Blog
Writing from the Qashab research house, with posts by Hassan and Qurat.
Hassan A. Bukhari1 min read
An exploration of surface charge noise, drift-diffusion dynamics, and how fluctuating surface states decohere solid-state quantum devices. Understanding these microscopic origins is key to engineering longer-lived qubits.
Hassan A. Bukhari1 min read
How embedding rare-earth ions (like Erbium) into heterogeneous photonic crystal cavities enables long coherence times and strong light-matter interaction for quantum memories.
Hassan A. Bukhari2 min read
Most of my PhD is about making measurements harder — squeezing information out of solid-state systems where the signal is tiny and the noise is everywhere. Rare-earth ions, decoherence in hybrid structures, charge noise at surfaces: the whole field is an exercise in understanding what limits sensitivity, and what you can do about it. These are the notes I'd give a friend about what that training does to the way you think.