Principal Investigator
Dr. K. Rajibul Islam

Position: Assistant Professor
Email: krislam@uwaterloo.ca
Extention: +1 519 888 4567 ext. 31995 (Office), 32236/7/8 (labs)
office: Office – Quantum Nano Centre (QNC 4109)
Previous Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Postdoc, 2015-16); Harvard University (Postdoc, 2012-15); University of Maryland (PhD, 2007-12)
Publication History: Google Scholar
Assistant 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
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 234 (Quantum Physics I, Winter 2019, ‘20, ‘21)
- PHYS 393 (Physical Optics, Winter 2020)
- PHYS 256 (Geometrical and Physical Optics, Fall 2017, ‘18)
Publications
[2020] Machine learning design of a trapped-ion quantum spin simulator
Quantum Sci. Technol. 5, 024001, (2020)         arXiv:1910.02496
[2019] Dynamical Hamiltonian engineering of 2D rectangular lattices in a one-dimensional ion chain
npj Quantum Inf 5, 32, (2019)         arXiv:1808.06124
[2019] Programmable Quantum Simulations of Spin Systems with Trapped Ions
arXiv:1912.07845
[2018] Single-Atom Heat Machines Enabled by Energy Quantization
Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 170601, (2018)         arXiv:1705.11180
[2017] Multislip Friction with a Single Ion
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 043601, (2017)         arXiv:1705.00716
[2016] Ultra-precise holographic beam shaping for microscopic quantum control
Opt. Express 24, 13881, (2016)         arXiv:1604.07653
[2015] Measuring entanglement entropy in a quantum many-body system
Nature 528, 77-83, (2015)         arXiv:1509.01160
[2015] Strongly correlated quantum walks in optical lattices
Science 347, 1229-1233, (2015)         arXiv:1409.3100
[2014] Beat note stabilization of mode-locked lasers for quantum information processing
Opt. Lett. 39, 3238, (2014)         arXiv:1312.6846
[2013] Quantum Catalysis of Magnetic Phase Transitions in a Quantum Simulator
Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 100506, (2013)         arXiv:1303.6983
[2013] Emergence and Frustration of Magnetism with Variable-Range Interactions in a Quantum Simulator
Science 340, 583-587, (2013)         arXiv:1210.0142
[2012] Quantum simulation of spin models on an arbitrary lattice with trapped ions
New Journal of Physics 14, 095024, (2012)         arXiv:1201.0776
[2011] Onset of a quantum phase transition with a trapped ion quantum simulator
Nat Commun 2, 377, (2011)         arXiv:1103.2400
[2010] Quantum simulation and phase diagram of the transverse-field Ising model with three atomic spins
Physical Review B 82, 6 (060412), (2010)         arXiv:1005.4160
[2010] Quantum simulation of frustrated Ising spins with trapped ions
Nature 465, 590-593, (2010)         arXiv:1912.07845
[2009] Entanglement and Tunable Spin-Spin Couplings between Trapped Ions Using Multiple Transverse Modes
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 120502, (2009)         arXiv:0905.0225
[2009] Large-scale quantum computation in an anharmonic linear ion trap
Europhys. Lett. 86, 60004, (2009)         arXiv:0901.0579