Dr. Mohammad H. Ansari
Dr. Mohammad H. Ansari
Principal Investigator @ Peter Grünberg Institute
Email: m.ansari (at) fz-juelich.de
Address: Forschungszentrum Jülich, Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße, 52428 Jülich, Germany
Lead of Quantum Device Theory Group
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Quantum Device Theory (QDT) Group🐝 Updates:💡
> A new preprint! Suppressing Frequency Collisions in a Quantum Processor Kuljeet Kaur, Xuexin Xu, Mohammad Ansari
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2610.06264 (OCT 2026)
> New on arXiv! Parametric two-qubit gates via Landau-Zener interference, S Geisert, A Hertel, S Ihssen, Zhongyi Jiang, P Kugler, N Zapata, NGosling, A Nambisan, Y Gao, A Galicia, J Guimarães, Y Haddad, M Neis, H Bhardwaj, D Volkov, J Cereijo, M Guardascione, Y Liu, M Jerger, P Bushev, F Wilhelm, W Wernsdorfer, S Machnes, Mohammad Ansari, Rami Barends, Ioan M. Pop
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2609.15604 (SEP 2026)
>New on ArXiv! Entropy Transport in Programmable Quantum Junctions,
Radhika joshi, Yuli V. Nazarov, Mohammad H. Ansari,
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2607.12581 (14 July 2026)
> 🗞️ lnterview with Nobel Laureate of Physics 2025 John Martinis about superconducting qubits and our collab (Aug 2026)
> 🗞️ Taming Quantim Chip Interactions FZJ News (July 2026) + Insider
> 🚣 Julian Roschke from University of Cologne has startd his Master thesis at QDT group, Welcome onboard Julius!
> 🎓 Congratulation to Dr. Zhongyi Jiang for successfully defending his PhD thesis at RWTH Aachen University in June 2026!
> Scientific Reports 16, 22952 (2026):
Tobias Kempe, Ali Tabei, Mohammad Ansari Formation of topologically associated chromatin domains using quantum annealing ( May 2026)
> npj Quantum Information 12, 71 (2026): Xuexin Xu, Kuljeet Kaur, C. Vignes, John M. Martinis & Mohammad Ansari Surface-code hardware Hamiltonian (April 2026)
> Phys. Rev. Applied 25, 044045 (2026): Xuexin Xu, Siyu Wang, Radhika Joshi, Rihan Hai, Mohammad H. Ansari Multiqubit gate based on parity cross resonance (April 2026)
> Quantum Devices with Left-Handed Ring Resonators, Britton Plourde, Mohammad Ansari, Tianna McBroom, Xuexin Xu, Arne Schlabes, US Patent 18225837 (Oct 2025)
> Enabling full localization of qubits and gates with a multi-mode coupler, Zhongyi Jiang, Simon Geisert, Sören Ihssen, Ioan M. Pop, Mohammad H. Ansari. arXiv.2509.26211 Public Summary (Oct 2025)
> Parity Cross Resonance (PCR): A Multi-Qubit Gate, X. Xu, S. Wang, R. Joshi, R. Hai, M. H. Ansari arXiv:2508.10807 Public Summary (Aug 2025)
> Information Transport in Classic-Quantum Hybrid System, J. Rapp, R. Joshi, A. van Steensel, Yuli Nazarov & M. H. Ansari arXiv:2508.07870 Public Summary (11 Aug 2025)
> Surface-Code Hardware Hamiltonian, X. Xu, K. Kaur, C. Vignes, M.H. Ansari & John M. Martinis, arxiv:2507.06201 Public Summary (Aug 2025)
> Concurrent fermionic simulation gate, Zhongyi Jiang & Mohammad Ansari Phys. Rev. Applied 24, 024050 (2025) DOI Public Summary (Aug 2025)
> Intermediate State Formation of Topologically Associated Chromatin Domains using Quantum Annealing, Tobias Kempe, Ali Tabei & M.H. Ansari arXiv:2505.23289 Public Summary (June 2025)
> Our "Quantum Device Theory" group page at Forschungszentrum Jülich (Mar 2025)
> A new PhD student joined our team. Welcome on board Ms. Siyu Wang! (Dec 2024)
> Lattice Hamiltonians and stray interactions within quantum processors X. Xu, Manabputra, C. Vignes, M. Ansari & John M. Martinis, Phys. Rev. Applied DOI Public Summary (Dec 2024)
> Fast Gates of Detuned Cat Qubit Arne Schlabes, Rahul Bhowmick & M. H. Ansari arxiv:2407.20820 (Aug 2024)
> A new Postdoc joined our team, Welcome on board Dr. Kuljeet Kaur! (July 2024)
Reseserch topics:
- Scalable superconducting qubits (models, theory, and foundation),
- New frontiers in quantum error correction and error mitigation with advantages for computing
- Many body simulation on large quantum processors and new phases of matter
- Quantum sensing and modern circuit quantum electrodynamics
Correspondence between information and physics
- Solid-state quantum devices, e.g. topological phase slip, photovoltaic cells, light-harvesting photosynthetic complexes, etc.,
- Quantum field theory and non-equilibrium statistical physics,
more about quantum information and computing in our institute ...,
QDT headlines☀️
> Mohammad Ansari will give a talk at 75th Annual Meeting of the Austrian Physical Society (OePG) - updated PDF 20 – 25 September 2026, Graz Center of Physics, Austria
> Mohammad Ansari will give a talk at FQMT Frontiers of Quantum and Mesoscopic Thermodynamics, Prague (2026)
> Mohammad Ansari will give a talk at the Bell Award conference on Quantum Information and Quantum Control XI, Toronto (2026)
> Explaining Surface Code hardware Hamiltonin: https://youtu.be/MV4EnYv3iYE
> QDT invited talk: Sofia Gonzalez Garcia (UCSB) 18.02.2026
> QDT invited talk: Dr. Neill Warrington (MIT) 10.02.2026
> Congrats to John M. Martinis, the Nobel Laureate of Physics 2025, We worked out two theories wtth John: (1) Surface-Code Hardware Hamiltonian, arxiv:2507.06201 and (2) Lattice Hamiltonians in quantum processors DOI
> We are in Editor's Suggestion
> Our journal club in our VIDEO channel
QDT in the News 🦕
>💡Taming Quantim Chip Interactions FZJ News (July 7th, 2026)
> FZJ News: Exciting Quantum Computing Breakthrough: FZ Jülich Teams Up with MIT and UCSB 2025 (Link)
> Phys.org: New multimode coupler design advances scalable quantum computing 2024 (Link)
> FZJ News: Quantum Tug of War 2024 (Link)
> Quantum Zeitgeist: Quantum Computing Models Chromatin Folding and Gene Regulation Mechanisms 2025 (Link)
> Quantum Insider: Innovative Multimode Coupler Enhances Quantum Computing Scalability 2024 (Link)
> Mirage: One Step Closer Towards Scalable Quantum Computers 2024 (Link)
> FZJ news: Liberating Quantum Processors from Parasitic Interactions 2020 (Link)
Links
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Zhongyi Jian's PhD defence , RWTH Aachen University, Germany, June 2026- L2R: Siyu Wang, Kuljeet Kaur, Zhongyi Jiang, Xuexin Xu, Radhika Joshi, Arne Schlabes
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