Areas of Focus
- Development of quantum devices with trapped ions for quantum information processing, including quantum computing, quantum simulation, and quantum precision measurement
Work Experience
- 2022/01-Present - Tsinghua University, Department of Physics, Professor
- 2021/04-2022/01 - Tsinghua University, Department of Physics, Long-term Associate Professor
- 2016/09-2021/04 - Tsinghua University, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Long-term Associate Professor
- 2011/02-2016/08 - Tsinghua University, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Associate Professor
- 2008/01-2011/01 - University of Maryland, Postdoctoral Researcher, Supervisor: Chris Monroe
- 2005/08-2007/12 - University of Innsbruck, Postdoctoral Researcher, Supervisor: Rainer Blatt
- 2004/02-2005/07 - National Seoul University, Postdoctoral Researcher, Supervisor: Wonho Jhe
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1998/03-2004/02 PhD in Physics, National Seoul University, Supervisor: Wonho Jhe
- 1996/03-1998/02 Master's in Physics, National Seoul University, Supervisor: Wonho Jhe
- 1992/03-1996/02 Bachelor's in Physics, National Seoul University
Publications
- Double-Electromagnetically-Induced-Transparency Ground-State Cooling of Stationary Two-Dimensional Ion Crystals, Kihwan Kim et al., 2021
- Single ion qubit with estimated coherence time exceeding one hour, Kihwan Kim et al., 2021
- Realization of two-dimensional crystal of ions in a monolithic Paul trap, Kihwan Kim et al., 2020
- Error-mitigated quantum gates exceeding physical fidelities in a trapped-ion system, Kihwan Kim et al., 2020
- Modular quantum computation in a trapped ion system, Kihwan Kim et al., 2019
- Global entangling gates on arbitrary ion qubits, Kihwan Kim et al., 2019
- NOON States of Nine Quantized Vibrations in Two Radial Modes of a Trapped Ion, Kihwan Kim et al., 2018
- Quantum Simulation of the Quantum Rabi Model in a Trapped Ion, Kihwan Kim et al., 2018
- Quantum simulation of molecular spectroscopy in trapped-ion device, Kihwan Kim et al., 2018
- Single-qubit quantum memory exceeding 10-minute coherence time, Kihwan Kim et al., 2017
- Shortcuts to adiabaticity by counterdiabatic driving for trapped-ion displacement in phase space, Kihwan Kim et al., 2016
- Phonon arithmetic in a trapped ion system, Kihwan Kim et al., 2016
- Experimental test of the quantum Jarzynski equality with a trapped-ion system, Kihwan Kim et al., 2015
- State-independent experimental test of quantum contextuality with a single trapped ion, Kihwan Kim et al., 2013
