Mohammad H. Ansari

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Mohammad Ansari
Alma materPhD in Theoretical Physics, University of Waterloo
Known for Quantum physics
AwardsJohn Brodie Prize Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Scientific career
Fields Physics
Doctoral advisor Lee Smolin

Mohammad Ansari is a theoretical physicist expert in quantum physics. In 2006, he proposed that quantum gravitational effects can be seen on top of Hawking radiation of black hole. [1] He was the first winner of John Brodie prize from the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. [2]

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In 2015, Ansari and Nazarov proposed a quantum version of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem in quantum heat engines that is an exact correspondence between Rényi entropy and Full Counting Statistics (FCS) of energy transfers. [3]

Ansari has recently reported a novel symmetry in quantum computation that helps to liberate quantum bits from a fundamental parasitic interactions. In 2020, experimenters from IBM Watson Research Center have verified the symmetry and eliminated the redundant interactions between qubits. [4]

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References

  1. Smolin, Lee (2006). "Quantum gravity faces reality". Physics Today. 59 (11): 44. Bibcode:2006PhT....59k..44S. doi:10.1063/1.2435646.
    - Ansari, M. H. (2007). "Spectroscopy of a canonically quantized horizon". Nucl. Phys. B. 783 (3): 179–212. arXiv: hep-th/0607081 . Bibcode:2007NuPhB.783..179A. doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2007.01.009. S2CID   9966483.
  2. "Thomas Thiemann 2006 Early Researcher Award" (PDF). PI Overview. Perimeter Institute. Winter 2008. p. 46. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2018.
  3. Ansari, Mohammad H.; Nazarov, Yuli V. (2015). "Exact correspondence between Rényi entropy flows and physical flows". Physical Review B. 91 (17): 174307. arXiv: 1502.08020 . Bibcode:2015PhRvB..91q4307A. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.91.174307. S2CID   36847902.
  4. Jaseung Ku; Xuexin Xu; Markus Brink; David C. McKay; Jared B. Hertzberg; Mohammad H. Ansari; B. L. T. Plourde (11 November 2020). "Suppression of Unwanted ZZ Interactions in a Hybrid Two-Qubit System". Physical Review Letters. 125 (20): 200504. arXiv: 2003.02775 . Bibcode:2020PhRvL.125t0504K. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.200504. PMID   33258640. S2CID   212414995.