Digital Materials Team

Team Leader

Franco Nori

  • Ph.D.
  • Franco Nori
  • Brief resume
    1987
    Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
    1987
    Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
    1990
    Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, USA
    1996
    Associate Professor, University of Michigan, USA
    2001
    Team Leader, Digital Materials Team, RIKEN (-current)
    2004
    Professor, University of Michigan, USA

Outline

Digital Materials Team

We perform research in theoretical condensed matter physics, including quantum information processing, computational physics, transport phenomena (e.g., of vortices, electrons and grains), energy conversion and solar energy, as well as the dynamics of complex systems. Our research work is interdisciplinary and also explores the interface between atomic physics, quantum optics, nano-science, and computing. We are also studying artificial photosynthesis, light-to-electricity conversion, nano-mechanics, hybrid quantum electro-mechanical systems, quantum nano-electronics and quantum emulators. Particular emphasis is being placed on superconducting Josephson-junction qubits, scalable quantum circuitry and improved designs for their quantum control. An underlying theme of our work is to better understand nano-scale quantum systems and devise methods to control them. We use physical models to make predictions that can be tested experimentally and that can be used to better understand the observed phenomena.

Recent Research Topic

Schematic diagram of superconducting circuits for quantum information processing
Fig. 1: Schematic diagram of superconducting circuits for quantum information processing
Fig. 1
Reproduced, with permission, from I. Buluta, F. Nori, Quantum Simulators, Science 2009, 326, 108. © (2012) AAAS

Selected Publications

  1. J.Q. You, F. Nori, Atomic physics and quantum optics using superconducting circuits, Nature 2011, 474, 589.
  2. C.M. Wilson, et al. Observation of the dynamical Casimir effect in a superconducting circuit, Nature 2011, 479, 376. Physics World top five Breakthroughs of the Year 2011. Also, the top Readers' choice of 2011 on Nature News.
  3. P.K. Ghosh, A.Yu. Smirnov, F. Nori, Artificial photosynthetic reaction centers coupled to light-harvesting antennas, Phys. Rev. E 2011, 84, 061138.
  4. I. Buluta, S. Ashhab, F. Nori, Natural and artificial atoms for quantum computation, Reports on Progress in Physics 2011, 74, 104401.
  5. K.Y. Bliokh, M.R. Dennis, F. Nori, Relativistic electron vortex beams: Angular momentum and spin-orbit interaction, Phys. Rev. Lett. 2011, 107, 174802.
  6. N. Lambert, C. Emary, Y. N. Chen, F. Nori, Distinguishing quantum and classical transport through nanostructures, Phys. Rev. Lett. 2011, 105, 176801.
  7. S. Savel'ev, V. A. Yampol'skii, A. L. Rakhmanov, F. Nori, Terahertz Josephson plasma waves in layered superconductors: spectrum, generation, nonlinear, and quantum phenomena, Rep. Prog. Phys. 2010, 73, 026501.
  8. I. Buluta, F. Nori, Quantum Simulators, Science 2009, 326, 108.
  9. J. R. Johansson, G. Johansson, C. M. Wilson, F. Nori, The dynamical Casimir effect in a superconducting coplanar waveguide, Phys. Rev. Lett. 2009, 103, 147003.
  10. P. K. Ghosh, A. Y. Smirnov, F. Nori, Modelling light-driven proton pumps in artificial photosynthetic reaction centers, J. Chem. Phys. 2009, 131, 035102.

Core Members

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Neill Wooldridge Lambert Research Scientist 2012.4.1  
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Yukihiro Ota Special Postdoctoral Researcher    
Wei Cui Foreign Postdoctoral Researcher 2012.4.1  
Neill Wooldridge Lambert Contract Researcher    
Johny Robert Johansson Visiting Researcher    
Pulak Kumar Ghosh Visiting Researcher    
Georgios Giavaras Visiting Researcher    
Paul David Nation Visiting Researcher    
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Zeliang Xiang International Program Associate    
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Ai Sato Assistant    
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Sahel Shafiq Salim Ashhab Visiting Scientist    
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