David G. Cory

David G. Cory
Alma materCase Western Reserve University
Known forNMR quantum computer
Quantum information processing
Quantum control
Neutron interferometry
Scientific career
InstitutionsBruker Corporation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Waterloo
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
ThesisApplications of Cross Polarization Spin Dynamics in Solids (1987)
Doctoral advisorWilliam M. Ritchey
Doctoral studentsPaola Cappellaro

David G. Cory is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Waterloo[1] where he holds the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Quantum Information Processing.[2] He works at the Institute for Quantum Computing, and is also associated with the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology.

Education and career[edit]

Cory was educated at Case Western Reserve University, earning a bachelor's degree there in 1981 and a Ph.D. in chemistry in 1987.[1][3][4] He carried out postdoctoral research at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands and at Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. He was a Professor of Nuclear Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology prior to his 2010 appointment at Waterloo.[1][2] At MIT, he worked on NMR, including his work on NMR quantum computation.[5][6][7] Together with Amr Fahmy and Timothy Havel he developed the concept of pseudo-pure states and performed the first experimental demonstrations of NMR quantum computing.[8][9]

Cory's research also concerns the realization and application of quantum control in various physical systems and devices. In 2015, he and teams from University of Waterloo, National Institute of Standards and Technology and Boston University demonstrated the generation and control of orbital angular momentum of neutron beams using a fork-dislocation grating,[10] extending the existing work in optical and electron beams to neutrons. They subsequently demonstrated the control of both the spin and orbital angular momentum degrees of freedom of neutron beams.[11][12]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Faculty profile Archived 2021-09-13 at the Wayback Machine, University of Waterloo, retrieved 2014-07-16.
  2. ^ a b David Cory, Canada Excellence Research Chairs, Government of Canada, accessed 2014-07-16.
  3. ^ "Alum Updates" (PDF), The Case Chemist, 104: 7, Winter 2010–2011.
  4. ^ Cory, David G. (1987). Applications of cross polarization spin dynamics in solids (Thesis). Case Western Reserve University. OCLC 16259096.
  5. ^ Lloyd, Seth (2006), Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos, Alfred A. Knopf, pp. 151–152, ISBN 978-0-307-26471-8.
  6. ^ Science News Staff (17 January 1997), "Quantum Computer in a Cup of Joe?", Science, doi:10.1126/article.40628 (inactive 31 January 2024){{citation}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link)
  7. ^ "Quantum dreams", The Economist, March 8, 2001.
  8. ^ Cory, David G.; Fahmy, Amr F.; Havel, Timothy F. (1997-03-04). "Ensemble quantum computing by NMR spectroscopy". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 94 (5): 1634–1639. Bibcode:1997PNAS...94.1634C. doi:10.1073/pnas.94.5.1634. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 19968. PMID 9050830.
  9. ^ "MIT researchers create quantum computer that simulates quantum system", MIT News, June 25, 1999
  10. ^ Clark, Charles W.; Barankov, Roman; Huber, Michael G.; Arif, Muhammad; Cory, David G.; Pushin, Dmitry A. (2015-09-23). "Controlling neutron orbital angular momentum". Nature. 525 (7570): 504–506. Bibcode:2015Natur.525..504C. doi:10.1038/nature15265. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 26399831. S2CID 4454300.
  11. ^ Sarenac, D; Nsofini, J; Hincks, I; Arif, M; Clark, Charles W; Cory, D G; Huber, M G; Pushin, D A (2018-10-10). "Methods for preparation and detection of neutron spin-orbit states". New Journal of Physics. 20 (10): 103012. arXiv:1803.02295. Bibcode:2018NJPh...20j3012S. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/aae3ac. ISSN 1367-2630. PMC 8634251. PMID 34858077.
  12. ^ Sarenac, Dusan; Kapahi, Connor; Chen, Wangchun; Clark, Charles W.; Cory, David G.; Huber, Michael G.; Taminiau, Ivar; Zhernenkov, Kirill; Pushin, Dmitry A. (2019-10-08). "Generation and detection of spin-orbit coupled neutron beams". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (41): 20328–20332. arXiv:1904.09520. Bibcode:2019PNAS..11620328S. doi:10.1073/pnas.1906861116. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 6789912. PMID 31548384.

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