I’m a postdoctoral scholar in the group of Hideo Mabuchi at Stanford, currently working at the ARL Open Campus in Adelphi, MD. My research broadly addresses the tools, methods, and applications of quantum technology from a theoretical and numerical perspective. Computational tools will need to be involved at every step in the process of designing quantum devices; computer algebra to derive effective descriptions and to perform model reduction, efficient numerical simulation and optimization tools for open quantum system, and software to drive the required protocols and perform error correction. Much of my work has been focused on implementing such tools. Some overarching guiding questions of my research are:
- To what limit can we exploit quantum features in open systems, i.e., at the interface of quantum and classical devices?
- Can quantum technology be scaled, building reliable networks of quantum devices?
- What new applications can quantum technology provide, and what are the protocols that realize these applications?
- What numerical and analytical tools are required to realize quantum technology?
Previously, I was a PhD student in the group of Christiane Koch, working on optimal control of quantum gates in open quantum systems. I have applied optimal control techniques to quantum information processing tasks with trapped neutral atoms, trapped ions, and superconducting (transmon) qubits.
Optimizing Robust Quantum Gates in Open Quantum Systems
Michael H. Goerz, Felix Motzoi, K. Birgitta Whaley, and Christiane P. Koch.
Michael H. Goerz, K. Birgitta Whaley, and Christiane P. Koch.
Paul Watts, Jiří Vala, Matthias M. Müller, Tommaso Calarco, K. Birgitta Whaley, Daniel M. Reich, Michael H. Goerz, and Christiane P. Koch.
Michael H. Goerz, Eli J. Halperin, Jon M. Aytac, Christiane P. Koch, and K. Birgitta Whaley.
Henning A. Fürst, Michael H. Goerz, Ulrich G. Poschinger, Michael Murphy, Simone Montangero, Tommaso Calarco, Ferdinand Schmidt-Kaler, Kilian Singer, and Christiane P. Koch.
Michael H. Goerz, Tommaso Calarco, and Christiane P. Koch.
September 2016, CECAM Workshop, Berlin, Germany. Invited talk:
April 2016, IMA Quantum and Nano Control Workshop, Minneapolis, MN. Poster:
January 2016, AHPCRC RMB Review, Stanford, CA. Poster:
September 2015, Frontiers 2015 Workshop, UMD, College Park, MD. Poster:
April 2014, QUAINT meeting, Sandbjerg Estate, Denmark. Talk:
March 2014, DPG spring meeting, Berlin, Germany. Talk:
July 2013, QIPC "Quantum Information Processing and Communication International Conference", Florence, Italy. Poster:
June 2013, 536th W.E. Heraeus Seminar "Optimal Control of Quantum Systems", Bad Honeff, Germany. Invited talk:
April 2013, "New Trends in Complex Quantum System Dynamics", Cartagena, Spain. Poster:
February 2012, AQUTE Winterschool on Quantum Information Processing, Obergurgl, Austria. Poster:
October 2011, Engineering and Control of Quantum Systems Workshop, Dresden, Germany. Poster:
July 2011, SUSSP67 Summer School "Quantum Information and Coherence", Glasgow, UK. Poster:
November 2010, Cambridge Workshop on Algorithms for Quantum Control, Cambridge, UK. Talk:
November 2010, French-German Laser Colloquium, Berlin, Germany. Poster:
June 2010, PRACQSYS 2010, Sønderborg, Denmark. Poster:
April 19, 2017, UMBC Physics Colloquium, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD, USA. Invited talk:
November 10, 2015, ARL Quantum Seminar, Adelphi Laboratory Center, MD, USA. Talk:
October 23, 2015, Physical Sciences Seminar, IBM Watson Research Lab, NY, USA. Invited talk:
December 11, 2013, Whaley group seminar, UC Berkeley, USA. Invited talk:
May 31, 2011, Theory Colloquium, Uni Kassel, Germany. Talk: