Jeffrey

Thompson

Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Research interests: Methods to gain control over individual atoms for computing, communications and sensing technology. Using nanophotonic circuits to spatially isolate and address individual or small clusters of rare earth ion dopants in crystalline hosts for use as single photon sources and quantum memories. Developing techniques to laser-cool and trap large arrays of atoms levitated in vacuum.

Orange light glows in a series of lenses inside a quantum computer. — Researchers led by Jeff Thompson at Princeton University have developed a technique to make it 10 times easier to correct errors in a quantum computer. Photos by Frank Wojciechowski

Illuminating errors creates a new paradigm for quantum computing

Four graduate students gather around professor Jeff Thompson in the lab, with a quantum computer behind them and figures displayed on the screen. — Princeton researchers have developed a new approach to linking quantum computers over long distances. The new system transmits low-loss signals over optical fiber using light in the telecom band, a longstanding goal in the march toward robust quantum communication networks. Photo by Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy

A new route to a quantum internet

Flat synthetic diamond illuminated by green laser light — Using specially designed diamonds with nitrogen-vacancy centers, researchers at Princeton University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a technique to measure noise in a material by studying correlations, and they can use this information to learn the spatial structure and time-varying nature of the noise. In this image, a diamond with near-surface nitrogen-vacancy centers is illuminated by green laser light from a microscope objective lens. Photo by David Kelly Crow

Four engineering professors receive Moore Foundation experimental physics awards

Three students working together at a computer — Hands-on lessons in writing computer code to control scientific instruments are central to the course “Experimental Methods in Quantum Computing.” Photo by Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy

New course builds students’ intuition for quantum experiments

Portrait in lab, dark environment with blue/green glowing objects

Harnessing the power of single atoms for quantum computing

portrait of Thompson — Jeff Thompson has won a New Horizons in Physics Prize for his contributions to quantum computing. Photo by Frank Wojciechowski

Thompson wins New Horizons Prize in Physics for neutral-atom quantum computing

Professor writes on white board while talking with grad student.

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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