Shahriar Aghaei

AWS Center for Quantum Computing

Research Science Manager
San Francisco, USA

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About Me

I am Shahriar Aghaei (also use Shahriar Aghaeimeibodi), a research science manager at Amazon Web Services' Center for Quantum Computing. As the manager of design delivery team, I guide superconducting qubit and processor design projects from inception to completion.

My academic journey includes a PhD and a Master's in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Maryland, with a focus on quantum optics, nanophotonics, and quantum materials. I worked under supervision of Prof. Edo Waks in Quantum Photonics Lab. During my PhD, I focused on quantum emitters based on self-assembled quantum dots and their integration with photonic integrated cicruits.

After my PhD, I joined Prof. Jelena Vuckovic's group at Stanford University with a Bloch Postdoctoral Fellowship. During my postdoc, I focused on diamond color centers (SiV and SnV), their optical and spin properties, and their integration with optical waveguides and cavities. Overall, combinging my academic and industry efforts, I have around a decade of experience in quantum research and development.

Research

Quantum Dot Integrated Photonics

Diamond Color Centers

Publications

Journals and Preprints

[1]
T. Cai et al., “Coupling emission from single localized defects in two-dimensional semiconductor to surface plasmon polaritons,” Nano Letters, vol. 17, no. 11, pp. 6564–6568, 2017.
[2]
J.-H. Kim, S. Aghaeimeibodi, C. J. Richardson, R. P. Leavitt, D. Englund, and E. Waks, “Hybrid integration of solid-state quantum emitters on a silicon photonic chip,” Nano letters, vol. 17, no. 12, pp. 7394–7400, 2017.
[3]
S. Aghaeimeibodi, J.-H. Kim, and E. Waks, “Near-infrared Emission from Defect States in Few-layer Phosphorene,” arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.10189, 2017.
[4]
S. Dutta, T. Cai, M. A. Buyukkaya, S. Barik, S. Aghaeimeibodi, and E. Waks, “Coupling quantum emitters in WSe2 monolayers to a metal-insulator-metal waveguide,” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 113, no. 19, 2018.
[5]
S. Aghaeimeibodi et al., “Integration of quantum dots with lithium niobate photonics,” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 113, no. 22, 2018.
[6]
J.-H. Kim, S. Aghaeimeibodi, C. J. Richardson, R. P. Leavitt, and E. Waks, “Super-radiant emission from quantum dots in a nanophotonic waveguide,” Nano Letters, vol. 18, no. 8, pp. 4734–4740, 2018.
[7]
T. Cai, J.-H. Kim, Z. Yang, S. Dutta, S. Aghaeimeibodi, and E. Waks, “Radiative enhancement of single quantum emitters in WSe2 monolayers using site-controlled metallic nanopillars,” ACS Photonics, vol. 5, no. 9, pp. 3466–3471, 2018.
[8]
Z. Yang, S. Aghaeimeibodi, and E. Waks, “Chiral light-matter interactions using spin-valley states in transition metal dichalcogenides,” Optics express, vol. 27, no. 15, pp. 21367–21379, 2019.
[9]
S. Aghaeimeibodi, J.-H. Kim, C.-M. Lee, M. A. Buyukkaya, C. Richardson, and E. Waks, “Silicon photonic add-drop filter for quantum emitters,” Optics Express, vol. 27, no. 12, pp. 16882–16889, 2019.
[10]
S. Aghaeimeibodi, C.-M. Lee, M. A. Buyukkaya, C. J. Richardson, and E. Waks, “Large stark tuning of InAs/InP quantum dots,” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 114, no. 7, 2019.
[11]
C.-M. Lee, M. A. Buyukkaya, S. Aghaeimeibodi, A. Karasahin, C. J. Richardson, and E. Waks, “A fiber-integrated nanobeam single photon source emitting at telecom wavelengths,” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 114, no. 17, 2019.
[12]
J.-H. Kim, S. Aghaeimeibodi, J. Carolan, D. Englund, and E. Waks, “Hybrid integration methods for on-chip quantum photonics,” Optica, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 291–308, 2020.
[13]
A. E. Rugar et al., “Narrow-linewidth tin-vacancy centers in a diamond waveguide,” ACS Photonics, vol. 7, no. 9, pp. 2356–2361, 2020.
[14]
C.-M. Lee, M. A. Buyukkaya, S. Harper, S. Aghaeimeibodi, C. J. Richardson, and E. Waks, “Bright telecom-wavelength single photons based on a tapered nanobeam,” Nano letters, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 323–329, 2020.
[15]
A. E. Rugar et al., “Quantum photonic interface for tin-vacancy centers in diamond,” Physical Review X, vol. 11, no. 3, p. 031021, 2021.
[16]
S. Aghaeimeibodi, D. Riedel, A. E. Rugar, C. Dory, and J. Vučković, “Electrical tuning of tin-vacancy centers in diamond,” Physical Review Applied, vol. 15, no. 6, p. 064010, 2021.
[17]
K. Y. Yang et al., “Multi-dimensional data transmission using inverse-designed silicon photonics and microcombs,” Nature Communications, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 7862, 2022.
[18]
E. I. Rosenthal et al., “Microwave spin control of a tin-vacancy qubit in diamond,” Physical Review X, vol. 13, no. 3, p. 031022, 2023.
[19]
D. Riedel et al., “Efficient photonic integration of diamond color centers and thin-film lithium niobate,” ACS Photonics, 2023.
[20]
E. I. Rosenthal et al., “Single-Shot Readout and Weak Measurement of a Tin-Vacancy Qubit in Diamond,” arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.13110, 2024.
[21]
H. Levine et al., “Demonstrating a Long-Coherence Dual-Rail Erasure Qubit Using Tunable Transmons,” Phys. Rev. X, vol. 14, no. 1, p. 011051, Mar. 2024, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevX.14.011051.

Conference Presentations

[1]
S. Aghaeimeibodi, J.-H. Kim, and E. Waks, “Near Infrared Emission from Defects in Few-Layer Phosphorene,” in APS March Meeting Abstracts, 2017, vol. 2017, pp. V30-009.
[2]
S. Aghaeimeibodi, J.-H. Kim, C. Richardson, R. Leavitt, D. Englund, and E. Waks, “Hybrid Integration of Solid-state Quantum Dots on a Silicon-on-Insulator Photonic Chip,” in APS March Meeting Abstracts, 2018, vol. 2018, pp. Y28-001.
[3]
S. Aghaeimeibodi et al., “A Silicon Photonic On-Chip Filter for Quantum Emitters,” in Frontiers in Optics, 2018, pp. FW6C-3.
[4]
S. Aghaeimeibodi et al., “A nanophotonic interface for tin-vacancy spin qubits in diamond,” in Quantum Nanophotonic Materials, Devices, and Systems 2021, 2021, vol. 11806, pp. 22–27.
[5]
S. Aghaeimeibodi and J. Vuckovic, “Quantum Photonics with SnV Centers in Diamond,” in 2021 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), 2021, pp. 14–6.
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