Dr. Justin Dressel

Dr. Justin Dressel

Associate Professor, Associate Program Director for the Faculty of Physics
Schmid College of Science and Technology; Physics
Office Location: Keck Center for Science and Engineering 353
Education:
University of Rochester, Master of Arts
University of Rochester, Ph.D.

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Biography

Dr. Dressel primarily researches quantum information science, quantum computation, and the foundations of quantum physics. These fields are natural intersection points between physics, mathematics, and computer science. 

Modern experimental techniques have enabled the unprecedented control of quantum systems, which has fueled Dr. Dressel's interest in helping to develop active quantum technology as part of the "Second Quantum Revolution." This new technology has catalyzed the rapidly growing fields of quantum computation and quantum simulation and has enabled precision experimental tests of foundational physics. His recent research involves superconducting circuit quantum electrodynamics, weak and continuous quantum measurements, machine learning for physics, and geometric (Clifford) algebraic methods in relativistic physics. Though the bulk of his work is theoretical in nature, he enjoys frequent and close collaborations with experimental teams at a variety of institutions.

Research Group

Dr. Dressel heads the Spin Group at Chapman University, which consists of undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars. This group is part of the Institute for Quantum Studies, which has prestigious research affiliates around the world who visit Chapman University regularly. Dr. Dressel enjoys collaborating with both experimental and theoretical colleagues from a variety of disciplines, and usually has a variety of ongoing projects and funding sources.

Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications

G. Reznik, C. Versmold, J. Dziewior, F. Huber, S. Bagchi, H. Weinfurter, J. Dressel, L. Vaidman, Photons are lying about where they have been, again, Physics Letters A 470, 128782 (2023).
W.-W. Pan, X. Liu, X.-Y. Xu, Q.-Q. Wang, Z.-D. Cheng, J. Wang, Z.-D. Liu, G. Chen, Z.-Q. Zhou, C.-F. Li, G.-C. Guo, J. Dressel, and L. Vaidman, Counterfactual communication without a trace in the transmission channel, npj Quantum Information 9, 87 (2023).
J. Dressel, G. Reznick, L. Vaidman, Comment on `From counterportation to local wormholes', Quantum Science and Technology 9, 018001 (2024).
I. Stern, Y. Bloch, E. Grynszpan, M. Kahn, Y. Aharonov, J. Dressel, E. Cohen, J.C. Howell, Light that appears to come from a source that does not exist, Physical Review A 109, 012206 (2024).
S. Greenfield, L. Martin, F. Motzoi, K.B. Whaley, J. Dressel, E.M. Levenson-Falk, Stabilizing two-qubit entanglement with dynamically decoupled active feedback, Physical Review Applied (in press, 2024).
L. Burns, T. Daniel, S. Alexander, J. Dressel, Spacetime geometry of acoustics and electromagnetism, Quantum Studies: Mathematics and Foundations (in press, 2024).
W. P. Livingston, M. S. Blok, E. Flurin, J. Dressel, A. N. Jordan, I. Siddiqi, Experimental demonstration of continuous quantum error correction, Nature Communications 13, 2307 (2022).
G. Koolstra, N. Stevenson, S. L. Barzili, L. Burns, K. Siva, S. Greenfield, W. Livingston, A. Hashim, R. K. Naik, J. M. Kreikebaum, K. P. O'Brien, D. I. Santiago, J. Dressel, and I. Siddiqi, Monitoring fast superconducting qubit dynamics using a neural network, Physical Review X 12, 031017 (2022).
L. Burns, K. Y. Bliokh, F. Nori, and J. Dressel, Acoustic versus electromagnetic field theory: scalar, vector, spinor representations and the emergence of acoustic spin, New Journal of Physics 22, 053050 (2020).
G. Reznik, S. Bagchi, J. Dressel, and L. Vaidman, Footprints of quantum pigeons, Physical Review Research 2, 023004 (2020). (Editors' Suggestion)
J. R. González Alonso, N. Yunger Halpern, and J. Dressel, Out-of-time-ordered correlators robustly witness scrambling, Physical Review Letters 122, 040404 (2019).
M. Waegell and J. Dressel, Benchmarks of nonclassicality for qubit arrays, npj Quantum Infformation 5, 66 (2019).
R. Mohseninia, J. R. González Alonso, and J. Dressel, Optimizing measurement strengths for qubit quasiprobabilities behind out-of-time-ordered correlators, Physical Review A 100, 062336 (2019). (Editor's suggestion)
S. Hacohen-Gourgy, L. P. García-Pintos, L. S. Martin, J. Dressel, and I. Siddiqi, Incoherent Qubit Control Using the Quantum Zeno Effect, Physical Review Letters 120, 020505 (2018).
N. Yunger Halpern, B. Swingle, and J. Dressel, Quasiprobability behind the out-of-time-ordered correlator, Physical Review A 97, 042105 (2018).
T. Denkmayr, J. Dressel, H. Geppert-Kleinrath, Y. Hasegawa, and S. Sponar, Weak values from strong interactions in neutron interferometry, Physica B: Condensed Matter DOI:10.1016/j.physb.2018.04.014 (2018).
J. Dressel, J. R. González Alonso, M. Waegell, and N. Yunger Halpern, Strengthening weak measurements of qubit out-of-time-order correlators, Physical Review A 98, 012132 (2018).
A.N. Jordan, A. Chantasri, K. Murch, J. Dressel, and A.N. Korotkov, Janus sequences of quantum measurements and the arrow of time, AIP Conference Proceedings 1841, 020003 (2017), Proceedings of Quantum Retrocausation III (San Diego, CA, June 15-16, 2016).
T. Denkmayr, H. Geppert, H. Lemmel, M. Waegell, J. Dressel, Y. Hasegawa, and S. Sponar, Experimental Demonstration of Direct Path State Characterization by Strongly Measuring Weak Values in a Matter-Wave Interferometer, Physical Review Letters 118, 010402 (2017).
L. Cortez, A. Chantasri, L. P. García-Pintos, J. Dressel, and A. N. Jordan, Rapid estimation of drifting parameters in continuously measured quantum systems, Physical Review A 95, 012314 (2017).
T. L. Patti, A. Chantasri, L. P. García-Pintos, A. N. Jordan, and J. Dressel, Linear feedback stabilization of a dispersively monitored qubit, Physical Review A 96, 022311 (2017).
M. Waegell, T. Denkmayr, H. Geppert, D. Ebner, T. Jenke, Y. Hasegawa, S. Sponar, J. Dressel, and J. Tollaksen, Confined contextuality in neutron interferometry: Observing the quantum pigeonhole effect, Physical Review A 96, 052131 (2017).
J. Dressel, A. Chantasri, A. N. Jordan, and A. N. Korotkov, Arrow of Time for Continuous Quantum Measurement, Physical Review Letters 119, 220507 (2017).
L. P. García-Pintos, and J. Dressel, Past observable dynamics of a continuously monitored qubit, Physical Review A 96, 062110 (2017) (Editor's Suggestion).
The Qhord Project: Gamifying the Quantum through Music, https://www.qhord.com/, Principle architect: Aaron Grisez, Advisor: Justin Dressel
T. C. White, J. Y. Mutus, J. Dressel, J. Kelly, R. Barends, E. Jeffrey, D. Sank, A. Megrant, B. Campbell, Y. Chen, Z. Chen, B. Chiaro, A. Dunsworth, I.-C. Hoi, C. Neill, P. J. J. O’Malley, P. Roushan, A. Vainsencher, J. Wenner, A. N. Korotkov, and J. M. Martinis, Preserving entanglement during weak measurement demonstrated with a violation of the Bell-Leggett-Garg inequality, Nature Partner Journals: Quantum Information 2, 15022 (2016).
M. Khezri, E. Mlinar, J. Dressel, and A. N. Korotkov, Measuring a transmon qubit in circuit QED: dressed squeezed states, Physical Review A 94, 012347 (2016).
L. P. García-Pintos, and J. Dressel, Probing quantumness with joint continuous measurements of non-commuting qubit observables, Physical Review A 94, 062119 (2016).
J. Dressel, QuantumBayesian.jl : Julia package for simulating stochastic quantum dynamics, https://github.com/justindressel/QuantumBayesian.jl, Release v0.2.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.230499 (2016).
A. N. Jordan, J. Tollaksen, J. E. Troupe, J. Dressel, and Y. Aharonov, Heisenberg scaling with weak measurement: a quantum state discrimination point of view, Quantum Studies: Mathematics and Foundations 2, 5–15 (2015).
J. Dressel, T. A. Brun, and A. N. Korotkov, Violating the Modified Helstrom Bound with Nonprojective Measurements, Physical Review A 91, 040301(R) (2015).
J. Dressel, Weak Values as Interference Phenomena, Physical Review A 91, 032116 (2015).
K. Lyons, J. Dressel, A. N. Jordan, J. C. Howell, and P. G. Kwiat, Power-recycled weak-value-based metrology, Physical Review Letters 114, 170801 (2015).
J. Dressel, K. Y. Bliokh, and F. Nori, Spacetime algebra as a powerful tool for electromagnetism, Physics Reports 589, 1–72 (2015).
M. Khezri, J. Dressel, and A. N. Korotkov, Qubit measurement error from coupling with a detuned neighbor in circuit QED, Physical Review A 92, 052306 (2015).