Every Fall quarter, a new graduate lab course (“Experimental Techniques of Quantum Science”), will be developed and offered to incoming InTriQATe trainees. Courses are designed by the investigators and will be selected from a range of disciplines and topics in quantum science and technology.
Fall quarter 2024 had three sections:
Lincoln Satterthwaite: Scientific Machining
An overview of standard machine shop techniques that can be used to manufacture metal, plastic, or ceramic parts to help further trainee research goals. Each student created a useful tool and came away with a working knowledge of milling, turning, tapping, engraving, CAD drawing, and CAM programming.
Galan Moody: Quantum Photonics
A brief introduction to the field of quantum photonics through a series of hands-on modules to teach the fundamentals of: (1) entanglement and Bell-state measurements, (2) quantization, and (3) bits vs. qubits and quantum interference.
Deborah Fygenson: Nano-Scale Self-Assembly with DNA
Students learned wet lab techniques to create DNA origami designs.
Fall quarter 2025 trainees had one instruction:
“Cool something below 1 millikelvin.” They successfully built a rubidium magneto-optical trap.