{"id":42077,"date":"2025-12-05T15:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T20:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/?p=42077"},"modified":"2025-12-05T16:56:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T21:56:19","slug":"leading-the-quantum-leap-meet-the-uf-experts-behind-the-momentum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/stories\/leading-the-quantum-leap-meet-the-uf-experts-behind-the-momentum\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading the quantum leap: Meet the UF experts behind the momentum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>To get a good window into what the University of Florida is doing in the quantum space, spend some time with Laura Kim, Ph.D., and Yingying Wu, Ph.D.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both are award-winning assistant professors in the Department of Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering, and both are gaining attention for their work in quantum research and education.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, Kim won <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ece.ufl.edu\/2025\/04\/18\/laura-kim-darpa-yfa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a\u202fDARPA Young Faculty Award<\/a>\u202fin support of her project \u201cRoom-Temperature Strong Coupling in Intercalated 2D Plasmonic Systems.\u201d The project seeks to harness light-matter interactions, typically only observed at ultra-cold temperatures, and bring them into everyday, room-temperature conditions by engineering atomically thin materials that squeeze and guide light with extraordinary precision.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These ultracompact structures not only reveal new hybrid states of light and electrons, but they may also serve as powerful quantum sensors, capable of detecting tiny changes in their environment without requiring bulky cryogenic setups.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step into Kim\u2019s lab and you\u2019ll hear about quantum sensors and, with the proper lens, see green laser light shining off a diamond plate containing tiny defect centers that act as exceptionally sensitive quantum probes. By combining these diamond-based sensors with advances in 2D materials, Kim\u2019s group is working toward technologies that could diagnose the health of electronic devices without taking them apart or inspire less-invasive medical tests.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe reason I am fascinated by quantum sensors is they can reveal physical phenomena that are simply inaccessible with conventional methods,\u201d Kim said. \u201cSome of the things that can happen inside a material are known to exist theoretically, but we have never had experimental tools to observe them directly. Quantum sensors give us a way to finally see these hidden phenomena and turn theory into something we can measure and understand.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wu received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to fund her project, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.dimensions.ai\/details\/grant\/grant.14488073\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cTransforming Quantum Spintronics with Novel 2D Magnetic Transistors and Diodes.\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This project focuses on creating new quantum hardware devices like quantum transistors and diodes that use nanoscale magnetic skyrmions (tiny, stable structures with unique quantum properties). These devices will be designed to be more energy-efficient and scalable; they can operate at elevated temperatures, helping overcome some of the biggest obstacles in quantum computing like high error rates.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am always driven by curiosity and by the desire to understand the unknown,\u201d Wu said. \u201cI am particularly drawn to exotic phenomena that cannot be fully explained by existing physical laws and formulas.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignleft has-custom-content-position is-position-top-left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"666\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-42057 size-large\" alt=\"Laura Kim, Ph.D.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/12\/LauraKim-1024x666.jpg\" style=\"object-position:27% 33%\" 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