Aaron D. O'Connell
Aaron Douglas O'Connell (born March 5, 1981 in Allentown, Pennsylvania) is an American experimental quantum physicist. While working under Andrew N. Cleland and John M. Martinis at the University of California, Santa Barbara, he created the world's first quantum machine.[1] In particular, he was able to transfer the quantum state of a superconducting quantum bit, a device used in quantum computation, to the motional state of a macroscopic mechanical resonator.[2] His measurements of the quantum machine constitute the first direct observations of quantized behavior in the motion of a visible object[3][4] and led the journal Science to honor his work as the "Breakthrough of the Year" of 2010.[1]
O'Connell spoke on the subject at TED2011 in Long Beach, California.[5]
Academic career
O'Connell received his bachelor's degree from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2005, and his Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2010.
References
- ^ a b Adrian Cho. Breakthrough of the Year: The First Quantum Machine. Science, 330:1604, December 2010.
- ^ A. D. O’Connell, M. Hofheinz, M. Ansmann, R. C. Bialczak, M. Lenander, E. Lucero, M. Neeley, D. Sank, H. Wang, M. Weides, J. Wenner, J. M. Martinis, and A. N. Cleland. Quantum ground state and single-phonon control of a mechanical resonator. Nature, 464:697–703, April 2010.
- ^ Markus Aspelmeyer. Quantum mechanics: The surf is up. Nature, 464:685-686, April 2010.
- ^ Peter Rodgers. Nanomechanics: Welcome to the quantum ground state. Nature Nanotechnology, 5:245, April 2010.
- ^ http://www.ted.com/talks/aaron_o_connell_making_sense_of_a_visible_quantum_object.html
External links
- Cho, Adrian (2010-12-17). "Breakthrough of the Year: The First Quantum Machine". Science 330 (6011): 1604. Bibcode 2010Sci...330.1604C. doi:10.1126/science.330.6011.1604. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/330/6011/1604.full.
- Pain, Elisabeth (2010-12-17). "Breakthrough of the Year: Bridging the Quantum and the Classical Worlds". Science. doi:10.1126/science.caredit.a1000120. http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2010_12_17/caredit.a1000120.
- O'Connell, Aaron D.; Hofheinz, M.; Ansmann, M.; Bialczak, Radoslaw C.; Lenander, M.; Lucero, Erik; Neeley, M.; Sank, D. et al. (2010-04-01). "Quantum ground state and single-phonon control of a mechanical resonator". Nature 464 (7289): 697–703. Bibcode 2010Natur.464..697O. doi:10.1038/nature08967. PMID 20237473. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v464/n7289/full/nature08967.html.
- Aspelmeyer, Markus (2010-04-01). "Quantum mechanics: The surf is up". Nature 464 (7289): 685–686. Bibcode 2010Natur.464..685A. doi:10.1038/464685a. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v464/n7289/full/464685a.html.
- Rodgers, Peter (2010-04-01). "Nanomechanics: Welcome to the quantum ground state". Nature Nanotechnology 5 (4): 245. Bibcode 2010NatNa...5..245R. doi:10.1038/nnano.2010.70. http://www.nature.com/nnano/journal/v5/n4/full/nnano.2010.70.html.
- Brumfiel, Geoff (2010-03-17). "Scientists supersize quantum mechanics". Nature News. doi:10.1038/news.2010.130. http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100317/full/news.2010.130.html.
- Geoff Brumfiel's interview of Aaron D. O'Connell; Nature podcast
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