Paola Cappellaro

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Paola Cappellaro
Alma mater Polytechnic University of Milan
École Centrale Paris
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Scientific career
Institutions Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard University
Thesis Quantum information processing in multi-spin systems  (2006)
Doctoral advisor David G. Cory
Website Quantum Engineering Group

Paola Cappellaro is an Italian-American engineer who is a Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research considers electron-spin resonance, nuclear magnetic resonance and quantum information processing. She leads the MIT Quantum Engineering Group at the Center for Ultracold Atoms.

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Early life and education

Cappellaro was born in Italy. She attended the Polytechnic University of Milan, where she majored in nuclear engineering. She was part of a joint Master's program with the École Centrale Paris, and graduated in 2000. [1] Cappellaro moved to the United States for her graduate studies, where she worked alongside David G. Cory on quantum computation. In 2006, Cappellaro earned her doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). [2] Her doctorate considered quantum state transfer in spin chains, making use of magnetic-based approaches to understand and explore spin transfer dynamics. [3] She completed her postdoctoral training at the Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Harvard University. [4]

Research and career

In 2009, Cappellaro returned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she was made Assistant Professor. She serves as Head of the MIT Quantum Engineering Group at the Center for Ultracold Atoms. [5] Cappellaro has developed novel control techniques for electronic and nuclear spin qubits. [6] She realized the first nitrogen-vacancy center diamond-based magnetometers. [2] She pioneered the use of nuclear magnetic resonance to understand the propagation of spin excitations along a chain of interacting spins. [7]

In 2020, Cappellaro demonstrated that it is possible to make use of the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) qubits in diamond to perform quantum operations. [8] These NVs are defects which can be manipulated by electromagnetic waves, and respond by emitting light that can carry quantum information. [8] These NV centers are usually surrounded by other 'spin' defects, which have unknown spin properties. When an NV qubit interacts with a spin defect, it loses its coherent state, and can no longer perform quantum operations. [8] As NV qubits can be identified and controlled using microwave pulses, they can be used to probe their nearby environments. [8] Subsequent microwave pulses and applied magnetic fields can resonantly excite nearby spin defects, ultimately revealing their location. [8] Cappellaro showed that these defects can then be leveraged as additional qubits, which can be briefly entangled with one another to achieve a coherent quantum state. [8] These manifest as spikes in the resonance spectra. [8] Cappellaro measured the spins of these defects using electron-spin resonance. [8]

Cappellaro is the Ford Professor of Engineering, Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering and Professor of Physics at MIT. [9]

Awards and honors

Selected publications

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  2. 1 2 "Paola Cappellaro PhD '06 » MIT Physics". MIT Physics. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
  3. ↑ Cappellaro, Paola (2014), Nikolopoulos, Georgios M.; Jex, Igor (eds.), "Implementation of State Transfer Hamiltonians in Spin Chains with Magnetic Resonance Techniques", Quantum State Transfer and Network Engineering, Quantum Science and Technology, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 183–222, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-39937-4_6, hdl: 1721.1/95785 , ISBN   978-3-642-39937-4, S2CID   15275901 , retrieved 2021-04-16
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  5. 1 2 "Paola Cappellaro | Office of Graduate Education" . Retrieved 2021-04-16.
  6. ↑ Research Thumbnails: Paola Cappallaro , retrieved 2021-04-16
  7. ↑ Miller, Johanna L. (2019-09-19). "An inexpensive crystal makes a fine quantum time machine". Physics Today. doi:10.1063/PT.6.1.20190919a. S2CID   209910923.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Novel method for easier scaling of quantum devices". MIT Physics. 2020-03-05. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
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  10. ↑ "MIT NSE: Faculty: Paola Cappellaro". web.mit.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
  11. ↑ "Paola Cappellaro wins AFOSR Young Investigator Award". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
  12. ↑ Cappellaro, Paola (2015-06-17). "Polarizing Nuclear Spins in Silicon Carbide". Physics. 8: 56. Bibcode:2015PhyOJ...8...56C. doi: 10.1103/Physics.8.56 .
  13. ↑ "2023 Fellows". APS Fellow Archive. American Physical Society. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
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