Crystal 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
- Member of the Duke Quantum Center
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
- Three Things to Know About Federal Investment in Quantum Computing (Jul 10, 2023 | Duke Today)
- Glimpses of quantum computing phase changes show researchers the tipping point (Jun 9, 2022 | Phys.org)
Representative Publications
- Paul, A; Noel, C, Analysis of ion chain sympathetic cooling and gate dynamics (2024) [abs].
- Sterk, JD; Blain, MG; Delaney, M; Haltli, R; Heller, E; Holterhoff, AL; Jennings, T; Jimenez, N; Kozhanov, A; Meinelt, Z; Ou, E; Wall, JVD; Noel, C; Stick, D, Multi-junction surface ion trap for quantum computing (2024) [abs].
- 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].
- 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].
- 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].