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Rogério de Sousa is a Professor at the University of Victoria, specializing in theoretical condensed matter physics with a focus on materials, devices, and hardware/software applications related to photonics, superconductivity, quantum computing, sensing, and communication. His research addresses the challenges posed by miniaturization and energy dissipation in conventional semiconductor technology as transistors approach nanometer scales. De Sousa anticipates that further improvements in conventional devices will come to a halt, motivating the development of alternative devices that leverage the quantum nature of atomic scale systems. Notable areas of exploration include quantum computers, whose bits are formed by physical systems that demonstrate quantum behavior, such as atoms and photons. His work is dedicated to the theoretical questions surrounding the design and optimization of quantum computers and photonic devices based on semiconductor, superconductor, magnetic, and ferroelectric materials.
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