CPM Seminar

Seeing the invisible: journey into the quantum world

Shohini Ghose

Wilfrid Laurier University

From atomic structure, to the composition of stars, to teleportation, quantum physics has led to amazing discoveries over the past century. Understanding the microscopic world of atoms and photons has also led to modern technologies like lasers and computers that have transformed our everyday lives. Yet the quantum world remains a mysterious place full of interesting phenomena such as entanglement and quantum uncertainty that we are now harnessing for novel information processing applications. This is the story of my journey into this weird and wonderful invisible world, and the surprising lessons I learned about physics and about being a physicist