Dr. Michael Flatté

Biography

Michael E. Flatté holds a part-time professorship in Photonics Semiconductor Nanophysics in the Department of Applied Physics at Eindhoven University of Technology. His research focuses on quantum coherent systems, particularly on the coherent evolution of small collections of individual spins in semiconductor materials. Flatté's work extends to the single-spin level, achievable by studying individual dopant atoms in semiconductors through scanning tunneling microscopy. Prior to this, he was a Full Professor at the University of Iowa, where his research interests included the coherent correlated properties of spin systems in solid state, carrier dynamics in semiconductor optoelectronic materials and devices, and the development of novel spintronic devices. His principal research goal is to understand and predict the practical extent of quantum coherent behavior at room temperature and explore the implications of this behavior for quantum sensing and realizations in quantum computation. He has proposed novel approaches to quantum operations such as teleportation and new forms of quantum sensing and logic devices that rely on electron spin coherence. Flatté is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Physical Society.

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