08 Aug 2022 - Ali defends his MSc thesis!
Congratulations to Ali Binai-Motlagh for successfully defending his MSc thesis on optical addressing for individual Barium qubits! Ali will join Columbia University as a PhD student!
27 June 2022 - new paper on qubit control limits imposed by laser noise
Our paper on laser noise imposing limits on qubit control has been published in npj Quantum Information! This is a theoretical and numerical work.
1. [2022] Limits on atomic qubit control from laser noise
npj Quantum Information 8, 72 (2022) arXiv:2112.04946
08 Dec 2022 - Darian defends his MSc thesis!
Congratulations to Darian Mclaren for successfully defending his MSc thesis on On the evaluation of quantum instruments with a consideration to measurements in trapped ion systems!
06 Jan 2022 - Zewen defends his MSc thesis!
Congratulations to Zewen Sun for successfully defending his MSc thesis on theoretical investigations into optical trapping of ions! Zewen will next move to Max Planck Institute for a PhD in theoretical physics.
06 Aug 2021 - Gilbert receives IQC Achievement Award!
Congratulations to Chung-You (Gilbert) Shih , a PhD student in the group for receiving the IQC Achievement Award, 2021! The awards are given to University of Waterloo graduate students working on quantum information at the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC), based on exceptional achievement in research. Gilbert was recognized for developing an ultra-precise optical addressing system for a trapped-ion quantum simulator.
20 Jul 2021 - Nikhil wins best presenter award at nationwide CAP congress competition!
Congratulations to Nikhil Kotibhaskar , a PhD student in the group for winning the best student presenter award at the annual Congress of the Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP)! He first won the competition in the Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics category and then went on to win the national competition among all areas of physics. There were about 325 competitors and an 81-member judging team.
Nikhil talked about our research on developing a trapped-ion quantum simulator.
08 Apr 2021 - paper on holographic optical addressing of ions published
Our paper on ultra-precise holographic optical addressing of ions is published in npj Quantum Information! This is an experimental research.
29 Mar 2021 - Rajibul shares his views on quantum computing in NPR Podcasts (Shortwave and All Things Considered)
Rajibul took part in a podcast on the National Public Radio (NPR) along with Emily Kwong and Geoff Brumfiel of NPR, Chris Monroe, co-founder of IonQ and Marissa Giustina, Google.
A different version was aired on All Things Considered on 30 April 2021.
04 Mar 2021 - New paper on arXiv
Our manuscript titled “Manipulating phonons of a trapped-ion system using optical tweezers ” is on arXiv! This is a theoretical and numerical research.
12 Nov, 2020 - Nik awarded with best presentation award!
University of Waterloo and University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK hosted their first virtual research colloquium on 12 Nov, 2020. Nikolay presented a talk on behalf of the QuantumION project, focusing on our design for individual addressing of Barium qubits.
His talk was judged to be the best UW presentation of the day! Congrats, Nik!
20 Oct, 2020 - Rajibul honoured with President’s Excellence in Research award!
Rajibul received a President’s Excellence in Research award from the President and Vice-Chancellor of University of Waterloo in recognition of an Early Researcher Award from the Government of Ontario.
14 Aug, 2020 - Manas defends his MSc thesis!
Dr. Manas Sajjan defends his MSc thesis online! His MSc work included both theoretical and experimental aspects. On the theoretical side, Manas investigated the role of optical tweezer potentials on ions confined in a radio-frequency (RF) trap. Optical tweezers would allow for local control of the confining potential, which can be used for investigating quantum thermodynamics. On the experimental side, Manas was part of the team that built our four-rod trap. He fabricated the electrodes, built the RF resonator which powers them, and worked on optics.
Congrats, Manas!
16 July 2020 - Building a quantum simulator
Here is a feature of our lab by IQC. The students look very happy playing with ions!
1-5 Jun 2020 - DAMOP
DAMOP (online) talks presented by Chung-You (Gilbert) Shih on individual addressing of ions and Dr. Matt Day on QuantumION. Posters were presented by Nikolay Videnov and Sainath Motlakunta.
12 May 2020 - TUCAN meeting
Nikhil Kotibhaskar presents a talk at (virtual) TUCAN (Toronto Area Ultracold Atom Network), organized by University of Toronto. This is the third edition of the annual meeting. McMaster University and University of Waterloo hosted the meeting in the previous two years.