Lunch Seminars
At the Quantum Center's internal Lunch Seminars, early career scientists from our community share their current research, fostering connections between research teams and across disciplines.
The Quantum Center Lunch Seminar takes place every first Thursday of the month at 12:00 in HPF G6, ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg. There are typically two talks of 30 minutes duration each, given by members from different research groups. At 13:00 free pizza or lasagna is offered to the participants (registration for lunch is mandatory).
If you have suggestions on topics or speakers, or if you would like to present recent results of your research, please reach out to us at .
March 6, 2025
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6
Toward Excitonic Condensation in van der Waals Heterostructures
Alperen Tugen - Quantum Photonics Group (Imamoglu Group), ETH Zurich
Quantum information processing with dual-type dual-element atom arrays
Zhanchuan Zhang - Experimental Quantum Engineering (Xu Group), ETH Zurich
December 5, 2024
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6
Charge- and Spin-Dynamics and Destabilization of Shallow Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers under UV and Blue Light Illumination
Laura Völker - Spin Physics (Degen group), ETH Zurich
Quasiprobabilistic simulation of quantum computing with restricted quantum computers
Christophe Piveteau - Quantum Information Theory (Renner group), ETH Zurich
November 7, 2024
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6
Quantum circuits based on topological pumping in optical lattices
Konrad Viebahn - Quantum Optics (Esslinger group), ETH Zurich
Probing New Physics with Calcium Isotope Shift Measurements
Luca Huber - Trapped Ion Quantum Information (Home group), ETH Zurich
October 3, 2024
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6
Autonomous Quantum-Informed Free Energy Calculations of Ligand Binding
Thomas Weymuth - Theoretical Chemistry (Reiher group), ETH Zurich
Achieving strong magnon-photon coupling with YIG thin films
Davit Petrosyan - Magnetism and Interface Physics (Gambardella group), ETH Zurich
September 5, 2024
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6
Quantum Scars in Lattice Gauge Theories
Thea Budde - High Performance Computational Physics (Marinkovic group), ETH Zurich
Exploring the 3D energy spectrum of Andreev bound states in a four-terminal Josephson junction
Tommaso Antonelli - Advanced Semiconductor Quantum Materials (Wegscheider group), ETH Zurich
June 6, 2024
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6
Enhancing Dispersive Readout of Superconducting Qubits Through Dynamic Control of the Dispersive Shift: Experiment and Theory
François Swiadek - Quantum Device Lab (Wallraff group), ETH Zurich
Quantum delocalization of a levitated nanoparticle to atomic scales
Titta Carlon Zambon - Photonics Laboratory (Novotny group), ETH Zurich
May 2, 2024
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6
Twenty-zone surface ion trap with fully integrated photonics
Tereza Viskova - Ion Trap Quantum Computing (Hempel group), ETHZ-PSI Quantum Computing Hub
Electron paramagnetic resonance of isolated and coupled spins probed with atomic resolution
Aishwarya Vishwakarma - Magnetism and Interface Physics (Gambardella group), ETH Zurich
April 4, 2024
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6
Spin-orbit coupling in bilayer graphene/transition-metal dichalcogenide quantum devices
Jonas Gerber - The Ensslin Nanophysics Group (Ensslin group), ETH Zurich
Quantum squeezing in a nonlinear mechanical oscillator
Matteo Fadel - Hybrid Quantum Systems (Chu Group), ETH Zurich
March 7, 2024
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6
Synthetic space dynamics in fast-gain lasers
Alexander Dikopoltsev - Quantum Optoelectronics (Faist group), ETH Zurich
Lithium niobite-on-insulator photonics for optical quantum technology
Robert Chapman - Optical Nanomaterial (Grange Group), ETH Zurich
December 7, 2023
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6
Fermi Polarons under Strong Driving in Uniform Potentials
Franklin Vivanco - Experimental Quantum Engineering (Xu group), ETH Zurich
Exploring the dynamics of a Duffing resonator under two-tone drive
Letizia Catalini - Spin Physics and Imaging (Degen Group), ETH Zurich
November 2, 2023
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6
Stabilisation of cat-state manifolds using nonlinear interactions
Ivan Rojkov and Matteo Simoni - Trapped Ion Quantum Information (Home group), ETH Zurich
Quantum systems as gravitational sources: which quantum aspects of gravity can we test?
Flaminia Giacomini - Quantum Information Theory (Renner Group), ETH Zurich
October 5, 2023
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6
Ab initio quantum transport simulation of optoelectronic devices
Jiang Cao - Nano-TCAD (Luisier group), ETH Zurich
Spin Liquids in 2D Materials
Clemens Kuhlenkamp - Quantum Photonics (Imamoglu Group), ETH Zurich
September 7, 2023
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6
Distributed Authentication for a Post-Quantum World
Cecilia Boschini - Foundations of Cryptography (Hofheinz group), ETH Zurich
Spin- and momentum-correlated atom pairs mediated by photon exchange
Fabian Finger - Quantum Optics (Esslinger group), ETH Zurich
June 1, 2023
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6
On the path to a magnonic qubit
William Legrand - Magnetism and Interface Physics (Gambardella group), ETH Zurich
Simulation of Gauge Theories: From classical limitations to quantum opportunities
Joao Pinto Barros - High Performance Computational Physics (Marinkovic group), ETH Zurich
Abstracts
May 4, 2023
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6
Quantum Simulations beyond Electronic-Structure Methods: from Tensor Networks to Quantum Computing
Alberto Baiardi - Laboratory of Physical Chemistry (Reiher group), ETH Zurich
Josephson-like tunnel resonance in GaAs-based electron-hole bilayers
Miranda Davis - Advanced Semiconductor Quantum Materials (Wegscheider group), ETH Zurich
April 6, 2023
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6
Schrödinger cat states of a 16-microgram mechanical oscillator
Marius Bild - Hybrid Quantum Systems (Chu group), ETH Zurich
Towards large scale quantum computing - a many qubit ion trap at room temperature
Philip Leindecker - Ion Trap Quantum Computing (Hempel group), ETHZ-PSI Quantum Computing Hub
Abstracts
March 2, 2023
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6
Valley polarization in a 2D anisotropic electron gas
Agnes Valenti - Condensed Matter Theory and Metamaterials (Huber group), ETH Zurich
Evidence of the Coulomb gap in the density of states of MoS2
Michele Masseroni - The Ensslin Nanophysics Group (Ensslin group), ETH Zurich
Abstracts
January 26, 2023
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6
Realizing a deep reinforcement learning agent for real-time quantum feedback
Kevin Reuer - Quantum Device Lab (Wallraff group), ETH Zurich
Electronic Poiseuille Flow in Hexagonal Boron Nitride En-capsulated Graphene FETs
Tathagata Paul - Quantum Devices (Perrin group), ETH Zurich and Empa
Abstracts
December 8, 2022
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6
Coherent noise characterization of near-term quantum devices
Noah Kaufmann, Ivan Rojkov, Florentin Reiter - Trapped Ion Quantum Information (Home group), ETH Zurich
Quantum ticking clocks: foundations & information theory
Ralph Silva - Quantum Information Theory (Renner group), ETH Zurich
November 3, 2022
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6 & scheduled Zoom meeting
Kinetic Magnetism in Moiré Heterostructures
Livio Ciorciaro - Quantum Photonics Group (Imamoglu group), ETH Zurich
Spin-Holstein Models in Trapped-Ion Systems
Johannes Knörzer - Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics (Demler group) and Institute for Theoretical Studies (ITS), ETH Zurich
October 6, 2022
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6 & scheduled Zoom meeting
Superfluid current through a dissipative quantum point contact
Jeffrey Mohan - Quantum Optics (Esslinger group), ETH Zurich
Abstracts
September 1, 2022
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6 & scheduled Zoom meeting
Towards a Bulk Acoustic Quantum Transducer
Maxwell Drimmer - Hybrid Quantum Systems Group (Chu group), ETH Zurich
Towards fast entangling operations in trapped ions with integrated photonics
Alfredo Ricci - Trapped Ion Quantum Information Group (Home group), ETH Zurich
Abstracts
July 7, 2022
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6 & scheduled Zoom meeting
Nanoparticle Levitation in a Hybrid Paul-Optical Trap
Eric Bonvin - Photonics Laboratory (Novotny group), ETH Zurich
Towards surface NMR using Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers in diamond
Konstantin Herb - Spin Physics Group (Degen group), ETH Zurich
Abstracts
June 2, 2022
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6 & scheduled Zoom meeting
A Loophole-Free Bell Test with Superconducting Circuits
Simon Storz - Quantum Device Lab (Wallraff group), ETH Zurich
Experimental investigation of vacuum field correlations in causally disconnected space-time regions
Alexa Herter - Quantum Optoelectronics Group (Faist group), ETH Zurich
Abstracts
May 5, 2022
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6 & scheduled Zoom meeting
Modifying the integer quantum Hall effect with cavity vacuum fields
Josefine Enkner - Quantum Optoelectronics Group (Faist group), ETH Zurich
Anonymous, Robust Post-Quantum Public Key Encryption
Varun Maram - Applied Cryptography Group (Paterson group), Quantum Center, ETH Zurich
Abstracts
April 7, 2022
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6 & scheduled Zoom meeting
Heteroepitaxial growth of semiconductor/superconductor hybrid structures
Erik Cheah - Advanced Semiconductor Quantum Materials Group (Wegscheider group), ETH Zurich
Metamaterials breaking time-reversal symmetry
Johan Andberger - Quantum Optoelectronics Group (Faist group), ETH Zurich
Abstracts
March 3, 2022
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6 & scheduled Zoom meeting
Quantum optomechanics with a levitated nanoparticle in free space
Massimiliano Rossi - Photonics Laboratory (Novotny group), ETH Zurich
Superconducting devices in twisted bilayer graphene
Elías Portolés - Nanophysics Group (Ensslin group), ETH Zurich
Abstracts
December 2, 2021
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6 & scheduled Zoom meeting
Parity measurement in the strong dispersive regime of circuit quantum acoustodynamics
Yu Yang - Hybrid Quantum Systems (Chu group), ETH Zurich
Challenges for Practical Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution
Ramona Wolf - Quantum Information Theory (Renner group), ETH Zurich
Abstracts
November 4, 2021
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6 & scheduled Zoom meeting
Phonon lasing in the quantum regime with mixed-species trapped ions
Tanja Behrle - Trapped Ion Quantum Information Group (Home group), ETH Zurich
Integration of MoS2 Monolayers onto III-V Nanowires into 1D/2D Heterostructures
Valerio Piazza - Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials (Fontcuberta group), EPF Lausanne
Abstracts
October 7, 2021
ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HPF G 6 & scheduled Zoom meeting
Higgs analysis with quantum classifiers
Vasileios Belis - Institute of Particle Physics and Astrophysics (Dissertori group), ETH Zurich
Membrane-based scanning force microscopy
Thomas Gisler - Spin Physics Group (Degen group), ETH Zurich
Abstracts
September 2, 2021
Scheduled Zoom meeting
Engineering Dynamical Tunneling in Quantum Gas Coupled to a Cavity
Rodrigo Rosa-Medina - Quantum Optics Group (Esslinger group), ETH Zurich
Tunable quantum confinement of neutral excitons using electric fields and exciton-charge interactions
Deepankur Thureja - Quantum Photonics Group (Imamoglu group), ETH Zurich
Abstracts
July 1, 2021
Scheduled Zoom meeting, please join via this external page link
15-years QSIT/Quantum Center, ETH Zurich Lunch Seminar
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Lunch seminar, we invite you to this special edition where we welcome back two of the early Lunch seminar speakers - Andrea Hofmann and Johannes Fink. We will hear about their past experiences, current research and plans for the future.
A brief history of the Lunch seminar will be presented by Klaus Ensslin and Andreas Wallraff. At the end of the seminar we invite you to network with us on Gathertown.
We hope to see many of you - past and present QSIT and Quantum Center, ETH Zurich members - there!
Program:
12:00 - 12:10
History of the Lunch Seminar and NCCR QSIT
Klaus Ensslin (Director NCCR QSIT) and Andreas Wallraff (Founding Director Quantum Center, ETH Zurich)
12:10 - 12:40
Scientific talks by two of the early Lunch seminar speakers
Andrea Hofmann - previously a PhD student in Klaus Ensslin’s group (ETH Zurich)
Johannes Fink - previously a PhD student in Andreas Wallraff’s group (ETH Zurich), now PI of the Quantum Integrated Devices laboratory at IST Austria
Abstracts
12:40 - 13:00
Interview with Andrea Hofmann and Johannes Fink
moderated by Chiara Decaroli (Outreach officer at the Quantum Center, ETH Zurich)
13:00 - 13:15
Questions from the audience
13:15 - open end
Networking on Gather.town
see also Conferences & Events
June 3, 2021
Scheduled Zoom meeting
How to reach the motional ground state of a nanoparticle?
Nadine Meyer - Nanophotonic Systems Laboratory (Quidant group), Quantum Center, ETH Zurich
Universal quantum computing using electro-nuclear wavefunctions of rare-earth ions
Manuel Grimm - Condensed Matter Theory Group, Paul Scherrer Institut & Quantum Center, ETH Zurich
Abstracts
May 6, 2021
Scheduled Zoom meeting
Implementation and network integration of high repetition rate QKD systems
Fadri Grünenfelder - Quantum Technologies (Zbinden group), University of Geneva
A Luttinger Liquid coupled to Ohmic-class environments
Andisheh Khedri - Electronic and photonic quantum engineered systems (Zilberberg group), ETH Zurich
Abstracts
April 1, 2021
Scheduled Zoom meeting
A Multi-level IR for Quantum Program Optimization
David Ittah - Scalable Parallel Computing Laboratory (Hoefler group), Quantum Center, ETH Zurich
Towards an error corrected logical qubit with surface codes
Ants Remm - Quantum Device Lab (Wallraff group), ETH Zurich
Abstracts
February 4, 2021
Scheduled Zoom meeting
Escape dynamics of active particles in multistable potentials
Andrei Militaru - Photonics Laboratory (Novotny group), ETH Zurich
Modulation Doping of Template-Defined InGaAs Nanowires
Kristopher Cerveny - Quantum Coherence Lab (Zumbühl group), University of Basel
Abstracts