Professor Tom Stace
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Tom Stace

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Background

Professor Stace completed his PhD at the Cavendish Lab, University of Cambridge in the UK on quantum computing, followed by postdoctoral research at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, also at Cambridge, and Queens' College, Cambridge. Since 2006, he has held various ARC research fellowships, most recently a Future Fellowship (2015-2019).

His research topics include device physics for quantum computing solid-state and atomic systems, quantum error correction, and quantum measurement and precision sensing.

Professor Stace is the Deputy Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Engineered Quantum Systems (equs.org).

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Professor Tom Stace is:
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Fields of research

Condensed matter physics Physical Sciences

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Engineering, University of Western Australia
  • Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), University of Western Australia
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge

Research interests

  • Quantum Error Correction

    Q: How do we fix errors in quantum systems? A: By using quantum error correcting codes. My group works on the theory of quantum error correction, including topological codes, holographic codes, and foliated codes − each of which offers pathways towards large scale quantum computers.

  • Quantum Devices

    Q: What will we build quantum technologies out of? A: Devices that have quantum physics at their core. My group develops the theory of solid-state and atomic quantum devices for qubits, circulators, microwave systems, and quantum sensors.

Research impacts

Prof Stace has written for a variety of outlets including the ABC on quantum threats to cybersecurity, the Conversation on flux capacitors, quantum error correction, and quantum thermometry, as well as the Australian Financial Review. He is an inventor on 4 provisional patents, and is available to consult to business, government and non-profit sectors on quantum technologies.

Search Professor Tom Stace’s works on UQ eSpace

132 works between 1998 and 2024
All (132) Journal Article (105) Book Chapter (1) Conference Publication (24) Other Outputs (2)

1 - 20 of 132 works

2024

Journal Article

Nonreciprocity and circulation in a passive Josephson-Junction Ring

Fedorov, Arkady, Kumar, N. Pradeep, Le, Dat Thanh, Navarathna, Rohit, Pakkiam, Prasanna and Stace, Thomas M. (2024). Nonreciprocity and circulation in a passive Josephson-Junction Ring. Physical Review Letters, 132 (9) 097001. doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.097001

Nonreciprocity and circulation in a passive Josephson-Junction Ring

2024

Journal Article

Optimization of Tensor Network Codes with Reinforcement Learning

Mauron, Caroline, Farrelly, Terry and Stace, Thomas M (2024). Optimization of Tensor Network Codes with Reinforcement Learning. New Journal of Physics, 26 (2) ARTN 023024, 023024. doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/ad23a6

Optimization of Tensor Network Codes with Reinforcement Learning

2024

Journal Article

Optimized Bayesian system identification in quantum devices

Stace, Thomas M., Chen, Jiayin, Li, Li, Perunicic, Viktor S., Carvalho, Andre R. R., Hush, Michael, Valahu, Christophe H., Tan, Ting Rei and Biercuk, Michael J. (2024). Optimized Bayesian system identification in quantum devices. Physical Review Applied, 21 (1) 014012. doi: 10.1103/physrevapplied.21.014012

Optimized Bayesian system identification in quantum devices

2023

Journal Article

Experimental benchmarking of an automated deterministic error-suppression workflow for quantum algorithms

Mundada, Pranav S., Barbosa, Aaron, Maity, Smarak, Wang, Yulun, Merkh, Thomas, Stace, T. M., Nielson, Felicity, Carvalho, Andre R. R., Hush, Michael, Biercuk, Michael J. and Baum, Yuval (2023). Experimental benchmarking of an automated deterministic error-suppression workflow for quantum algorithms. Physical Review Applied, 20 (2) 024034, 1-20. doi: 10.1103/physrevapplied.20.024034

Experimental benchmarking of an automated deterministic error-suppression workflow for quantum algorithms

2023

Journal Article

Wave-front curvature in optical atomic beam clocks

Strathearn, A., Offer, R. F., Hilton, A. P., Klantsataya, E., Luiten, A. N., Anderson, R. P., Sparkes, B. M. and Stace, T. M. (2023). Wave-front curvature in optical atomic beam clocks. Physical Review A, 108 (1) 013105. doi: 10.1103/physreva.108.013105

Wave-front curvature in optical atomic beam clocks

2023

Journal Article

Passive superconducting circulator on a chip

Navarathna, Rohit, Le, Dat Thanh, Rosario Hamann, Andrés, Nguyen, Hien Duy, Stace, Thomas M. and Fedorov, Arkady (2023). Passive superconducting circulator on a chip. Physical Review Letters, 130 (3) 037001, 037001. doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.037001

Passive superconducting circulator on a chip

2022

Journal Article

Quantum error correction at the threshold: if technologists don't get beyond it, quantum computers will never be big

Biercuk, Michael J. and Stace, Thomas M. (2022). Quantum error correction at the threshold: if technologists don't get beyond it, quantum computers will never be big. IEEE Spectrum, 59 (7), 28-33-46. doi: 10.1109/mspec.2022.9819881

Quantum error correction at the threshold: if technologists don't get beyond it, quantum computers will never be big

2022

Journal Article

Parallel decoding of multiple logical qubits in tensor-network codes

Farrelly, Terry, Milicevic, Nicholas, Harris, Robert J., McMahon, Nathan A. and Stace, Thomas M. (2022). Parallel decoding of multiple logical qubits in tensor-network codes. Physical Review A, 105 (5) 052446. doi: 10.1103/physreva.105.052446

Parallel decoding of multiple logical qubits in tensor-network codes

2022

Journal Article

Local tensor-network codes

Farrelly, Terry, Tuckett, David K. and Stace, Thomas M. (2022). Local tensor-network codes. New Journal of Physics, 24 (4) 043015, 1-14. doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/ac5e87

Local tensor-network codes

2022

Journal Article

Master equations and quantum trajectories for squeezed wave packets

Gross, Jonathan A., Baragiola, Ben Q., Stace, T. M. and Combes, Joshua (2022). Master equations and quantum trajectories for squeezed wave packets. Physical Review A, 105 (2) 023721. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.105.023721

Master equations and quantum trajectories for squeezed wave packets

2021

Journal Article

Operating a passive on-chip superconducting circulator: Device control and quasiparticle effects

Le, Dat Thanh, Müller, Clemens, Navarathna, Rohit, Fedorov, Arkady and Stace, T. M. (2021). Operating a passive on-chip superconducting circulator: Device control and quasiparticle effects. Physical Review Research, 3 (4) 043211. doi: 10.1103/physrevresearch.3.043211

Operating a passive on-chip superconducting circulator: Device control and quasiparticle effects

2021

Journal Article

Randomized benchmarking for non-Markovian noise

Figueroa-Romero, Pedro, Modi, Kavan, Harris, Robert J., Stace, Thomas M. and Hsieh, Min-Hsiu (2021). Randomized benchmarking for non-Markovian noise. PRX Quantum, 2 (4) 040351. doi: 10.1103/prxquantum.2.040351

Randomized benchmarking for non-Markovian noise

2021

Journal Article

Tensor-network codes

Farrelly, Terry, Harris, Robert J., McMahon, Nathan A. and Stace, Thomas M. (2021). Tensor-network codes. Physical Review Letters, 127 (4) 040507, 040507. doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.040507

Tensor-network codes

2021

Journal Article

Resonant stimulated photorefractive scattering

Liu, Jingliang, Stace, Thomas, Dai, Jian, Xu, Kun, Luiten, Andre and Baynes, Fred (2021). Resonant stimulated photorefractive scattering. Physical Review Letters, 127 (3) 033902, 1-6. doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.033902

Resonant stimulated photorefractive scattering

2020

Journal Article

Aharonov-Bohm interference as a probe of Majorana fermions

Bartolo, T. C., Smith, J. S., Muralidharan, B., Müller, C., Stace, T. M. and Cole, J. H. (2020). Aharonov-Bohm interference as a probe of Majorana fermions. Physical Review Research, 2 (4) 043430. doi: 10.1103/physrevresearch.2.043430

Aharonov-Bohm interference as a probe of Majorana fermions

2020

Journal Article

Decoding holographic codes with an integer optimization decoder

Harris, Robert J., Coupe, Elliot, McMahon, Nathan A., Brennen, Gavin K. and Stace, Thomas M. (2020). Decoding holographic codes with an integer optimization decoder. Physical Review A, 102 (6) 062417. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.102.062417

Decoding holographic codes with an integer optimization decoder

2020

Journal Article

Full-polaron master equation approach to dynamical steady states of a driven two-level system beyond the weak system-environment coupling

Chen, Chien-Chang, Stace, Thomas M. and Goan, Hsi-Sheng (2020). Full-polaron master equation approach to dynamical steady states of a driven two-level system beyond the weak system-environment coupling. Physical Review B, 102 (3) 035306. doi: 10.1103/physrevb.102.035306

Full-polaron master equation approach to dynamical steady states of a driven two-level system beyond the weak system-environment coupling

2020

Journal Article

Quantum optical metrology of correlated phase and loss

Birchall, Patrick M., Allen, Euan J., Stace, Thomas M., O'Brien, Jeremy L., Matthews, Jonathan C. F. and Cable, Hugo (2020). Quantum optical metrology of correlated phase and loss. Physical Review Letters, 124 (14) 140501, 140501. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.140501

Quantum optical metrology of correlated phase and loss

2020

Journal Article

Building a bigger Hilbert space for superconducting devices, one Bloch state at a time

Thanh Le, Dat, Cole, Jared H. and Stace, T. M. (2020). Building a bigger Hilbert space for superconducting devices, one Bloch state at a time. Physical Review Research, 2 (1) 013245, 013245. doi: 10.1103/physrevresearch.2.013245

Building a bigger Hilbert space for superconducting devices, one Bloch state at a time

2020

Journal Article

Dynamically corrected gates suppressing spatiotemporal error correlations as measured by randomized benchmarking

Edmunds, C. L., Hempel, C., Harris, R. J., Frey, V., Stace, T. M. and Biercuk, M. J. (2020). Dynamically corrected gates suppressing spatiotemporal error correlations as measured by randomized benchmarking. Physical Review Research, 2 (1) 013156. doi: 10.1103/physrevresearch.2.013156

Dynamically corrected gates suppressing spatiotemporal error correlations as measured by randomized benchmarking

Current funding

  • 2018 - 2025
    ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQuS2)
    ARC Centres of Excellence
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2020 - 2022
    Introducing the superconducting 'Saddle-Point' qubit
    United States Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development
    Open grant
  • 2019
    Multimode optical waveguide characterisation facility
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2021
    Cluster-State Quantum Error-Correction Based on AdS/CFT
    United States Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    Acoustic levitation facility for high pressure multiphase systems research (ARC LIEF project administered by the University of Western Australia)
    University of Western Australia
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2020
    Quantum-Assisted Sensing
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    Advanced Superfluid Physics Facility
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2015
    Thermometry at the double shot-noise limit
    United States National Institute of Standards and Technology
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2013
    A Raman facility for advanced research supporting Australia's natural gas, oil, coal and minerals industries (ARC LIEF Grant administered by UWA)
    ARC LIEF Collaborating/Partner Organisation Contributions
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2014
    ResTeach Funding 2012 0.2 FTE School of Math & Physics
    UQ ResTeach
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2017
    ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQuS)
    ARC Centres of Excellence
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2012
    Autonomous aerial vehicles for control of bird pests in horticulture
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2014
    Modelling Superconducting Quantum Devices
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2011
    ResTeach 2009 0.15 FTE School of Maths and Physics
    UQ ResTeach
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2009
    Decoherence and Quantum Simulations of Spin-Environment systems
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Tom Stace is:
Available for supervision

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Available projects

  • Better quantum devices

    Building practical quantum technologies is hard. We develop new approaches to quantum devices and physics, including superconducting qubits and devices that break time-reversal symmetry to bring quantum technologies to reality. Applications for such systems include high precision sensing, quantum simulators and photosynthesis. If you are an exceptional student looking to study for your Honours, Masters or PhD at the cutting edge of physics and technology, then please get in touch.

  • Quantum error correction

    Quantum processors will suffer from errors arising from noise. This problem can be fixed using error correcting codes, which redundantly encode quantum information in a way that enables its recovery in the event that errors occur. How do we make and implement better codes in quantum systems? We take inspiration from information theory and other areas of quantum physics, including cosmology, to design codes that are resilient against noise. Please make contact if you are interested in pursuing research in this area.

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Is the superconducting phase compact or not?

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Ben Powell

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Tensor networks and topological order

    Associate Advisor

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Professor Tom Stace directly for media enquiries about:

  • energy
  • lasers
  • measurement
  • quantum computing
  • quantum physics
  • spectroscopy

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