Quantum 101

Table of Contents Introduction Fundamentals of Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics (Cavity QED) Jaynes-Cummings Model and Quantum Rabi Oscillations Strong and Ultra-Strong Coupling Regimes Atom-Cavity Systems in Cavity QED Experimental Realizations of...

Table of Contents Introduction What Is Cavity Optomechanics? Radiation Pressure Coupling Quantum Description of Optomechanical Interaction Optomechanical Hamiltonian Sideband Cooling to Ground State Strong Coupling Regime Quantum Backaction and Measurement Limits Optomechanical Crystals...

Table of Contents Introduction Basic Principle of STM Quantum Tunneling Mechanism STM Instrumentation and Setup Feedback Loop and Control Tip Preparation and Sharpening Sample Preparation and Conductivity Requirements Imaging Modes: Constant Current...

Table of Contents Introduction What Is an NV Center? Atomic and Electronic Structure Charge States: NV⁰ and NV⁻ Spin Properties and Energy Levels Optical Initialization and Readout Spin Coherence and Relaxation Quantum...

Table of Contents Introduction What Is Spintronics? Spin Degree of Freedom in Solids Spin Transport and Spin Currents Spin-Orbit Coupling and Rashba Effect Spin Injection and Detection Giant and Tunnel Magnetoresistance Spin...

Table of Contents Introduction What is a Quantum Spin Liquid (QSL)? Historical Context and Anderson's Proposal Magnetic Frustration and QSL Formation Key Properties of QSLs Types of Quantum Spin Liquids Gapped...

Table of Contents Introduction From Hall to Quantum Hall Effects What Is the Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect? Topological Origins and Band Inversion Breaking Time-Reversal Symmetry Without Fields Chern Insulators and...

Table of Contents Introduction What Are 2D Quantum Materials? Motivation for 2D Quantum Materials Overview of Fabrication Approaches Mechanical Exfoliation Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) Liquid Phase Exfoliation and...

Table of Contents Introduction Classical Hall Effect Integer Quantum Hall Effect (IQHE) Landau Levels and Cyclotron Motion Quantized Hall Conductance Role of Disorder and Edge States Topological Invariants and Chern Numbers Quantum...

Table of Contents Introduction Historical Context and Discovery The Josephson Effects DC Josephson Effect AC Josephson Effect Josephson Relations and Equations Energy and Dynamics of Josephson Junctions Josephson Junction Circuit Models Fabrication Techniques Josephson...

Table of Contents Introduction Basics of Superconductivity Josephson Junctions and Nonlinearity Superconducting Qubit Types Transmon Qubits Flux and Fluxonium Qubits Phase and Charge Qubits Qubit Coherence and Decoherence Sources Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics (cQED) Qubit...

Table of Contents Introduction What is Waveguide Quantum Optics? Motivation and Applications Fundamentals of Optical Waveguides Guided Modes and Dispersion Relations Single-Photon Propagation in Waveguides Photon-Emitter Coupling in Waveguides Purcell Enhancement and...