Michael Reimer
Assistant Professor
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
University of Waterloo
Canada
Biography
Michael Reimer joined the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) in 2015 as an Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department. After receiving his BSc in Physics at the University of Waterloo, Michael spent two years in industry at JDS Uniphase as an R&D Engineer. He then went on to earn his MSc in Engineering Physics at the Technical University of Munich in Germany. In 2010 he obtained his PhD in Physics at the University of Ottawa/National Research Council of Canada. From 2009 to 2014, Michael was a postdoctoral researcher at Technical University of Delft in the quantum optics lab of Professor Val Zwiller where he developed solid-state quantum devices. During that time, Michael made a huge impact in the development of single photon and entangled photon sources based on shaped nanowire heterostructures, as well as nanowire-based single electron devices and efficient nanowire avalanche photodiodes. In 2013, Michael was also an integral part of a recent start-up company, Single Quantum, developing highly efficient single-photon detectors based on superconducting nanowires.
Research Interest
His research will focus on the development of quantum photonic devices and optical approaches needed to advance quantum information science and technologies, as well as to test fundamental questions in quantum photonics.
Publications
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Bulgarini G, Reimer ME, Hocevar M, Bakkers EP, Kouwenhoven LP, Zwiller V. Avalanche amplification of a single exciton in a semiconductor nanowire. Nature Photonics. 2012 Jul 1;6(7):455-8.
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Carpenter BS, Reimer GM. Calibrated glass standards for fission track use. US Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards: for sale by the Supt. of Docs., US Govt. Print. Off.; 1974.
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Reimer ME, Bulgarini G, Akopian N, Hocevar M, Bavinck MB, Verheijen MA, Bakkers EP, Kouwenhoven LP, Zwiller V. Bright single-photon sources in bottom-up tailored nanowires. Nature communications. 2012 Mar 13;3:737.
