Principal Investigator

Dr. K. Rajibul Islam

Position: Associate Professor
Email: krislam@uwaterloo.ca
Extention: +1 519 888 4567 ext. 31995 (QNC Office), 32236/7/8 (labs)
office: QNC 4109, RAC1 1112
Previous Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Postdoc, 2015-16); Harvard University (Postdoc, 2012-15); University of Maryland (PhD, 2007-12)
Publication History: Google Scholar

Associate Professor, Institute for Quantum Computing and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo

UW Physics and Astronomy profile , IQC Profile , CV

Affiliate, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

Co-founder, Open Quantum Design

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Notable recognitions

President’s Excellence in Research Award, University of Waterloo (2020)
Recognized by the Department of Physics and Astronomy for outstanding teaching (2019, ‘20)
Early Researcher Award, Ontario Government (2019)
Distinguished PhD Dissertation Award, University of Maryland (2012-13)

Teaching

PHYS 701 (Graduate Quantum Physics, Fall ‘22)
PHYS 234 (Quantum Physics I, Winter 2019, ‘20, ‘21, ‘22, ‘24)
PHYS 393 (Physical Optics, Winter 2020, ‘22, ‘24)
PHYS 256 (Geometrical and Physical Optics, Fall 2017, ‘18, ‘22)

Outreach

Dr. Islam is actively involved with several science outreach efforts. His activities at IQC include developing demonstration experiments (such as a ‘dust ion trap’) and conducting lab visits especially for young students. He is a co-founder of bigyan.org.in , a leading online science outreach platform in the Bengali (বাংলা) language. Bigyan (বিজ্ঞান, means science in Bengali) initiatives have been highlighted in Indian national media (such as NDTV and IndiaBioscience ).

Publications

[2024] Investigations of 2D ion crystals in a hybrid optical cavity trap for quantum information processing

Zewen Sun, Yi Hong Teoh, Fereshteh Rajabi, Rajibul Islam.
Phys. Rev. A 109, 032426 (2024) arXiv:2308.09231

[2024] Microgram BaCl_2 Ablation Targets for Trapped Ion Experiments

Noah Greenberg, Akbar Jahangiri Jozani, Collin JC Epstein, Xinghe Tan, Rajibul Islam, Crystal Senko.
arXiv:2402.06632

[2023] A guided light system for agile individual addressing of Ba+ qubits with 1E-4 level intensity crosstalk

Ali Binai-Motlagh, Matthew Day, Nikolay Videnov, Noah Greenberg, Crystal Senko, Rajibul Islam.
Quantum Science and Technology 8, 045012 (2023) arXiv:2302.14711

[2023] Programmable XY-type couplings through parallel spin-dependent forces on the same trapped ion motional modes

Nikhil Kotibhaskar, Chung-You Shih, Sainath Motlakunta, Anthony Vogliano, Lewis Hahn, Yu-Ting Chen, Rajibul Islam.
arXiv:2307.04922

[2023] Ion Trap Long-Range XY Model for Quantum State Transfer and Optimal Spatial Search

Dylan Lewis, Leonardo Banchi, Yi Hong Teoh, Rajibul Islam, Sougato Bose.
Quantum Science and Technology 8, 035025 (2023) arXiv:2206.13685

[2023] Preserving a qubit during adjacent measurements at a few micrometers distance

Sainath Motlakunta, Nikhil Kotibhaskar, Chung-You Shih, Anthony Vogliano, Darian Mclaren, Lewis Hahn, Jingwen Zhu, Roland Hablützel, Rajibul Islam.
arXiv:2306.03075

[2023] Fast and high-yield fabrication of axially symmetric ion-trap needle electrodes via two step electrochemical etching

Nikhil Kotibhaskar, Noah Greenberg, Sainath Motlakunta, Chung-You Shih, Rajibul Islam.
Review of Scientific Instruments 94, 033201 (2023) arXiv:2206.14784

[2022] Limits on atomic qubit control from laser noise

Matthew L. Day, Pei Jiang Low, Brendan M White, Rajibul Islam, Crystal Senko.
npj Quantum Information 8, 72 (2022) arXiv:2112.04946

[2021] Simulating a measurement-induced phase transition for trapped ion circuits

Stefanie Czischek, Giacomo Torlai, Sayonee Ray, Rajibul Islam, Roger G. Melko.
Phys. Rev. A 104, 062405 (2021) arXiv:2106.03769

[2021] Manipulating phonons of a trapped-ion system using optical tweezers

Yi Hong Teoh, Manas Sajjan, Zewen Sun, Fereshteh Rajabi, Rajibul Islam.
Phys. Rev. A 104, 022420 (2021) arXiv:2103.03273

[2021] Programming the full stack of an open-access quantum computer

Virginia Frey, Richard Rademacher, Elijah Durso-Sabina, Noah Greenberg, Nikolay Videnov, Matthew L. Day, Rajibul Islam, Crystal Senko.
IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering arXiv:2106.06549

[2021] Reprogrammable and high-precision holographic optical addressing of trapped ions for scalable quantum control

Chung-You Shih, Sainath Motlakunta, Nikhil Kotibhaskar, Manas Sajjan, Roland Hablützel, Rajibul Islam.
npj Quantum Information 7, 57 (2021)

[2021] Programmable Quantum Simulations of Spin Systems with Trapped Ions

C. Monroe, W. C. Campbell, L. M. Duan, Z. X. Gong, A. V. Gorshkov, P. Hess, R. Islam, K. Kim, G. Pagano, P. Richerme, C. Senko, N. Y. Yao.
Reviews of Modern Physics 93, 2 (2021) arXiv:1912.07845

[2020] Machine learning design of a trapped-ion quantum spin simulator

Y. H. Teoh, M. Drygala, R. G. Melko, R. Islam.
Quantum Sci. Technol. 5, 024001 (2020) arXiv:1910.02496

[2019] Dynamical Hamiltonian engineering of 2D rectangular lattices in a one-dimensional ion chain

F. Rajabi, S. Motlakunta, C. Shih, N. Kotibhaskar, Q. Quraishi, A. Ajoy, R. Islam.
npj Quantum Information 5, 32 (2019) arXiv:1808.06124

[2018] Single-Atom Heat Machines Enabled by Energy Quantization

D. Gelbwaser-Klimovsky, A. Bylinskii, D. Gangloff, R. Islam, A. Aspuru-Guzik, V. Vuletic.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 170601 (2018) arXiv:1705.11180

[2017] Multislip Friction with a Single Ion

I. Counts, D. Gangloff, A. Bylinskii, J. Hur, R. Islam, V. Vuletić.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 043601 (2017) arXiv:1705.00716

[2016] Ultra-precise holographic beam shaping for microscopic quantum control

P. Zupancic, P. M. Preiss, R. Ma, A. Lukin, M. Eric Tai, M. Rispoli, R. Islam, M. Greiner.
Opt. Express 24, 13881 (2016) arXiv:1604.07653

[2015] Measuring entanglement entropy in a quantum many-body system

R. Islam, R. Ma, P. M. Preiss, M. Eric Tai, A. Lukin, M. Rispoli, M. Greiner.
Nature 528, 77-83 (2015) arXiv:1509.01160

[2015] Strongly correlated quantum walks in optical lattices

P. M. Preiss, R. Ma, M. E. Tai, A. Lukin, M. Rispoli, P. Zupancic, Y. Lahini, R. Islam, M. Greiner.
Science 347, 1229-1233 (2015) arXiv:1409.3100

[2014] Beat note stabilization of mode-locked lasers for quantum information processing

R. Islam, W. C. Campbell, T. Choi, S. M. Clark, C. W. S. Conover, S. Debnath, E. E. Edwards, B. Fields, D. Hayes, D. Hucul, I. V. Inlek, K. G. Johnson, S. Korenblit, A. Lee, K. W. Lee, T. A. Manning, D. N. Matsukevich, J. Mizrahi, Q. Quraishi, C. Senko, J. Smith, C. Monroe.
Opt. Lett. 39, 3238 (2014) arXiv:1312.6846

[2013] Quantum Catalysis of Magnetic Phase Transitions in a Quantum Simulator

P. Richerme, C. Senko, S. Korenblit, J. Smith, A. Lee, R. Islam, W. C. Campbell, C. Monroe.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 100506 (2013) arXiv:1303.6983

[2013] Emergence and Frustration of Magnetism with Variable-Range Interactions in a Quantum Simulator

R. Islam, C. Senko, W. C. Campbell, S. Korenblit, J. Smith, A. Lee, E. E. Edwards, C. C. J. Wang, J. K. Freericks, C. Monroe.
Science 340, 583-587 (2013) arXiv:1210.0142

[2012] Quantum simulation of spin models on an arbitrary lattice with trapped ions

S Korenblit, D Kafri, W C Campbell, R Islam, E E Edwards, Z-X Gong, G-D Lin, L-M Duan, J Kim, K Kim, C. Monroe.
New Journal of Physics 14, 095024 (2012) arXiv:1201.0776

[2012] Quantum Simulation of Interacting Spin Models With Trapped Ions

Kazi Rajibul Islam, PhD dissertation
University of Maryland - College Park [Download]

[2011] Onset of a quantum phase transition with a trapped ion quantum simulator

R. Islam, E. Edwards, K. Kim, S. Korenblit, C. Noh, H. Carmichael, G. Lin, L. Duan, C. Joseph Wang, J. Freericks, C. Monroe.
Nat Commun 2, 377 (2011) arXiv:1103.2400

[2010] Quantum simulation and phase diagram of the transverse-field Ising model with three atomic spins

E. E. Edwards, S. Korenblit, K. Kim, R. Islam, M. Chang, J. K. Freericks, G. Lin, L. Duan, C. Monroe.
Physical Review B 82, 6 (060412) (2010) arXiv:1005.4160

[2010] Quantum simulation of frustrated Ising spins with trapped ions

K. Kim, M. Chang, S. Korenblit, R. Islam, E. E. Edwards, J. K. Freericks, G. Lin, L. Duan, C. Monroe.
Nature 465, 590-593 (2010) arXiv:1912.07845

[2009] Entanglement and Tunable Spin-Spin Couplings between Trapped Ions Using Multiple Transverse Modes

K. Kim, M. Chang, R. Islam, S. Korenblit, L. Duan, C. Monroe.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 120502 (2009) arXiv:0905.0225

[2009] Large-scale quantum computation in an anharmonic linear ion trap

G. Lin, S. Zhu, R. Islam, K. Kim, M. Chang, S. Korenblit, C. Monroe, L. Duan.
Europhys. Lett. 86, 60004 (2009) arXiv:0901.0579