Carrie Weidner - Teaching Lasers to Control Atoms

Teaching Lasers to Control Atoms

One of the many interesting areas of active physics research deals with

the control of physical systems using learning algorithms - that is, 

computer systems that can learn how to solve complex problems in 

physics. Another area is atom interferometry, which is one of the many 

ways we can use atoms and lasers to make precise measurements. This 

talk will include building an interferometer piece-by-piece and 

research which combines these exiciting topics to teach lasers to 

control really, really cold atoms.

Carrie Weidner

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