Marko Cetina

About

Marko Cetina is an Assistant Professor of Physics at Duke University and a member of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He holds a B.S. degree from the California Institute of Technology obtained in 2004 and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology earned in 2011. His research focuses on quantum computing, quantum information, and quantum simulation, with significant contributions to understanding thermalization dynamics in lattice gauge theories, error correction in quantum systems, and the development of quantum gates and interactions in trapped-ion systems. Cetina has authored numerous publications in high-impact journals, advancing the field of quantum physics through experimental and theoretical work. He also teaches courses related to atomic physics, quantum optics, and mechanics at Duke University.

Research topics

• Computer Science
• Quantum mechanics
• Physics
• Engineering
• Algorithm
• Statistical physics
• Electrical engineering
• Distributed computing

Selected publications

• Measurement-induced quantum phases realized in a trapped-ion quantum computer

  Nature Physics · 2022 · 260 citations

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• <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>N</mml:mi></mml:math>-Body Interactions between Trapped Ion Qubits via Spin-Dependent Squeezing

  Physical Review Letters · 2022-08-04 · 52 citations

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  We describe a simple protocol for the single-step generation of N-body entangling interactions between trapped atomic ion qubits. We show that qubit state-dependent squeezing operations and displacement forces on the collective atomic motion can generate full N-body interactions. Similar to the Mølmer-Sørensen two-body Ising interaction at the core of most trapped ion quantum computers and simulators, the proposed operation is relatively insensitive to the state of motion. We show how this N-bod…

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• Demonstration of three- and four-body interactions between trapped-ion spins

  Nature Physics · 2023-06-29 · 51 citations

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• Continuous symmetry breaking in a trapped-ion spin chain

  Nature · 2023-11-15 · 43 citations

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• Cross-platform comparison of arbitrary quantum states

  Nature Communications · 2022-11-04 · 38 citations

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  As we approach the era of quantum advantage, when quantum computers (QCs) can outperform any classical computer on particular tasks, there remains the difficult challenge of how to validate their performance. While algorithmic success can be easily verified in some instances such as number factoring or oracular algorithms, these approaches only provide pass/fail information of executing specific tasks for a single QC. On the other hand, a comparison between different QCs preparing nominally the…

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Frequent coauthors

• C. Monroe

  Keck Hospital of USC

  144 shared

• Crystal Noel

  Duke University

  102 shared

• Daiwei Zhu

  IonQ (United States)

  99 shared

• Debopriyo Biswas

  93 shared

• Andrew Risinger

  Joint Quantum Institute

  91 shared

• Laird Egan

  Joint Quantum Institute

  85 shared

• Michael Jag

  Austrian Academy of Sciences

  36 shared

• Vladan Vuletić

  MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms

  36 shared

Labs

• Duke Quantum CenterPI

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