Dr. Hannes Pichler

ITAMP Postdoctoral Fellow

Research interests

  • Theoretical Quantum Optics
  • Quantum Information
  • Quantum Many-Body Physics
  • Atomic Physics
  • Photonics

Bio
Hannes Pichler did his Ph.D work with Prof. Peter Zoller at the University of Innsbruck and the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Innsbruck. Since 2016 he is at ITAMP working on problems at the interface between Quantum Optics, Quantum Information and Quantum Many-Body Physics.

Publications
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Q-gdwB8AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Publications
30) Emergent SU(2) dynamics and perfect quantum many-body scars, arxiv:1812.05561
29) Quantum Virtual Cooling, arxiv:1812.02175
28) Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm: Performance, Mechanism, and Implementation on Near-Term Devices, arxiv:1812.01041
27) Quantum Optimization for Maximum Independent Set Using Rydberg Atom Arrays, arxiv:1808.10816
26) Computational complexity of the Rydberg blockade in two dimensions, arxiv:1809.04954
25) Probing quantum critical dynamics on a programmable Rydberg simulator, arxiv:1809.05540
24) Periodic orbits, entanglement and quantum many-body scars in constrained models: matrix product state approach, arxiv:1807.01815
23) Numerical study of the chiral Z3 quantum phase transition in one spatial dimension, Physical Review A 98, 023614, (2018)
22) Universal Photonic Quantum Computation via Delayed Feedback, Procedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114, 11362, (2017)
21) Probing many-body dynamics on a 51-atom quantum simulator, Nature, 551, 579 (2017)
20) Chiral Quantum Optics, Nature, 541, 472 (2017)
19) Photonic Band Structure of Two-dimensional Atomic Lattices, Physical Review A, 96, 063801 (2017)
18) Quantum Spin Lenses in Atomic Arrays, Physical Review X, 7, 031049 (2017)
17) Delayed coherent quantum feedback from a scattering theory and a matrix product state perspective, Quantum Science and Technology, 2, 044012 (2017)
16) Topological Quantum Optics in Two-Dimensional Atomic Arrays, Physical Review Letters, 119, 023603 (2017)
15) Quantum State Transfer via Noisy Photonic and Phononic Waveguides, Physical Review Letters, 118, 133601 (2017)
14) A Measurement Protocol for the Entanglement Spectrum of Cold Atoms, Physical Review X, 6, 041033 (2016)
13) Photonic Circuits with Time Delays and Quantum Feedback, Physical Review Letters, 116, 093601 (2016)
12) Nano-Scale Dark State Optical Potentials for Cold Atoms, Physical Review Letters, 117, 233001 (2016)
11) Chiral quantum optics with V-level atoms and coherent quantum feedback, Physical Review A, 94, 033829 (2016)
10) Quantum Hall Physics with Cold Atoms in Cylindrical Optical Lattices, Physical Review A, 93, 013604 (2016)
9) Non-Markovian Dynamics in Chiral Quantum Networks with Spins and Photons, Physical Review A, 93, 062104 (2016)
8) Quantum Optics of Chiral Spin Networks, Physical Review A, 91, 042116 (2015)
7) Quantum Spin Dimers from Chiral Dissipation in Cold-Atom Chains, Physical Review Letters, 113, 237203 (2014)
6) Thermal vs. Entanglement Entropy: A Measurement Protocol for Fermionic Atoms with a Quantum Gas Microscope, New Journal of Physics, 15, 063003 (2013)
5) An entropy perspective on the thermal crossover in a fermionic Hubbard chain, Physical Review B, 88, 155103 (2013)
4) Heating dynamics of bosonic atoms in a noisy optical lattice, Physical Review A, 87, 033606 (2013)
3) Dressed, noise- or disorder- resilient optical lattices, Physical Review A, 86, 051605(R) (2012)
2) Measuring Entanglement Growth in Quench Dynamics of Bosons in an Optical Lattice, Physical Review Letters, 109, 020505 (2012)
1) Non-equilibrium dynamics of bosonic atoms in optical lattices: Decoherence of many-body states due to spontaneous emission, Physical Review A, 82, 063605 (2010)
Contact
Office: 
B-322

hannes.pichler@cfa.harvard.edu