Jaewook Ahn's Ultrafast Quantum Optics Lab

Welcome to our homapage at http://uqol.kaist.ac.kr

We develope Optical and Atomic Methodologies for Quantum State Engineering, in particular Quantum Computing. Current research topics are ultrafast optical quantum controls, Rydberg atom quantum simulators, and adiabatic quantum computings.

Who are the Members?

The labs are located in the Department of Physics
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Korea (South)

How to reach us?

Research Highlights (2020/Spring)

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  Adiabatic ground-state calculation (Quantum annealing)

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  3D imaging of N=20 (dodecahedron) atoms

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  Conformation spectroscopy of 3D atoms

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  Single-Atoms Pong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZCLK0u1LBI

For more details, click the link below image. (past research highlights)

Research summary and Publications

News and Events

2019/10/23-25, KPS-fall, Gwangju (Haeun, Yunheung, Minhyuk)

2019/05/5-10, CLEO 2019, San Jose, CA, http://www.cleoconference.org/ (Hanlae, Minhyuk)

2019/02/22-23, Asia-Pacific Workshop on Trapped Quantum Systems (APTQS-2019), Daejeon, Korea

2018/10/24-26, KPS 2018 fall, Changwon (Hanlae Jo, Yunheung Song)

2018/6/25-26, AMP 2018 (Atomic and Molecular Physics Division Workshop), Muju Resort AMP2018

2018/06/18, Dr. Thibault Vogt (National University of Singapore, Center for Quantum Technology), "Rydberg electromagnetically induced transparency and microwave-to-optical conversion using Rydberg atoms," Invited seminar, Seminar Room 2502, 10:00 am.

2018/06/14, Prof. Kenji Toyoda (Osaka University), "Phonons and polariton-like particles in trapped ions for quantum computation and quantum simulation," Invited seminar, Seminar Room 2502, 10:00 am.

2018/05/13-18, CLEO 2018, San Jose, CA, http://www.cleoconference.org/ (Abstract due: 12/13/2017) (Yunheung, Hanlae)

2017/10/29-11/1, Samsung Global Symposium, Seoul, (Hangyoel, Hanlae, Minhyuk, Yunheung, Hyosub, JA)

2017/10/25-10/27, KPS 2017 fall, Gyeungju, http://kpsmeeting.kps.or.kr/ (Hangyeol, Hanlae, Minhyuk, Woojun, Yunheung, Hyosub)

2017/8/28-9/12, ICSSUR 2017, Jeju, http://www.icssur2017.org/ (Yunheung Song, Hyosub Kim)

2017/06/5-9, DAMOP 2017, Sacramento, CA, http://www.aps.org/units/damop/meetings/meeting.cfm?name=DAMOP17 (Abstract due: 1/29/2017) (Woojun, Yunheung, Minhyuk)

2017/05/14-19, CLEO 2017, San Jose, CA, http://www.cleoconference.org/ (Abstract due: 12/14/2016) (Hyosub)

2017/05/10-13, ALTA, Seoguipo, http://www.alta.or.kr (Hangyeol, Hanlae, Kyungtae, JA)

2017/04/19-21, KPS 2017 Spring, Daejeon, http://www.kps.or.kr (Yunheung)

Past events