The fifth and final seminar in the Quantum Computing Seminar Series, organized by NCC Czechia, will be held on 14 November 2024 in a hybrid format – both online and face-to-face in the IT4Innovations training room. The seminar is titled Quantum Computing Seminar: Exploring the Fastest Chemical Reactions using Ultrashort Laser Pulses: An Outlook for Quantum Computers Based on Chemistry.
The advancement of laser technologies has paved the way for femtochemistry, which involves studying chemical reactions (rearrangement of molecular or ionic structures) using femtosecond laser pulses. Although the Nobel Prize for this work was awarded in 1999, it took another 20 years to narrow pulse widths enough to capture the fastest processes.
The seminar will be divided into two parts. The first part will focus on the tutor’s previous work, providing participants with insights into advanced high-energy laser devices and their applications in chemistry. The importance of theoretical modeling in combination with experimental measurements will be demonstrated through various applications. The second part will examine quantum computer architectures rooted in chemistry, such as molecular and nuclear spin-based qubits, quantum dots, and atomic-based architectures including Rydberg atoms and trapped ions.
