fermi Sea in Insulating SmB6
2015 July 21 papers   talk Luka Trifunovic Fractional topological phases in three-dimensional coupled-wire systems
2015 July 14 papers   talk Rakesh Tiwari Universal decoherence due to gravitational time dilation
2015 July 07 papers   talk Tibor Sekera Observation of phononic helical edge states in a mechanical topological insulator
2015 June 30 papers   talk Marcel Serina Tunable Spin-Qubit Coupling Mediated by a Multielectron Quantum Dot
2015 June 23 papers   talk Pawel Szumniak Topological Superconductivity and High Chern Numbers in 2D Ferromagnetic Shiba Lattices
2015 June 16 papers   talk James Wootton Classical Simulation of Quantum Error Correction in a Fibonacci Anyon Code
2015 June 09 talk Simon Nigg Detecting Photon-Photon Interactions in a Superconducting Circuit
2015 June 02 papers   talk Kouki Nakata Thermal vector potential theory of transport induced by temperature gradient
2015 May 26 papers   talk Axel Lode Rotation of quantum impurities in the presence of a many-body environment
2015 May 19 papers   talk Viktoriia Kornich Interaction-induced backscattering in short quantum wires
2015 May 12 papers   talk Christoph Kloeffel Open quantum system description of singlet-triplet qubits in quantum dots
2015 May 05 papers   talk Adrian Hutter Demonstration of a quantum error detection code using a square lattice of four superconducting qubits
2015 April 28 papers   talk Silas Hoffman Impurity Bound States and Greens Function Zeroes as Local Signatures of Topology
2015 April 21 papers   talk Mohammad Alidoust Axial current driven by magnetization dynamics in Dirac semimetals
2015 April 14 papers   talk Ehud Amitai Spin Correlations as a Probe of Quantum Synchronization in Trapped Ion Phonon-Lasers
2015 March 24 papers   talk Alexander Zyuzin Observation of the Adler-Bell-Jackiw chiral anomaly in a Weyl semimetal
2015 March 17 papers   talk James Wootton Undecidability of the Spectral Gap
2015 March 10 papers   talk Luka Trifunovic Interacting two-level defects as sources of fluctuating high-frequency noise in superconducting circuits
2015 March 03 papers   talk Rakesh Tiwari Chirality density wave of the “hidden order” phase in URu2Si2
2015 February 17 papers   talk Pawel Szumniak Majorana Fermion Rides on a Magnetic Domain Wall
2015 February 10 papers   talk Marcel Serina Universal spin-triplet superconducting correlations of Majorana fermions
2015 February 03 papers   talk Tibor Sekera Spin-Orbit Coupling and the Optical Spin Hall Effect in Photonic Graphene
2015 January 27 papers   talk Constantin Schrade Braiding Statistics of Loop Excitations in Three Dimensions
2015 January 13 talk Simon Nigg Twin paradox with macroscopic clocks in superconducting circuits
2015 January 06 papers   talk Kouki Nakata Interfacial Spin and Heat Transfer between Metals and Magnetic Insulators
2014 December 16 papers   talk Axel Lode Tunneling dynamics of bosonic Josephson junctions assisted by a cavity field
2014 December 09 papers   talk Silas Hoffman Strong localization of Majorana end states in chains of magnetic adatoms
2014 December 02 papers   talk Christoph Kloeffel Magnetization of the Metallic Surface States in Topological Insulators
2014 November 25 papers   talk Viktoriia Kornich Discovery of a Three-Dimensional Topological Dirac Semimetal, Na_3Bi
2014 November 18 papers   talk Franziska Maier Signatures of Majorana Zero Modes in Spin-Resolved Current Correlations
2014 November 11 papers   talk Adrian Hutter A silicon-based surface code quantum computer
2014 November 04 papers   talk Samuel Aldana Optomechanical Dirac Physics
2014 October 28 papers   talk Thomas Schmidt Absence of quantum time crystals in ground states
2014 October 21 papers   talk Alexander Zyuzin Tuning topological superconductivity in helical Shiba chains by supercurrent
2014 October 14 papers   talk James Wootton Unpaired Majorana modes on dislocations and string defects in Kitaev's honeycomb model
2014 October 07 papers   talk Stefan Walter Confined quantum Zeno dynamics of a watched atomic arrow
2014 September 30 papers   talk Stefan Walter Confined quantum Zeno dynamics of a watched atomic arrow
2014 September 23 papers   talk Luka Trifunovic Nonclassical Paths in Quantum Interference Experiments
2014 September 16 papers   talk Constantin Schrade Weak symmetry breaking in two-dimensional topological insulators
2014 September 09 papers   talk Pawel Szumniak Majorana fermions in a ferromagnetic wire on the spin-surface of a bulk spin-orbit coupled s-wave superconductor
2014 September 02 papers   talk Rakesh Tiwari Supersymmetry in the Majorana Cooper-Pair Box
2014 August 26 papers   talk Arijit Saha Non-Local Transport Mediated by Spin-­Supercurrents
2014 August 14 talk Silas Hoffman Edge-mode superconductivity in a two dimensional topological insulator
2014 August 05 papers   talk Andreas Nunnenkamp Ignorance Is Bliss: General and Robust Cancellation of Decoherence via No-Knowledge Quantum Feedback
2014 July 29 talk Simon Nigg Birds on Power lines
2014 July 22 papers   talk Kouki Nakata Bose-Einstein condensation in an ultra-hot gas of pumped magnons
2014 July 08 papers   talk Tobias Meng Phase separation in doped Mott insulators
2014 July 01 papers   talk Viktoriia Kornich Backscattering between helical edge states via dynamic nuclear polarization
2014 June 17 papers   talk Adrian Hutter Cellular-automaton decoders for topological quantum memories
2014 June 03 papers   talk Thomas Schmidt One-dimensional fermions with neither Luttinger-liquid
2014 May 27 papers   talk Tobias Meng Local Adiabatic Mixing of Kramers Pairs of Majorana Bound States
2014 May 20 papers   talk Alexander Zyuzin Equilibrium currents in chiral systems with non‐zero Chern number
2014 May 13 papers   talk Axel Lode Synthetic Gauge Fields in Synthetic Dimensions
2014 May 06 papers   talk James Wootton Violation of the Arrhenius law below the transition temperature
2014 April 29 papers   talk Stefan Walter Coherently Opening a High-Q Cavity
2014 April 22 papers   talk Constantin Schrade Fibonacci Anyons From Abelian Bilayer QH States
2014 April 15 papers   talk Luka Trifunovic Subnanometre resolution in three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging of individual dark spins
2014 April 08 papers   talk Rakesh Tiwari Time-Reversal-Invariant Z_4 Fractional Josephson Effect
2014 March 25 papers   talk Gregory Strübi Mapping the optimal route between two quantum states
2014 March 18 papers   talk Silas Hoffman Revealing topological superconductivity in extended quantum spin Hall Josephson junctions
2014 March 04 papers   talk Arijit Saha Topologically protected spin and valley currents via mass inversion in Dirac materials
2014 February 18 papers   talk Diego Rainis 1D-1D Coulomb DragSignature of a Luttinger Liquid
2014 February 11 papers   talk Hugo Ribeiro Pump-probe scheme for electron-photon dynamics in hybrid conductor-cavity systems
2014 February 04 papers   talk Fabio Pedrocchi Designing a Spin-Seebeck Diode
2014 January 28 papers   talk Christoph Orth Experimental Proposal to Detect Topological Ground State Degeneracy
2014 January 21 papers   talk Andreas Nunnenkamp Single-Polariton Optomechanics
2014 January 14 papers   talk Simon Nigg Superabsorption of light via quantum engineering
2013 December 17 papers   talk Franziska Maier Direct measurement of the Zak phase in topological Bloch bands
2013 December 10 papers   talk Viktoriia Kornich Long-Distance coherent coupling in a quantum dot array
2013 December 3 papers   talk Kevin van Hoogdalem Mechanical Spin Control of Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers in Diamond
2013 November 19 papers   talk Christoph Kloeffel Ultra long spin decoherence times in graphene quantum dots with a small number of nuclear spins
2013 November 12 papers   talk Adrian Hutter An area law for entanglement from exponential decay of correlations
2013 November 5 papers   talk Stefan Walter Measuring topological invariants in photonic systems
2013 October 29 papers   talk Samuel Aldana Reversible and effcient conversion between microwave and optical light
2013 October 22 papers   talk Alexander Zyuzin Time-Reversal Invariant Topological Superconductivity Induced by Repulsive Interactions in Quantum Wires
2013 October 15 papers   talk Robert Zielke Working with Mathematica - A PhD student's experience
2013 October 8 papers   talk James Wootton When does a physical system compute?
2013 September 24 papers   talk Rakesh Tiwari Mapping the topological phase diagram of multiband semiconductors with supercurrents
2013 September 17 papers   talk Andreas Nunnenkamp Nonequilibrium Model of Photon Condensation
2013 September 10 papers   talk Tobias Meng Majorana Fermion induced selective equal spin Andreev reflections
2013 September 3 papers   talk Thomas Schmidt Quantum phases of 1D Hubbard models with three- and four-body couplings
2013 August 27 papers   talk Arijit Saha Superconducting Proximity Effect in Silicene: Spin-Valley Polarized Andreev Reflection, Non-Local Transport, and Supercurrent
2013 August 20 papers   talk Hugo Ribeiro Steady-State Entanglement in the Nuclear Spin Dynamics of a Double Quantum Dot
2013 August 13 papers   talk Fabio Pedrocchi Adiabatic Quantum Motors
2013 July 30 papers   talk Christoph Orth Transport via double constrictions in integer and fractional topological insulators
2013 July 23 papers   talk Gregory Strübi Full counting statistics of Andreev tunneling
2013 July 9 papers   talk Franziska Maier Stabilization of the Quantum Spin Hall Effect by Designed Removal of Time-Reversal Symmetry of Edge States
2013 July 2 papers   talk Viktoriia Kornich Dynamic nuclear polarization in InGaAs/GaAs and GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dots under non-resonant ultra-low power optical excitation
2013 June 25 papers   talk Jelena Klinovaja Two-dimensional p-wave superconducting states with magnetic moments on a conventional s-wave superconductor
2013 June 18 papers   talk Christoph Klöffel Coherence and Screening in Multi-Electron Spin Qubits
2013 June 11 papers   talk Kevin van Hoogdalem Spin backflow and ac Voltage Generation by Spin Pumping and the Inverse Spin Hall Effect
2013 June 4 papers   talk Adrian Hutter Surface Code Threshold in the Presence of Correlated Errors
2013 May 28 papers   talk Daniel Becker Quantum annealing with more than one hundred qubits
2013 May 14 papers   talk Samuel Aldana Macroscopic Quantum Mechanics in a Classical Spacetime
2013 May 7 papers   talk Gregory Strübi Antiferromagnetic states and phase separation in doped AA-stacked graphene bilayers
2013 April 30 papers   talk Stefan Walter Measures of quantum synchronization in continuous variable systems
2013 April 23 papers   talk Alexander Zyuzin Photonic Floquet topological insulators
2013 April 16 papers   talk Robert Zielke Sequential quantum-enhanced measurement with an atomic ensemble
2013 April 9 papers   talk James Wootton Topological Entanglement Entropy with a Twist
2013 March 26 papers   talk Luka Trifunovic Coupling spin qubits via superconductors
2013 March 19 papers   talk Rakesh Tiwari Super-magnetoresistance effect in triplet spin valves
2013 February 26 papers   talk Thomas Schmidt Generating and controlling spin-polarized currents induced by a quantum spin Hall antidot
2013 February 12 papers   talk Vladimir Stojanovic Microscopic Model of Quasiparticle Wave Packets in Superfluids, Superconductors, and Paired Hall States
2013 February 5 papers   talk Fabio Pedrocchi Quantum Time Crystals
2013 January 29 papers   talk Arijit Saha Majorana Fermion Induced Non-local Current Correlations in Spin-orbit Coupled Superconducting Wires
2013 January 22 papers   talk Diego Rainis Absence of zero-energy surface bound states in CuxBi2Se3 via a study of Andreev reflection spectroscopy
2013 January 8 papers   talk Christoph Orth Non-Fermi-liquid d-wave metal phase of strongly interacting electrons
2012 December 18 papers   talk Tobias Meng Imaging currents in HgTe quantum wells in the quantum spin Hall regime
2012 December 11 papers   talk Franziska Maier Dynamical Self-Quenching of Spin Pumping into Double Quantum Dots
2012 December 4 papers   talk Andreas Nunnenkamp Magnetoelectric Effects in Superconducting Nanowires with Rashba Spin­‐Orbit Coupling
2012 November 27 papers   talk Kevin van Hoogdalem Inertia and Chiral Edge Modes of a Skyrmion Magnetic Bubble
2012 November 20 papers   talk Christoph Klöffel Summer Schools in "Rock Guitar" and Physics: Differences and Similarities
2012 November 13 papers   talk Jelena Klinovaja The soft superconducting gap in semiconductor Majorana nanowires
2012 November 6 papers   talk Adrian Hutter Surface code with decoherence: An analysis of three superconducting architectures
2012 Oktober 23 papers   talk Gerson Ferreira Collectively Enhanced Interactions in Solid-state Spin Qubits
2012 Oktober 16 papers   talk Daniel Becker Topological Kondo Effect with Majorana Fermions
2012 Oktober 9 papers   talk Samuel Aldana Observation of Radiation Pressure Shot Noise
2012 Oktober 2 papers   talk Andreas Wagner Phase diagram of spin 1 antiferromagnetic bose-einstein condensates
2012 September 25 papers   talk Robert Zielke Y-junction splitting spin states of a moving quantum d
2012 September 18 papers   talk Luka Trifunovic Suppression of 2π phase-slip due to hidden zero modes in one dimensional topological superconductors
2012 September 11 papers   talk Diego Rainis Disentangling Majorana fermions from conventional zero energy states in semiconductor quantum wires
2012 September 4 papers   talk James Wootton 3-D quantum stabilizer codes with a power law energy barrier
2012 August 28 papers   talk Rakesh Tiwari Odd-frequency superconducting pairing in topological insulators
2012 August 21 papers   talk Gregory Strübi Weak Measurements with Orbital-Angular-Momentum Pointer States
2012 August 14 papers   talk Franziska Maier Electron Spin Relaxation in a Moving Quantum Dot
2012 August 07 papers   talk Vladimir M. Stojanovic Adiabatic State Preparation of Interacting Two-Level Systems
2012 July 31 papers   talk Thomas Schmidt Helical edge states coupled to a spin bath: Current-induced magnetization
2012 July 17 papers   talk Fabio Pedrocchi Zero-Voltage conductance peak from weak antilocalization in a Majorana nanowire
2012 July 10 papers   talk Christoph Orth Luttinger liquid physics from infinite-system DMRG
2012 July 3 papers   talk Andreas Wagner Re-entrance and entanglement in the one-dimensional bose-hubbard model
2012 June 26 papers   talk Peter Stano Spin-Orbit Echo
2012 June 19 papers   talk Christoph Klöffel Entropy-based Tuning of Musical Instruments

Room-Temperature Quantum Bit Memory Exceeding One Second
2012 June 12 papers   talk Jelena Klinovaja To close or not to close: the fate of the superconducting gap across the topological quantum phase transition in Majorana-carrying semiconductor nanowires

Class D spectral peak in Majorana quantum wires

Enhanced zero-bias Majorana peak in disordered multi-subband quantum wires

Zero-bias peaks in spin-orbit coupled superconducting wires with and without Majorana end-states
2012 June 5 papers   talk Adrian Hutter Energy Landscape of 3D Spin Hamiltonians with Topological Order
2012 May 29 papers   talk Kevin van Hoogdalem Information Transfer by Vector Spin Chirality in Finite Magnetic Chains
2012 May 22 papers   talk Daniel Becker All-electric qubit control in heavy hole quantum dots via non-Abelian geometric phases
2012 May 15 papers   talk Gerson Ferreira Resonant modes in strain-induced graphene superlattices
2012 May 8 papers   talk Samuel Aldana Parametric four-wave mixing toolbox for superconducting resonators
2012 Apr 17 papers   talk Robert Zielke Cooling by Heating: Very Hot Thermal Light Can Significantly Cool Quantum Systems
2012 Apr 10 papers   talk Andreas Nunnenkamp Majorana Bound States of Light in a One-Dimensional Array of Nonlinear Cavities
2012 Apr 03 papers   talk Luka Trifunovic Ettingshausen effect due to Majorana modes
2012 Mar 13 papers   talk Diego Rainis Topological Superconductivity in CuxBi2Se3
2012 Mar 06 papers   talk Vladimir M. Stojanovic Unbounded growth of entanglement in models of many-body localization
2012 Feb 21 papers   talk Franziska Maier Specular Andreev Reflection in the Interface of a Two-Dimensional Semiconductor with Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling and a d-Wave Superconductor
2012 Feb 14 papers   talk Andreas Wagner Fermionic transport and out-of-equilibrium dynamics in a homogeneous Hubbard model with ultracold atoms
2012 Feb 7 papers   talk Fabio Pedrocchi Irreversibility on the Level of Single-Electron Tunneling
2012 Jan 31 papers   talk Jelena Klinovaja Relaxation and readout visibility of a singlet-triplet qubit in an Overhauser field gradient
2012 Jan 24 papers   talk Christoph Klöffel Coherent control of three-spin states in a triple quantum dot
2012 Jan 17 papers   talk Kevin van Hoogdalem Ramsey Numbers and Adiabatic Quantum Computing
2012 Jan 10 papers   talk Robert Zielke Quantum Magnetomechanics with Levitating Superconducting Microspheres
2011 Dec 20 papers   talk Daniel Becker Completeness of quantum theory implies that wave functions are physical properties
2011 Dec 13 papers   talk Samuel Aldana Strong coupling of spin qubits to a transmission line resonator
2011 Nov 29 papers   talk James Wootton Surface code quantum computing by lattice surgery
2011 Nov 22 papers   talk Andreas Nunnenkamp Light-cone-like spreading of correlations in a quantum many-body system
2011 Nov 15 papers   talk Gregory Strübi Majorana fermions in superconducting nanowires without spin-orbit coupling
2011 Nov 8 papers   talk Luka Trifunovic Quantum phase slips in superconducting wires with weak links
2011 Nov 1 papers   talk Dimitrije Stepanenko Gate-Dependent Orbital Magnetic Moments in Carbon Nanotubes
2011 Oct 25 papers   talk Kevin van Hoogdalem Energy Partitioning of Tunneling Currents into Luttinger Liquids
2011 Oct 18 papers   talk Vladimir M. Stojanovic Enhanced transport when Anderson localization is destroyed
2011 Oct 11 papers   talk Franziska Maier Cooling and heating with electron spins: Observation of the spin Peltier effect
2011 Oct 4 papers   talk Fabio Pedrocchi Two-Qubit Gate of Combined Single-Spin Rotation and Interdot Spin Exchange in a Doule Quantum dot
2011 Sep 27 papers   talk Christoph Klöffel Full electrical control of the electron spin relaxation in GaAs quantum wells
2011 Sep 20 papers   talk Jelena Klinovaja Controlling non-Abelian statistics of Majorana fermions in semiconductor nanowires
2011 Sep 13 papers   talk Samuel Aldana Mechanically probing coherent tunnelling in a double quantum dot
2011 Sep 6 papers   talk Diego Rainis Number Fluctuations of Sparse Quasiparticles in a Superconductor
2011 Aug 30 papers   talk Suhas Gangadharaiah Magneto-Optical Faraday and Kerr Effects in Topological Insulator Films and in Other Layered Quantized Hall Systems
2011 Aug 23 papers   talk Robert Zielke The Hierarchical Nature of the Quantum Hall Effects
2011 Aug 16 papers   talk Andreas Wagner Quantum Phase Transitions and Heat Capacity in a two-atoms Bose-Hubbard Model
2011 Aug 9 papers   talk Robert Andrzej Żak Quantum read-out and fast initialization of nuclear spin qubits with electric currents
2011 Aug 2 papers   talk Luka Trifunovic Emergence of Dirac Electron Pair in Charge Ordered State of Organic Conductor α-(BEDT-TTF)2I3