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| Abstract Title: | Affordances and challenges of incorporating a remote quantum matter experiment in upper-division physics courses |
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| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
| Abstract: | With the proliferation of quantum technologies, educators are considering how to train the necessary workforce including providing their students relevant hands-on experiences. However, many institutions do not have the resources to provide their students exposure to state-of-the-art quantum experiments. The company Infleqtion recently made public their cloud-accessible Bose-Einstein condensate experiment ("Oqtant") that allows users to create and manipulate real quantum matter. Since Oqtant has the potential to bring quantum experiments to a wider range of students, we developed, and began testing, a set of activities that introduce students to Oqtant and the relevant background knowledge needed to work with it. Here, we present student reflections from our initial testing about what students liked about working with Oqtant, benefits and drawbacks they experienced while working with a remote experiment, and their perceptions of how Oqtant felt like a real experiment to them even though they never physically interacted with it. |
| Session Time: | Poster Session 2 |
| Poster Number: | B54 |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Victoria Borish University of Colorado Boulder and JILA Boulder, CO 80309 Phone: 206-619-0106 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Heather Lewandowski, University of Colorado Boulder and JILA |
