Siamak Dadras: TOPTICA Photonics: TOPTICA in the Quantum-2 Era

Zoom Details

Technical Seminar

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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Speaker

Siamak Dadras

Quantum Application Scientist

TOPTICA Photonics

Bio

Siamak Dadras conducted his Ph.D. research in atomic physics with Professor Gil Summy in the BEC and Quantum Chaos Group at Oklahoma State University. His research included optical manipulation of ultra-cold atoms to investigate various matter-wave quantum phenomena, such as a quantum ratchet, quantum fidelity, and quantum random walk. He obtained his doctoral degree in 2018 and joined Nick Vamivakas’s Quantum Nanophotonics Group at The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, as a Postdoc Fellow. His research in this group was largely divided into the field of levitated optomechanics (optical tweezers), nano-scale quantum sensing with diamond defect centers and laser refrigeration of rare-earth-doped solid-state micro-crystals. In 2021 he joined TOPTICA Photonics at Farmington NY, as the Quantum Applications Scientist, where he leverages his broad quantum background to drive all the interactions of TOPTICA with the quantum community in North America. This includes academic research groups and government-funded quantum initiatives, national labs, commercial quantum industries, and government contractors across the US and Canada.

Abstract

In this presentation, I will be talking about TOPTICA’s contributions to the QIST community over the past two decades. I will walk you through the evolution of some of our quantum enabling products in the context of their applications in AMO and condensed matter physics - from fundamental research to real-world applications - and will demonstrate how TOPTICA has been pushing the boundaries of quantum over the past two decades from the early-stage cold atom physics all the way to the Quantum-2 era.