Oskar Painter

Oskar Painter is a Canadian born (1972) experimental physicist who works on nanoscale optics, nanomechanical devices, and superconducting qubits. He is the John G. Braun Professor of Applied Physics and Professor of Physics at Caltech. Since 2019, he is also Head of Quantum Hardware at Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Painter received his PhD from Caltech in 2001 under the supervision of Prof. Axel Scherer.[1]. After graduation, Painter helped found Xponent Photonics along with Pete Sercel and Caltech colleagues Kerry Vahala and Amnon Yariv. Painter joined the Caltech faculty in 2002, as an Assistant Professor of Applied Physics [2]. In 2012, he became Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light and was awarded a Humboldt Professorship in 2013. In 2014, he returned to Caltech. Painter has also served as the co-Director of the Kavli Nanoscience Institute[3] and co-PI of the Institute of Quantum Information and Matter during his time at Caltech.

Painter's research has covered a myriad of topics, including photonic crystals and silicon photonics, to solid-state cavity quantum electrodynamics and quantum optomechanics. More recently, he has shifted his research towards superconducting quantum circuits, with a particular emphasis on hybrid circuit architectures involving the integration of optical and nanomechanical devices.[4]

References
  1. Painter, Oskar Jon (2001). Optical nanocavities in two-dimensional photonic crystal planar waveguides (phd). California Institute of Technology.
  2. "Oskar J. Painter". Caltech Applied Physics. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  3. "5 Questions about Quantum Engineering with Oskar Painter". YouTube. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  4. Keller, Andrew J.; Dieterle, Paul B.; Fang, Michael; Berger, Brett; Fink, Johannes M.; Painter, Oskar (24 July 2017). "Al transmon qubits on silicon-on-insulator for quantum device integration". Applied Physics Letters. 111 (4): 042603. arXiv:1703.10195. Bibcode:2017ApPhL.111d2603K. doi:10.1063/1.4994661.

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