| I'm a physics grad student working for Prof. Isaac Chuang's Quanta group at MIT's Media Lab. In this group we investigate potential implementations of a scalable quantum computer. The ultimate goal of experimental quantum computing research is to make a quantum computer large enough to incorporate error correction, making the computer useful for relevant real-world computations. |
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I'm currently developing planar ion traps for potential use in quantum computing. We are in our intitial stages, currently testing a variety of traps with mesoscopic particles such as cornstarch and dextran clusters, in an atmospheric or low vacuum environment. My colleague in this venture is David Leibrandt, and our minions are Waseem Bakr and Isaac Kim. |
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One useful tool for constructing planar traps is the excimer laser. I have fabricated gold-on-alumnina test traps using our in-house equipment. Further details on this project can be found here and here. |
Contact: gblandst at mit dot edu
2005-03-28