Members

Principal Investigator

Jaewook Ahn (jwahn@kaist.ac.kr) brief CV

Professor, Department of Physics
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
291 Daehak-ro,Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Korea

Office: Natural Science Building E6-2-3305
Phones: +82-42-350-2546 (direct), 2586 (secretary, lab1), 5546 (lab2), 2510 (fax)

Ph.D. Candidates

Minhyuk Kim (mugreen@kaist.ac.kr) Research: Rydberg atom quantum computing

Andrew Woojeong Byun (byunandy@kaist.ac.kr) Research: Coherent control in Rydberg atom system

Haeun Sun (tjsgkdms@kaist.ac.kr) Research: Spin-glass quantum simulation

Hansub Hwang (gkstjq1010@kaist.ac.kr) Research: Precision Rydberg quantum gates

Kangheun Kim (kangheunkim@kaist.ac.kr) Research: Adiabatic Rydberg quantum computing

Seokho Jeong (sukkho@kaist.ac.kr) Research: Engineered M-qubit quantum gates

Research Associates

We are looking for a postdoc or research professor.

Secretary

Eunjung Jo (jojo@kaist.ac.kr) Secretary

Lab Alumni

Yunheung Song (song286@wisc.edu) Former graduate student and postdoc Ph. D. Thesis: Ultrafast quantum gates for trapped neutral atom qubits (KAIST, 2019/11/14). Now at U. Wisconsin

HanLae Jo (hanlae.jo@semes.com) Former graduate student Ph. D. Thesis: Coherent control of neutral-atom qubit systems: robust control, leakage suppression, and entanglement generation (KAIST, 05/14/2019). Now at SEMES Co. Ltd.

Woojun Lee (ujun0909@kaist.ac.kr) Former graduate student Ph. D. Thesis: Formation and control of Rydberg atom arrays for quantum information processing (KAIST, 11/12/2018). Now at Seoul National University

Heejeong Jeong (hjjeong@um.edu.my) Former research assistant professor (2018/08/15-2019/02/28) Now Associate Professor at University of Malaya

Hyosub Kim (kkhhggg@kaist.ac.kr) Former graduate student and postdoc. Ph. D. Thesis: Reconfigurable single-atom array for Rydberg atom quantum simulation (KAIST, 12/05/2017). Now at Los Alamos National Lab.

Geol Moon (cnuapi@jnu.ac.kr) Former postdoc (2017/06-2017/12). Now Assistant Professor at Chonnam National University

Han-gyeol Lee (hgyeol@kaist.ac.kr) Former graduate student and postdoc. Ph.D. Thesis: Quantum control of cold alkali atoms by using hybrid temporal-spectral pulse shaping (KAIST, 11/29/2016). Now at University of Kassel

Adam Massey (adamm@kaist.ac.kr) Former graduate student (2016/03-2017/08)

Kyungtae Kim (kyungtae92@kaist.ac.kr) Former graduate student (2015/07-2017/06)

Daehoon Han (handaemilk@kaist.ac.kr) Ph.D. thesis: Lattice vibrations of minimal and polarization dependence of material in a slit using terahertz waves (5/27/2016). Now at Semiconductor R&D Center, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Kanghee Lee (kangheelee@kaist.ac.kr) Ph.D. thesis: Fourier optical phenomena and applications using ultra-broadband terahertz waves (5/23/2013). Now at Agency for Defense Development.

Minwoo Yi (minuga@kaist.ac.kr) Ph.D. thesis: Terahertz wave generation from semiconductor thin films and its applications (5/02/2012). Now at Agency for Defense Development.

Junwoo Cho (jwcho99@kaist.ac.kr) Ph.D. thesis: Enhancement of magneto-optical trap of ytterbium atoms via optical repumping of triplet P-states (11/25/2011). Now at Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Youngchan Kim (youngchan.kim@surrey.ac.uk) Ph. D. thesis: Development of high-speed, high-resolution, and polarization-sensitive terahertz spectroscopic techniques (4/4/2011). Now Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at University of Surrey (UK).

Sangkyung Lee (skice@kaist.ac.kr) Ph.D. thesis: Analytical coherent controls of Alkali atoms in strong field regime (11/26/2010). Now at Agency for Defense Development.

Kyeong-Jin Jang (mongdal@kaist.ac.kr) Ph.D. thesis: The study of coherent optical and acoustic phonons in correlated electron materials (CMR, multiferroic), (5/7/2010). Now at Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

In-young Choi (iy0207@kaist.ac.kr) Former Lab Secretary, 2009-2012.

Koji Nagata Obihiro University, Japan (former BK Research Professor).
Jae-uk Kim Summer undergraduate student in 2010.

Youngjun Kim (junee@kaist.ac.kr) Former Technical Staff (2014.01-03)

Jongseok Lim (limjongseok@kaist.ac.kr) Former student, post-doc, and research assistant professor Ph.D. Thesis: Coherent Control in 2D Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (KAIST, 4/29/2011). Now at Imperial College London.

Heejae Jeong (hjjeong@kaist.ac.kr) Former Research Associate (2014/04-10)

Hoang-Van DO (Hoang-Van.DO@ens.fr) Former exchange student from ENS, France (2015/01-07)