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Professor Jaewook Ahn is a Professor / KAIST Endowed Chair Professor in the Department of Physics at KAIST. His research focuses on Quantum Computing. He is affiliated with the Quantum Computing Laboratory and is involved in research areas including Neutral Atom Quantum Computing, Quantum Control, and Terahertz Spectroscopy and Optics. His work explores optical and terahertz methodologies for quantum state engineering of cold atomic qubits. He is also associated with the terahertz joint-research lab of KAIST institute for optical science and technology (KI-OST).
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Jaewook Ahn is a Professor in the Department of Physics at KAIST, specializing in Physics, Optics, and Quantum Computing. His research focuses on quantum wavefunction control, quantum phase manipulation, and the use of Rydberg atoms for quantum simulation and information processing. Ahn's work explores quantum phase retrieval, terahertz waveform synthesis, and the development of optical tweezers for precise atomic manipulation. He has also investigated quantum dynamics in entangled few-body systems and the application of Rydberg atoms in solving complex problems such as maximum independent set problems. His research combines experimental and theoretical approaches to advance quantum technologies.