TEQx Workshops
TEQx is a workshop series focusing on technical aspects of research in the Quantum Center. The aim of this series is to share the technical insights behind the scientific headlines that could be useful to other groups.
Description
The initiative for a technical exchange workshop originated from inputs made by participants during the Quantum Center General Meeting in 2022 at Schatzalp, Davos. It was argued that many technical solutions are developed in parallel by several groups. To avoid "reinventing the wheel", the TEQx (technical exchange) seminars aim to make researchers and technicians aware of what other groups are developing so that they can use and/or improve each others' existing solutions.
The workshop includes a 20 min presentation part in which up to 5 members of different groups give a quick overview of a technical solution used in their group. Afterwards, a 40 min breakout discussion follows where participants have the opportunity to discuss each of the solutions presented in detail.
Getting in Touch
Interested in technical exchanges outside of the workshop series? Get in touch with speakers from previous workshops (listed below) or contact our engineers at the Engineering Unit of the Quantum Center. Find out more about their expertise here.
Upcoming Events
To be announced.
Photos of the 2023 September TEQx Workshop at PSI
Photos of the 2023 March TEQx Workshop
Past Events
TEQx Workshop at ETH Hönggerberg
Location and agenda
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Place: HIT E 41.1
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
List of speakers
- Konrad Viebahn (Esslinger group)
An interlock architecture based on the CAN bus protocol
and
Laboratory heat management with water-cooled racks
- Carla Ferradini (Renner group)
Semi-definite programming: a theoretical framework for optimization problems in quantum systems
- Elsa Jöchl (Faist group)
How to process two conducting layers with an insulation in between
- Luis Fernandez Martinez (Xu group)
Wavefront calibration using an SLM
- Luis Mestre (Degen group)
Using piezo buzzers as cheap positioners with subatomic precision.
TEQx Workshop at PSI Villigen
Location and agenda
Friday, September 29, 2023
PSI, Villigen, ODRA, room 111
14:00 - 14:15 Talks
14:15 - 15:00 Discussion session & coffee
15:00 - 16:30 Lab tour (Quantum Computing Hub & SwissFEL)
List of speakers
- Sebastián Guerrero Soriano (Degen group)
Thermal leaks in a cryostat - A short guide on how we got rid of them
- Jakub Vonka (Gerber/Aeppli group)
Measuring X-ray induced mK sample heating with fast resistivity
- Michael Nydegger (Hempel/Home group)
Quench: Next generation trapped ion quantum computing control system by TIQI
and
Trapped Ion Quantum Computing Control Systems at QCHub: An overview
- Yongxin Song (Wallraff group)
Investigating Phase Velocity Inhomogeneity of Superconducting Coplanar Waveguides
TEQx Workshop at ETH Hönggerberg
Location and agenda
Thursday, March 30, 2023, 10:00 - 11:00
Presentations: ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HIT E 41.1
Discussion: ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HIT G foyer
List of speakers
- Dr. Mohsen Bahrami Panah (Engineering Unit)
FPGA-based measurement and control systems
- Dr. Nicola Carlon Zambon (Novotny group)
Measurement and compensation of stray electric fields in optical traps
and
Combining large DC voltage signals to small RF tones with a modified bias tee design
- Dr. Igor Khanonkin (Imamoglu group)
New concept in 2D materials fabrication making use of a non-standard polymer (called PCL)
- Alex Gómez Salvador (Demler group)
Keywords: Mean field theory, quantum dynamics, ground state
- Dr. Andrés Rosario (Wallraff group)
Packaging of hybrid superconducting/semiconductor samples
TEQx Workshop at ETH Hönggerberg
Location and agenda
Friday, October 28, 2022, 10:00 - 11:00
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HIT E 41.1
Hosts
- Elías Portolés (Ensslin group)
- Jeff Morhan (Esslinger group)
- Philipp Kammerlander (Quantum Center)
Speakers
- Hugo Doeleman (Chu group)
- Elías Portolés (Ensslin group)
- Kadir Akin (Engineering Unit, Quantum Center)
- Alex Baumgärtner (Esslinger group)
- Wojtek Adamczyk (Home group)
Topics (also covered by experts in the audience)
RF/microwave electronics, Laser systems, Ultrahigh vacuum systems, Optical beam shaping and holography, Novel electronic sample characterization, Vibration isolation, SC transition analog detector, FPGA-based measurement and control systems