Gilhuly Family Presidential Distinguished Professor
Appointments and Affiliations
- Gilhuly Family Presidential Distinguished Professor
- Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Director of the Duke Quantum Center
- Professor of Physics
Contact Information
- Email Address: c.monroe@duke.edu
- Websites:
Education
- B.Sc. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987
- Ph.D. University of Colorado, Boulder, 1992
Research Interests
quantum physics, applications in quantum information science
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
- Elected Member. National Academy of Sciences. 2016
Courses Taught
- PHYSICS 89S: First-Year Seminar
- PHYSICS 791: Special Readings
- PHYSICS 493: Research Independent Study
- ECE 494: Projects in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECE 493: 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
- Duke 100 Trailblazer: Chris Monroe (Jan 23, 2024 | Duke Centennial Website)
- Three Things to Know About Federal Investment in Quantum Computing (Jul 10, 202…
- Duke Leads Regional Effort to Reinvigorate America’s Semiconductor Infrastructu…
- Advancing Quantum Computing By Studying Phase Changes (Jun 16, 2022 | Pratt Sch…
- The Growing Role of Computation in Science (Feb 9, 2022 | Duke Research Blog)
- Quantum Computers Can Be Better Than the Sum of Their Parts (Oct 15, 2021 | Pra…
- Duke Startup IonQ Becomes First Publicly Traded, Pure-Play Quantum Computing Co…
- Duke Joins $25M NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Robust Quantum Simulat…
- Duke Awards 22 Distinguished Professorships (Jun 28, 2021)
- On the Hill: Chris Monroe Briefs Congress on Quantum Computing’s Role in Nation…
- Duke Technology Powers First Pure-Play Quantum Computing Company to Wall Street…
- Duke Is Building a World-Class Team for the Quantum Computing Race (Nov 12, 202…
- Introducing Nine New Scholars Joining the Duke Faculty (Oct 13, 2020 | Duke Sto…
- Innovative Leader in Quantum Computing Joins Pratt Faculty (Aug 21, 2020 | Prat…
Representative Publications
- Carter, Allison L., Jameson O’Reilly, George Toh, Sagnik Saha, Mikhail Shalaev, Isabella Goetting, and Christopher Monroe. “Ion trap with in-vacuum high numerical aperture imaging for a dual-species modular quantum computer.” The Review of Scientific Instruments 95, no. 3 (March 2024): 033201. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0180732.
- Lewis, L., D. Zhu, A. Gheorghiu, C. Noel, O. Katz, B. Harraz, Q. Wang, et al. “Experimental implementation of an efficient test of quantumness.” Physical Review A 109, no. 1 (January 1, 2024). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.109.012610.
- Seetharam, Kushal, Debopriyo Biswas, Crystal Noel, Andrew Risinger, Daiwei Zhu, Or Katz, Sambuddha Chattopadhyay, et al. “Digital quantum simulation of NMR experiments.” Science Advances 9, no. 46 (November 2023): eadh2594. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adh2594.
- Feng, Lei, Or Katz, Casey Haack, Mohammad Maghrebi, Alexey V. Gorshkov, Zhexuan Gong, Marko Cetina, and Christopher Monroe. “Continuous symmetry breaking in a trapped-ion spin chain.” Nature 623, no. 7988 (November 2023): 713–17. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06656-7.
- Zhu, D., G. D. Kahanamoku-Meyer, L. Lewis, C. Noel, O. Katz, B. Harraz, Q. Wang, et al. “Interactive cryptographic proofs of quantumness using mid-circuit measurements.” Nature Physics 19, no. 11 (November 1, 2023): 1725–31. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02162-9.