Vanessa, who just completed her Master’s thesis in the group of Ulrich Schneider at Cambridge University, joins us as a research assistant. Welcome, Vanessa!
Controlling single atoms and molecules
With single quantum state resolution
Welcome to Loh Lab @ CQT
Our lab at the Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, is interested in using arrays of tweezer-trapped atoms as quantum "lego" blocks to simulate advanced materials.
Understanding our research focus
Quantum simulation is the modeling of nature with quantum building blocks like atoms and molecules.
Quantum simulation allows us to study interesting quantum materials while working towards building powerful computers.
Arrays of optical tweezers provide a powerful platform for controlling individual quantum building blocks in a scalable manner.
Atoms, molecules, lasers, microwaves, electric fields, magnetic fields, some epic code, and a huge dose of fun!
We are hiring!
Our lab is actively searching for a postdoctoral research fellow and a PhD student for one of our tweezer arrays experiments. Please see the "opportunities" page for more details.
Meet the team
News Updates
Feb 2021
Jan 2021
Nigel joins us as an undergraduate intern. Welcome, Nigel!
Jan 2021
Xiu Quan begins a new journey as he makes the jump from atom array factories to real life factories at KLA Tencor. We wish you every success in life, Xiu Quan!
Nov 2020
Huanqian gives 2 invited talks this month: one at the EQuaLS 2020 conference and one at the MRSS annual meeting.
Oct 2020
Huanqian takes part in several industry outreach activities this month. Besides giving an invited talk at an online seminar organized by SGInnovate and Japan Science and Technology Agency, she also begins serving her second term as a council member of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Quantum Applications.
Sep 2020
We bid farewell to Wei Hong, who is starting his PhD studies at Northwestern University. Take care, Wei Hong!
Aug 2020
Two papers appear in print: our second graph theory paper in Physical Review Research, and a microwave dressing paper in Physical Review Letters! The latter paper gets selected as a PRL Editors’ Suggestion and is highlighted as a Physics viewpoint.
Aug 2020
We welcome three new students: Luheng from Peking University and Weikun from Zhejiang University join us as first year PhD students, and Siaw Wei joins us as a UROPS student.
Jun 2020
Wen Jun joins our group as an undergraduate intern. Welcome!
Jun 2020
We are back in business after a two-month COVID shutdown. We got our MOT back at the same brightness in pretty much the same position as before the shutdown, almost immediately after we fired everything back up. Kudos to Xiu Quan, Mujahid, and Krishna for working hard to build a stable machine!
May 2020
Huanqian gives a public Zoom talk to junior college students on “The Quantum Race to Surpass Supercomputers”.
Apr-Jun 2020
Our first graph theory paper gets published in Physical Review Research, while our new paper on the universal graph description appears on the arXiv.
Mar 2020
An Qu, formerly from the group of Jean Dalibard at Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, joins us as a postdoc. Welcome!
Feb 2020
Huanqian is honored to be recognized as one of the 15 ‘International Rising Talents’ among 260 fellows worldwide by L’Oréal and UNESCO. Here is the press release from L’Oréal Foundation and UNESCO, announced on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, with additional news reporting by Asian Scientist, NUS News, and CQT. NUS news reporting in Chinese is available here.
Feb 2020
Congratulations to Xiu Quan on earning his Master’s degree, after much hard work and a beautiful thesis!