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Ask me anything: Raghavendra Srinivas

Katherine Skipper

Published Dec 1, 2024• 0 citations

Abstract

Raghavendra Srinivas is a research fellow in the Department of Physics and Balliol College at the University of Oxford, UK, and also works part-time for Oxford Ionics. His research focuses on using trapped ions for quantum information processing, quantum sensing and fundamental quantum optics. Srinivas was awarded Optica’s 2024 Theodor W Hänsch Prize in Quantum Optics, which recognizes impactful early career researchers working on optics-enabled quantum technologies.

DOI: 10.1088/2058-7058/37/12/35

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