Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Sainath Motlakunta
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Position: Postdoctoral fellow (Nov 2023 - )
Email: smotlakunta@uwaterloo.ca
Extention: x39025
office: QNC 3202
Previous Institution: U Waterloo (PhD (2023), MSc (2018)), Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune (BSc-MSc)
Sainath was a PhD student (2018-23) in the QITI group developing a ‘blade’ trap quantum simulator. Previously, he did his MSc thesis from the same group, focusing on analog-digital hybrid quantum simulation protocols.
Publications
4. [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
Review of Scientific Instruments 94, 033201 (2023)         arXiv:2206.14784
2. [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
npj Quantum Information 5, 32 (2019)         arXiv:1808.06124