I am a physicist by education and I defended my PhD title on the topic of nonlinear optics from nanostructures and metasurfaces.
I am currently an optical engineer working in a team that traps ions for quantum computing, but I will change my job in the near future.
My goal at the moment is to reinvent myself and use my knowledge and abilities in a new way. I am exploring this idea at the moment.
Check my profile on LinkedIn.
See my publications on Google Scholar.
Past versions
Photonics and ions
I am an optical engineer at Paul Scherrer Institut. Our team, the Ion Trap Quantum Computing Hub, is part of the joint effort between ETH Zurich and PSI Villigen to build a quantum computing platform in the form of a user lab.
Just as classical computers bytes need electricity to work, trapped ion quantum bits (qubits) are controlled by light. My job is to ensure that the light reaching the ion qubit is optimal for computations. In my day to day work, I use optics, photonics and electronics to deliver the right light at the ion position, which floating in vacuum, tens of micrometers above a surface.
I am also keeping an eye on the latest developments in the photonics research community to spot technologies promising for ion trapping. Photonics brings very promising solutions to scaling up the qubits numbers into the hundreds and thousands range.