Congratulations to Dr. Nikhil Kotibhaskar for successfully defending his PhD thesis titled “Towards Large Scale Quantum Simulations with Trapped Ions: Programmable XY model, Precise Light Sensing, and Extreme High Vacuum”!

Congratulations to Lewis Hahn for successfully defending his MSc thesis on “Developing a robust quantum simulator with trapped ions”! Lewis is continuing with the group for his PhD.

Our paper on Microgram BaCl_2 Ablation Targets for Trapped Ion Experiments has been published in Review of Scientific Instruments! This is an experimental work from the QuantumIon project.

Our paper investigating 2D ion crystals in a hybrid optical cavity trap has been published in PRA! This is a theoretical and numerical work.

Congratulations to Hawking Tan for successfully defending his MSc thesis on “Optimization of the Optical Infrastructure and Trapping Potential for a Quantum Processor Based on Trapped Barium Ions”! Hawking is continuing with the group for his PhD.

Congratulations to Dr. Chung-You Shih for successfully defending his PhD thesis!

Congratulations to Monica for successfully defending her MSc thesis “Towards Pulsed Telecom Laser Ablation Loading for an Ytterbium Ion Trap”! Monica will be continuing with the group for her PhD.

Our paper on a guided light system for individual addressing of Ba+ qubits with 1E-4 level intensity crosstalk has been published in Quantum Science and Technology! This is an experimental work from the QuantumIon project.

Our paper on Programmable XY-type couplings through parallel spin-dependent forces on the same trapped ion motional modes is now available on Arxiv! This is an experimental work from the QSim project.

Rajibul is promoted to associate professor with tenure.

Thanks to all the present and past members of the team whose hard work and dedication made this possible!

Our paper on Long-Range XY Model for Quantum State Transfer and Optimal Spatial Search has been published in Quantum Science and Technology! This is a theoretical work.

Our paper on Preserving a qubit during adjacent measurements at a few micrometers distance is now available on Arxiv! This is an experimental work from the QSim project.

Our paper on Fast and high-yield fabrication of axially symmetric ion-trap needle electrodes via two step electrochemical etching has been published in Review of Scientific Instruments! This is an experimental work.

Congratulations to Anthony for successfully defending his MSc thesis on “Coherent interactions and thermometry in a trapped ion quantum simulator!” Anthony is continuing with the group for his PhD.