
Prof. Brian Swingle: Information Scrambling in Complex Quantum Systems

The study of condensed matter systems in electronic systems within solid-state materials has a long history.
More recently, it has become possible to realize synthetic systems out of controllable components in ultracold atom or photonic systems.
We experimentally realized the Harper-Hofstadter (HH) model describing charged particles in a two-dimensional lattice with a transverse magnetic field using an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate in a highly elongated tube geometry, three sites in circumference.
The use of qubits to construct computers opens the door to dramatic computational speed ups for certain problems.
Starting with the development of microscopes which enabled
the discovery of bacteria time and again, physicists have discovered and
then harnessed natural phenomena and the proceeded to use them to
open new windows of observation into the life sciences. Examples include