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:
Scientific Machining with Lincoln Satterthwaite
Students were trained in 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.
Quantum Photonics with Professor Galan Moody
Trainees received 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.
Nano-Scale Self-Assembly with DNA with Professor Deborah Fygenson
Trainees 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.