2024 MIT R&D Conference: Track 6 - Quantum 2.0 - Quantum Materials for Quantum 2.0

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November 19, 2024
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    Quantum Materials for Quantum 2.0
    Pablo Jarillo-Herrero
    Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics, MIT Department of Physics
    The XXth century saw a revolution in science and technology, Quantum 1.0, largely triggered by our basic understanding of Quantum Mechanics, the physical theory of nature. Over the coming decades, a much more advanced technological revolution, Quantum 2.0, will make use of much more advanced concepts in quantum mechanics. In order to realize these technologies, new quantum materials are needed.  These materials have often defied theoretical understanding, in some cases during decades. The discovery six years ago of correlated phases and superconductivity in magic angle twisted bilayer graphene has led to the emergence of a new materials platform to investigate quantum materials, namely moiré quantum matter. These systems exhibit a plethora of quantum phases, such as correlated insulators, superconductivity, magnetism, ferroelectricity, and more. In this talk, Jarillo-Herrero will review some of the recent advances in the field, focusing on the newest generation of moiré quantum systems, where correlated physics, superconductivity, and other fascinating phases can be studied with unprecedented tunability. He will conclude with an outlook of some exciting directions in this emerging field.
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    Quantum Materials for Quantum 2.0
    Pablo Jarillo-Herrero
    Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics, MIT Department of Physics
    The XXth century saw a revolution in science and technology, Quantum 1.0, largely triggered by our basic understanding of Quantum Mechanics, the physical theory of nature. Over the coming decades, a much more advanced technological revolution, Quantum 2.0, will make use of much more advanced concepts in quantum mechanics. In order to realize these technologies, new quantum materials are needed.  These materials have often defied theoretical understanding, in some cases during decades. The discovery six years ago of correlated phases and superconductivity in magic angle twisted bilayer graphene has led to the emergence of a new materials platform to investigate quantum materials, namely moiré quantum matter. These systems exhibit a plethora of quantum phases, such as correlated insulators, superconductivity, magnetism, ferroelectricity, and more. In this talk, Jarillo-Herrero will review some of the recent advances in the field, focusing on the newest generation of moiré quantum systems, where correlated physics, superconductivity, and other fascinating phases can be studied with unprecedented tunability. He will conclude with an outlook of some exciting directions in this emerging field.
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