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Full Professor of Quantum Optics and Photonics, ETH Zurich 🔗
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Department(s)/lab(s): Physics – Institute for Quantum Electronics | Trapped Ion Quantum Information Group (Home Group) @ ETH Zurich
Summary:

Home leads the TIQI group working with Be+ and Ca+ trapped ions. Research directions: (1) Quantum error correction — fault-tolerant gates, surface code implementations with multi-ion chains; (2) Precision metrology — ytterbium ion optical clock, mixed-species ion chain spectroscopy and ytterbium HFS measurements; (3) Macroscopic superposition and quantum contextuality — creating nonclassical motional states in harmonic oscillators for tests of quantum foundations; (4) Scalable architectures — photonic integrated waveguides for individual ion addressing, quantum logic detection of spectroscopy ions. Key publications include first two-qubit gates with mixed species and records in quantum state readout fidelity. Lab is investigating quantum logic-enhanced spectroscopy of complex atomic systems.

Created at: May 14, 2025, 7 a.m. Updated at: May 14, 2025, 7 a.m. Metadata: As of May 2025, tiqi.ethz.ch