Assessment of the Physical Sciences Directorate at the Army Research Office (2020) / Chapter Skim
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awards focused on jump-starting high-risk projects. Four programs were reviewed: Atomic and Molecular Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Information Science, and Optical Physics and Fields.
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It is now used in the Harvard multitweezer array quantum simulator. Because the quantum information science program is focused on development of systems based on alreadydemonstrated qubits, it would make sense for the AMP program to put more focus on the basic physics of clean quantum systems.
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CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS PROGRAM Overall Scientific Quality and Degree of Innovation The Condensed Matter Physics (CMP) Program presented a clear and cogent strategy for ensuring that the major objectives of the program managers will result in CMP supporting projects that are likely to advance the scientific frontiers of their discipline.
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Since the CMP program is "materials agnostic," this concept is being investigated in multiple systems. The accomplishments to date include demonstrations of the anomalous quantum Hall effect at topological-magnetic interfaces (at the Pennsylvania State University)
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At the same time, the CMP program needs to beneficially continue its cooperative activities with the program managers in materials science and electronics. QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE PROGRAM Overall Scientific Quality and Degree of Innovation Within ARO, the locus of quantum information science is in the Physics Division, which has a dedicated Quantum Information Science program manager.
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This is an important example of how classical and quantum approaches can strengthen each other and of the value of communication between physics and information sciences. Significant Accomplishments The overall scientific quality and degree of innovation of this program is high.
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One may expect synergy between condensed matter physics projects on symmetry and topological states and optics on novel symmetry. In line with the objective to extend the physics of extreme forms of light beyond established knowledge, the project to understand and control the mechanisms of light filamentation and light filament-matter interactions was successful.
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OVERALL ASSESSMENT OF THE PHYSICS DIVISION Four programs were reviewed: Atomic and Molecular Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Information Science, and Optical Physics and Fields. The overall scientific quality of the work presented was excellent and in many cases was significantly innovative, being at or near the forefront of the relevant fields.
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grants. Collaborations between researchers in condensed matter and materials science and between investigators working on quantum information and information science have led to significant accomplishments, but such collaborations appear to be the exception rather than the rule.
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