莫妮卡-施莱尔-史密斯 实验物理学家

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Monika Schleier-Smith
Experimental Physicist | Class of 2020
Advancing our understanding of how many-particle quantum systems behave and connecting phenomena observed in the laboratory to a range of other areas of physics.


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Title
Experimental Physicist
Affiliation
Department of Physics, Stanford University
Location
Stanford, California
Age
37 at time of award
Area of Focus
Physics
Website
Schleier-Smith Lab
Stanford University: Monika Schleier-Smith
Published October 6, 2020
ABOUT MONIKA'S WORK
Monika Schleier-Smith is an experimental physicist advancing understanding of how many-particle quantum systems behave. She works at the interface of atomic, molecular, and optical physics and quantum information science with the goal of harnessing the properties of quantum systems for such applications as powerful new computing paradigms and ultra-precise sensors.

Schleier-Smith devises and implements experimental set-ups and techniques involving laser-cooled atoms that allow her to isolate and manipulate physical phenomena that were not previously accessible in experiments. In collaboration with colleagues, she used light-mediated interactions between atoms trapped in an optical cavity to generate, detect, and measure quantum entanglement, a fragile and difficult to study phenomenon that occurs when a pair or group of particles interact in such a way that their behavior becomes correlated. Her studies of a class of entangled states known as squeezed spin states have led to deeper insights into the nature of entanglement itself and to improvements in atomic clocks beyond the standard quantum limit of measurement precision. Schleier-Smith has extended her investigations into the control of quantum correlations by focusing on how information is encoded and spread across many widely dispersed bodies within quantum systems. To explore the concept of scrambling—the rapid spreading of information to numerous particles across large distances—she has demonstrated an effective method for engineering controllable, long-range interactions within a cloud of thousands of atoms by sending information back and forth between distant atoms via photons. As she pursues this line of research further, Schleier-Smith also draws upon mathematical models developed by string theorists studying the scrambling of information within the space-time of black holes, a separate subdiscipline of physics. She continues to experiment with quantum systems built in the lab with the longer-term aim of using these platforms to simulate what happens when information falls into the chaos of black holes, among other areas of inquiry.

Schleier-Smith is opening new avenues for the exploration of quantum effects that occur at the smallest scales of matter and connecting phenomena observed in the laboratory to a range of other areas of physics.

BIOGRAPHY
Monika Schleier-Smith received an AB (2005) from Harvard University and a PhD (2011) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 2011 to 2013, she served as a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and Ludwig Maximilian University. In 2013, Schleier-Smith joined the faculty of Stanford University, where she is currently an associate professor in the Department of Physics. Her articles have been published in such scientific journals as Science and Physical Review Letters, among others.



莫妮卡-施莱尔-史密斯
实验物理学家 | 2020级
推进我们对多粒子量子系统行为方式的理解，并将实验室中观察到的现象与物理学的其他领域联系起来。


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标题
实验物理学家
工作单位
斯坦福大学物理系
工作地点
斯坦福, 加州
年龄
获奖时37岁
重点领域
物理学
网站
施莱尔-史密斯实验室
斯坦福大学。莫妮卡-施莱尔-史密斯
发表于2020年10月6日
关于莫妮卡的工作
莫妮卡-施莱尔-史密斯是一位实验物理学家，她推动了对多粒子量子系统行为方式的理解。她在原子、分子、光学物理学和量子信息科学的界面上工作，目标是利用量子系统的特性来实现强大的新计算范式和超精确传感器等应用。

施莱尔-史密斯设计并实施了涉及激光冷却原子的实验装置和技术，使她能够隔离和操纵以前在实验中无法获得的物理现象。在与同事的合作中，她利用困在光腔中的原子之间以光为媒介的相互作用来产生、检测和测量量子纠缠，这是一种脆弱的、难以研究的现象，当一对或一组粒子以这样的方式相互作用时，它们的行为就会变得相关起来。她对一类被称为挤压自旋态的纠缠状态的研究，使人们对纠缠本身的性质有了更深入的了解，并使原子钟的改进超过了测量精度的标准量子极限。施莱尔-史密斯通过关注信息如何在量子系统内许多广泛分散的体上编码和传播，扩展了她对量子关联控制的研究。为了探索扰乱的概念--将信息快速传播到大距离的众多粒子上--她展示了一种有效的方法，通过在遥远的原子之间通过光子来回发送信息，在成千上万的原子云中进行可控的、长距离的相互作用。随着她对这一研究方向的进一步追求，施莱尔-史密斯还借鉴了弦理论家开发的数学模型，研究黑洞时空内的信息扰动，这是物理学的一个独立分支学科。她继续用实验室建立的量子系统进行实验，长期目标是利用这些平台来模拟当信息落入黑洞的混沌中会发生什么，以及其他的研究领域。

施莱尔-史密斯正在为探索发生在物质最小尺度上的量子效应开辟新的途径，并将在实验室观察到的现象与物理学的一系列其他领域联系起来。

个人简历
莫妮卡-施莱尔-史密斯在哈佛大学获得学士学位（2005年），在麻省理工学院获得博士学位（2011年）。从2011年到2013年，她在马克斯-普朗克量子光学研究所和路德维希-马克西米利安大学担任博士后研究员。2013年，施莱尔-史密斯加入了斯坦福大学的教师队伍，目前是该校物理系的副教授。她的文章发表在《科学》和《物理评论快报》等科学期刊上，等等。