Vaidya
Gaurav Vaidya
Gaurav completed his undergraduate studies at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. Here, he had his first encounter with quantum error correction, working with Prof. Mandayam to develop circuit models for channel-adapted error-correcting codes. Later, he moved on to exploring quantum synchronization in driven-dissipative systems with a former JILAn Dr. Athreya Shankar. He then moved on to work in the Preiss group at MPQ in Garching, where he fell in love with experimental AMO science and helped set up a 2D MOT for a new apparatus. For his master's thesis, Gaurav studied entangling gates between the polarization and OAM modes of photons in the Sivaramakrishnan group at IIT Madras. Now, Gaurav is thrilled to be a part of the Kaufman lab to work toward realizing fault-tolerant qubits and exploring avenues in quantum simulation with Yb Rydberg atoms.
Email
Gaurav.Vaidya-1@colorado.edu
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