Crystal Noel

Noel

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Prof. Noel's research interests include both the technology development for scalable ion trap quantum computers, as well as using existing ion trap quantum computers for relevant demonstrations, tests, and simulations.

Appointments and Affiliations

  • Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Assistant Professor of Physics

Contact Information

  • Office Location: 701 W Main St, Chesterfield Building, Durham, NC 27701
  • Office Phone: +1 919 660 5252
  • Email Address: crystal.noel@duke.edu
  • Websites:

Education

  • Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 2019
  • B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013

Research Interests

Quantum computing and simulation with trapped ions, integrated photonics for scalable trapped ion systems, and electric-field noise from surfaces

Courses Taught

  • ECE 899: Special Readings in Electrical Engineering
  • ECE 590: Advanced Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • ECE 392: Projects in Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • ECE 270L9: Fields and Waves: Fundamentals of Information Propagation (Lab)
  • ECE 270DL: Fields and Waves: Fundamentals of Information Propagation

In the News

Representative Publications

  • Lewis, L; Zhu, D; Gheorghiu, A; Noel, C; Katz, O; Harraz, B; Wang, Q; Risinger, A; Feng, L; Biswas, D; Egan, L; Vidick, T; Cetina, M; Monroe, C, Experimental implementation of an efficient test of quantumness, Physical Review A, vol 109 no. 1 (2024) [10.1103/PhysRevA.109.012610] [abs].
  • Zhu, D; Kahanamoku-Meyer, GD; Lewis, L; Noel, C; Katz, O; Harraz, B; Wang, Q; Risinger, A; Feng, L; Biswas, D; Egan, L; Gheorghiu, A; Nam, Y; Vidick, T; Vazirani, U; Yao, NY; Cetina, M; Monroe, C, Interactive cryptographic proofs of quantumness using mid-circuit measurements, Nature Physics, vol 19 no. 11 (2023), pp. 1725-1731 [10.1038/s41567-023-02162-9] [abs].
  • Seetharam, K; Biswas, D; Noel, C; Risinger, A; Zhu, D; Katz, O; Chattopadhyay, S; Cetina, M; Monroe, C; Demler, E; Sels, D, Digital quantum simulation of NMR experiments., Science advances, vol 9 no. 46 (2023) [10.1126/sciadv.adh2594] [abs].
  • Niroula, P; White, CD; Wang, Q; Johri, S; Zhu, D; Monroe, C; Noel, C; Gullans, MJ, Phase transition in magic with random quantum circuits (2023) [abs].
  • Zhu, D; Cian, ZP; Noel, C; Risinger, A; Biswas, D; Egan, L; Zhu, Y; Green, AM; Alderete, CH; Nguyen, NH; Wang, Q; Maksymov, A; Nam, Y; Cetina, M; Linke, NM; Hafezi, M; Monroe, C, Cross-platform comparison of arbitrary quantum states., Nature communications, vol 13 no. 1 (2022) [10.1038/s41467-022-34279-5] [abs].