Zaw Lin Htoo
Currently a Ph.D. student at Centre for Quantum Technologies in the group of Valerio Scarani. My primary research is about the certification of quantumness under assumptions about the time evolution of the system, with secondary interests in the theoretical and numerical study of quantum devices.
Ph.D. in Physics (in progress)
Centre for Quantum Technologies
National University of Singapore
January 2021 — Present B.Sc. (Hons) in Physics
Thesis: Randomised Benchmarking with Gate-Dependent Noise [NTU Digitial Repository, PDF, Slides] Award: Lee Kuan Yew Gold Medal (most outstanding graduate)
Nanyang Technological University
August 2016 — June 2020
Diploma (with Merit) in Mass Communication
Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Award: BBC Worldwide Silver Medal (2nd most outstanding graduate) April 2011 — May 2014
(Note: arXiv links are open access, and are always updated to reflect the final published version) Dynamics-based Certification of Nonclassicality and Entanglement
Theoretical and Numerical Studies of Quantum Devices
- L. H. Zaw, Certifiable lower bounds of Wigner negativity volume and non-Gaussian entanglement with conditional displacement gates, arXiv:2403.16441 [quant-ph]
(Note: arXiv links are open access, and are always updated to reflect the final published version) Dynamics-based Certification of Nonclassicality and Entanglement
- K.-N. Huynh-Vu, L. H. Zaw, and V. Scarani, Certification of genuine multipartite entanglement in spin ensembles with measurements of total angular momentum, Physical Review A 109, 042402 (2024). [journal link, arXiv link]
- L. H. Zaw and V. Scarani, Dynamics-based quantumness certification of continuous variables using time-independent Hamiltonians with one degree of freedom, Physical Review A 108, 022211 (2023). [journal link, arXiv link]
- P. Jayachandran, L. H. Zaw, and V. Scarani, Dynamics-Based Entanglement Witnesses for Non-Gaussian States of Harmonic Oscillators, Physical Review Letters 130, 160201 (2023). [journal link, arXiv link]
- L. H. Zaw, C. C. Aw, Z. Lasmar, and V. Scarani, Detecting quantumness in uniform precessions, Physical Review A 106, 032222 (2022). [journal link, arXiv link]
Theoretical and Numerical Studies of Quantum Devices
- L. H. Zaw, Z. Lasmar, C.-H. Nguyen, K.-W. Tseng, D. Matsukevich, D. Kaszlikowski1, and V. Scarani, Sculpting bosonic states with arithmetic subtractions, New J. Phys. 24, 083023 (2022), [journal link, arXiv link]
- L. H. Zaw, Y. P. Tan, L. H. Nguyen, R. P. Budoyo, K. H. Park, Z. Y. Koh, A. Landra, C. Hufnagel, Y. S. Yap, T. S. Koh, and R. Dumke, Ghost factors in Gauss-sum factorization with transmon qubits, Physical Review A 104, 062606 (2021). [journal link, arXiv link]
- M. Feng, L. H. Zaw, and T. S. Koh, Two-qubit sweet spots for capacitively coupled exchange-only spin qubits, npj Quantum Inf 7, 112 (2021). [journal link, arXiv link]
Information-theoretic Thermodynamics
- C. C. Aw, L. H. Zaw, M. Balanzó-Juandó, and V. Scarani, Role of Dilations in Reversing Physical Processes: Tabletop Reversibility and Generalized Thermal Operations, PRX Quantum 5, 010332 (2024), [journal link, arXiv link]
Dynamics-based Certification of Quantumness: Beyond Harmonic Systems
Contributed talk
Institute of Physics Meeting 2023
27 September 2023
Detecting Nonclassicality in Precessions: Beyond Harmonic Systems
Invited talk
Workshop on Mechanical Advantage
IQOQI Vienna
11–13 September 2023
Dynamics-based certification of nonclassicality and entanglement
Contributed talk
18th Central European Quantum Information Processing Workshop
6 September 2023
Dynamics-based Witnesses of Nonclassicality and Entanglement
Poster
23rd Asian Quantum Information Science Conference
29 August 2023
Research Visit to IQOQI Vienna
27 October 2022
Detecting quantumness and entanglement with precessions
Invited talk
Third Kyoto Workshop on Quantum Information, Computation, and Foundations
18 October 2022
Detecting Quantumness with Precessions in Harmonic and Anharmonic Systems
Contributed talk
Institute of Physics Meeting 2022
30 September 2022
Generating Entangled States With Identical Bosons
Invited talk
Q@TN Graduate Workshop In Quantum Science
14 December 2021
Boson Sculpting with Quasi-deterministic Subtraction of Trapped-ion Phonons
Contributed talk
Institute of Physics Meeting 2021
30 September 2021 Teaching Assistance
- Create and typeset questions for tutorials, homeworks, and assessments
- Guide students during tutorial session and office hours
PC2130 Quantum Mechanics I
One semester per year, 2021—2023 Mentorship
Guide undergraduate students to carry out research projects
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROPS)
Three students, 2022—2024 Undergraduate Internship
Two interns, 2023 Quantum Theory: But, what is this good for?
Technical overview about the practical uses of quantum theory to an audience with some computer science background [link to slides, link to recorded talk]
Friday Hacks #249
NUS Hackers
3 November 2023 Why don’t you know Bell’s Theorem?
Popular science talk about entanglement and Bell’s theorem to a general audience [link to slides]
World Quantum Day 2023
Science Centre Singapore
14 April 2023 Lecturer (all years) and Committee Member (2022—2024)
A week-long summer camp that teachs quantum mechanics to high school students [link for more information, notes, and recorded lectures] - Prepared lecture, notes, and tutorials for given topic (Optical Qubits and Schrödinger’s Equation)
- Designed logo, website, T-shirt, and other materials
QCamp
2021—2024 Committee Member
A local community of young researchers working in the field of quantum science, which holds events and talks involving both academia and industry - Designed logo, posters, and other materials
- Partook in event planning and logistics
Quantum Young Researchers Association (QYRA)
2021—2024