Theoretical Sciences Unit Seminar - 26 May 2023

Title: Quantum Matter and the Age of Entanglement Speaker: Dr. Siddhartha Lal Affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Physical Sciences, IISER Kolkata

Venue: Kanada Auditorium

Time: 2:30PM

Coffee/Tea: 2:20PM

Abstract: There is great activity at present all over the world towards developing quantum technologies. But what is the basic physics that drives this activity? Why are we searching for novel quantum materials, and building noise-free quantum computers? Where does my research fit in with all of this? In presenting some answers, I will focus on how the concept of entanglement - a feature that is unique to the quantum world - of an interacting many-particle quantum system holds the key to next-generation quantum technologies. I will also offer some insights on results we have obtained recently on the entanglement encoded within a few different examples of strongly interacting quantum matter.