Lieven Vandersypen
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Professor
Kavli Institute of NanoScience, TU Delft
URL: http://www.tudelft.nl/lmkvandersypen
Current research
- The coherent control and entanglement of electron spins in coupled quantum dots, aimed at the realization of an elementary quantum computer. [project website]
- Spin coherence and confinement of electrons in graphene, a single monolayer of graphite, in which electrons behave as relativistic particles. [project website]
Past research (PhD work)
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NMR quantum computation experiments, including prime factorization of the number fifteen (15=3x5) using Shor's algorithm, executed on seven nuclear spins in a molecule as quantum bits. (Stanford University and IBM Almaden, 2001)
[Publications on NMRQC] [PhD thesis] [Press coverage]
- Locking electron spins into magnetic resonance by electron-nuclear feedback
I. T. Vink, K. C. Nowack, F. H. L. Koppens, J. Danon, Yu. V. Nazarov and L. M. K. Vandersypen
Nature Physics 5, 764 (2009) - Gate-induced insulating state in bilayer graphene devices
J.B. Oostinga, H.B. Heersche, X. Liu, A.F. Morpurgo & L.M.K. Vandersypen
Nature Materials 7, 151 (2008) - Coherent control of a single electron spin with electric fields
K.C. Nowack, F.H.L. Koppens, Yu.V. Nazarov and L.M.K. Vandersypen
Science 318, 1430 (2007) - Bipolar supercurrent in graphene
H.B. Heersche, P. Jarillo-Herrero, J.B. Oostinga, L.M.K. Vandersypen, A.F. Morpurgo
Nature 446, 56-59 (2007) - Driven coherent oscillations of a single electron spin in a quantum dot
F.H.L. Koppens, C. Buizert, K.J. Tielrooij, I.T. Vink, K.C. Nowack, T. Meunier, L.P. Kouwenhoven, and L.M.K. Vandersypen
Nature 442, 766-771 (2006) - Control and Detection of Singlet-Triplet Mixing in a Random Nuclear Field
F.H.L. Koppens, J.A. Folk, J.M. Elzerman, R. Hanson, L.H. Willems van Beveren, I.T. Vink, H.P. Tranitz, W. Wegscheider, L.P. Kouwenhoven, and L.M.K. Vandersypen
Science 309, 1346-1350 (2005) - Single-shot read-out of an individual electron spin in a quantum dot
J.M. Elzerman, R. Hanson, L.H. Willems van Beveren, B. Witkamp, L.M.K. Vandersypen & L.P. Kouwenhoven
Nature 430, 431-435 (2004) - Experimental realization of Shor's quantum factoring algorithm using nuclear magnetic resonance
L.M.K. Vandersypen, M. Steffen, G. Breyta, C.S. Yannoni, M.H. Sherwood and I.L. Chuang
Nature 414, 883-887 (2001)
- Spins in few-electron quantum dots
R. Hanson, L.P Kouwenhoven, J.R. Petta, S. Tarucha, and L.M.K. Vandersypen
Reviews of Modern Physics 79, 1217 (2007). - Dot-to-dot design - By connecting tiny puddles of electrons in a chip, researchers hope to create a scalable quantum computer
L.M.K. Vandersypen
IEEE Spectrum 44 9, 42-47, Sep 2007. - NMR techniques for quantum control and computation
L.M.K. Vandersypen and I.L. Chuang
Reviews of Modern Physics 76, 1037-1069 (2004).
Brief CV
1996 MS in Mechanical Engineering, KU Leuven, Belgium
1997 MS in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
2001 PhD in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
2003 Assistant Professor (univ. docent), TU Delft
2006 Associate Professor (univ. hoofddocent), TU Delft
2007 Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Professor (hoogleraar), TU Delft
2008 Member of the Young Academy of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
2008 Nicholas Kurti European Science Prize
2008 IUPAP Young Scientist Prize for Semiconductor Physics
2009 Teacher of the Year - Delft Applied Physics program
Secondary employments
None
