DQC Seminar Series: Hybrid quantum platforms with neutral atoms, circuits, and photonics

Abstract: Hybrid quantum systems provide a promising route toward scalable quantum technologies by combining the strengths of different physical platforms. Neutral atoms offer long coherence times and reprogrammability, superconducting circuits enable fast programmable interactions, and photonic modes provide long-distance connectivity. In this talk, I will discuss our past work on developing quantum interconnects across these platforms-linking Rydberg atoms, superconducting microwave cavities, and photonic channels-and outline ongoing efforts in my group toward building modular hybrid architectures for quantum state transfer, entanglement generation, and networked quantum processors.

Bio: Aziza Suleymanzade is an Assistant Professor of Physics at UC Berkeley. Her group explores hybrid quantum systems that combine Rydberg atoms, superconducting circuits, and nanophotonics. Her research focuses on creating novel quantum interfaces and generating entanglement resources that link these platforms for quantum information processing, communication, and sensing. Prior to joining Berkeley, Aziza was a postdoctoral scholar at Harvard University, working on silicon-vacancy-based quantum networks in diamond nanophotonic cavities. She earned her Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Chicago, where her dissertation on Rydberg cavity-QED in optical and superconducting cavities earned the 2023 Deborah Jin Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis. She received an undergraduate degree in Physics from Harvard University.
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Upcoming seminars:

20 Nov: Jeff Thompson
04 Dec: Felix Knollman