Pre-prints and journal articles

[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

[2022] Robust Optical Engineering for a Trapped Ion Quantum Computer

Ali BInai-Motlagh, MSc thesis
University of Waterloo [Thesis link]

[2020] Experimental and theoretical investigations of radio-frequency and optical trapping potentials for atomic ions

Manas Sajjan, MSc thesis
University of Waterloo [Thesis link]

[2019] Holographic Optical Manipulation of Trapped Ions for Quantum Simulation

Chung-You Shih, MSc thesis
University of Waterloo [Thesis link]

[2019] Design and Construction of an Ion Trapping Apparatus for Quantum Simulation Experiments

Nikhil Kotibhaskar, MSc thesis
University of Waterloo [Thesis link]

[2018] Developing Theoretical and Experimental Tools for a Hybrid Quantum Simulator Based on Trapped Ions

Sainath Motlakunta, MSc thesis
University of Waterloo [Thesis link]

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

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

[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

[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

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