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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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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. Identifying such systems would allow improvements in both PNT and quantum information applications.
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The vision of the CMP program is to discover and explain new electronic phenomena in the solid state that, for example, will make it possible to develop electronic devices that are unusually energy efficient. More specifically, advances in condensed matter physics can lead to the development of sensors with higher magnetic field noise rejection and advanced small platform computation capabilities.
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Because 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 Pennsylvania State University)
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The division's Atomic and Molecular Physics and Condensed Matter Physics Programs engage in topics that crossfertilize with quantum information, such as implementation of quantum logic in ultracold atoms and ions, and identification of quasi-particles in condensed matter potentially useful for future qubits. Scientific Opportunity The Quantum Information Science program manager articulated a clear focus on Army-specific objectives -- information dominance on the battlefield, bolstered by sensing and secure communication, with low power and footprint requirements suitable for warfighters in the field.
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The program aggressively pursues scientific opportunities, as demonstrated by recent successes in demonstration of spin textures in nitrogen-vacancy (NV) diamond systems, circuit quantum electrodynamics in synthetic hyperbolic spaces, and the theory of generative adversarial networks.
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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 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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