Lorenza Viola
James Frank Family Professor of Physics
Lorenza Viola is a theoretical physicist specializing in quantum information science. Following a Laurea (Master) degree in Physics from the University of Trento, Italy (1991), and a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from the University of Padua, Italy (1996), she has been a postdoctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a J. R. Oppenheimer Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory. She joined Dartmouth College as an Associate Professor in 2004. She has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2014.
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Department(s)
Physics and Astronomy
Education
- M.S. Physics, Summa Cum Laude, University of Trento, Italy
- Ph.D. Theoretical Physics, University of Padua, Italy
Selected Publications
F. Riberi, G. A. Paz-Silva, and L. Viola, "Nearly Heisenberg-limited noise-unbiased frequency estimation by tailored sensor design," Physical Review A 108, 042419 (2023). Selected as Editors' Suggestion.
A. Cupo, J. T. Heath, E. Cobanera, J. D. Whitfield, C. Ramanathan, and L. Viola, "Optical conductivity signatures of Floquet electronic phases," Physical Review B 108, 024308 (2023).
F. Riberi, L. M. Norris, F. Beaudoin, and L. Viola, "Frequency estimation under non-Markovian spatially correlated quantum noise: Restoring superclassical precision scaling," New Journal of Physics 24 103011 (2022).
V. P. Flynn, E. Cobanera, and L. Viola, ''Topology by dissipation: Majorana bosons in metastable quadratic Markovian dynamics,'' Physical Review Letters 127, 245701 (2021).
Works In Progress
Quantum characterization and control of open quantum systems, quantum noise spectroscopy, noisy quantum metrology; quantum fault tolerance
Modeling and control of Markovian and non-Markovian open-system dynamics; quantum reservoir engineering
Topological quantum matter and bulk-boundary correspondence, fermionic and bosonic zero modes; quantum phase transitions
Non-Hermitian and open dynamics of quadratic fermionic and bosonic many-body systems; dynamical instabilities, dissipative phase transitions
Entanglement and generalized entanglement; monogamy and shareability, quantum marginals
Selected Works & Activities
Serving as a Divisional Associate Editor for Physical Review Letters
Partner Investigator with the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS)