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DESCRIPTION:Correlated Light-Matter Interactions and Excited-State Dynamics
  for Quantum Information\n\nThe physics of quantum materials is rich with s
 pectacular excited-state and non-equilibrium effects\, but many of these ph
 enomena remain poorly understood and consequently technologically unexplore
 d. Therefore\, this talk will focus on how quantum-engineered materials beh
 ave\, particularly away from equilibrium\, and how we can harness these eff
 ects in quantum technologies and quantum information science. \n\nElectron-
 photon\, electron-electron as well as electron-phonon dynamics and far-from
 -equilibrium transport are critical to describe ultrafast and excited-state
  interactions in materials. Ab initio descriptions of phonons are essential
  to capture both excitation and loss (decoherence) mechanisms\, and are cha
 llenging to incorporate directly in calculations due to a large mismatch in
  energy scales between electrons and phonons. I will show results using a n
 ew theoretical method we have developed to calculate arbitrary electron-pho
 non and electron-optical interactions in a diagrammatic many-body framework
  integrated with a nonequilibrium carrier transport method. \n\nFurther\, I
  will discuss a new formalism at the intersection of cavity quantum-electro
 dynamics and electronic structure methods\, quantum-electrodynamical densit
 y functional theory\, to treat electrons and photons on the same quantized 
 footing. I will demonstrate how these ab initio techniques guide the search
  for relevant quantum properties in 2D and 3D materials\, including new qua
 ntum emitters. Finally\, I will show recent results using newly developed t
 heoretical methods to evaluate the linear and nonlinear optical properties 
 of low dimensional and heterostructured quantum materials and pathways to l
 everage these properties in quantum devices.
DTEND:20190410T210000Z
DTSTAMP:20260414T084708Z
DTSTART:20190410T200000Z
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LOCATION:Higgins Hall\, Room 310
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SUMMARY:Physics Colloquium:  Prineha Narang\, Harvard University
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URL:https://events.bc.edu/event/physics_colloquium_prineha_narang_harvard_u
 niversity
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