Michael Reimer

Michael Reimer joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2015 as an Associate Professor. He has a joint appointment with the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC).

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.

At the University of Waterloo, Michael is working towards the realization of a quantum repeater, the realization of an efficient interface between stationary and flying quantum bits, performing quantum optics and algorithms on a semiconductor chip, and developing a ‘plug and play’, tunable quantum light source.

• Semiconductor nanowire quantum light sources, Hybrid nanowire quantum state converter, Quantum memories, Integrated quantum photonic circuits, Highly efficient quantum detectors

• 2010, Doctorate Physics, University of Ottawa, Canada
• 2004, Master of Science Engineering Physics, Technical University of Munich, Germany
• 2000, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Physics, University of Waterloo, Canada

• ECE 405 - Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
  • Taught in 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
• ECE 493 - Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Taught in 2024
• ECE 630 - Physics and Models of Semiconductor Devices
  • Taught in 2022, 2023
• ECE 730 - Special Topics in Solid State Devices
  • Taught in 2021
• QIC 890 - Topics in Quantum Information
  • Taught in 2021

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• Tekcan B., van Kasteren B., Grayli S.V., Shen D., Tam M.C., Ban D., Wasilewski Z., Tsen A.W., and Reimer M.E., Semiconductor nanowire metamaterial for broadband near-unity absorption, Scientific Reports, Volume 12, Canada, 2022.
• Maruf R.A., Venuturumilli S., Bharadwaj D., Anderson P., Qiu J., Yuan Y., Semnani B., Malik S., Zeeshan M., Dalacu D., Poole P., Reimer M., and Bajcsy M., Single-photon source based on a quantum dot emitting at caesium wavelength, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Volume 127, Canada, 2022.
• Bharadwaj D., Anderson P., Venuturumilli S., Al Maruf R., Qiu J., Yoon T., Semnani B., Yuan Y., Du J., Zeeshan M., Poole P., Dalacu D., Reimer M., and Bajcsy M., Interfacing quantum dots with laser-cooled atomic ensembles, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Volume 127, Canada, 2021.
• Anderson P., Bharadwaj D., Al Maruf R., Qiu J., Yuan Y., Semnani B., Reimer M., and Bajcsy M., Generating single photon pulses from a quantum dot using a continuous wave laser and an electro-optic modulator, Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, Canada, 2021.
• Maruf R.A., Bharadwaj D., Anderson P., Qiu J., Zeeshan M., Poole P., Dalacu D., Reimer M., and Bajcsy M., High Efficiency Fiber-Coupled Single-Photon Source Based on Quantum Dot Embedded in a Semiconductor Nanowire, Conference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting-LEOS, Volume 127, Canada, 2020.
• Qiu J., Bharadwaj D., Anderson P., Malik S., Semnani B., Zeeshan M., Poole P., Dalacu D., Reimer M., and Bajcsy M., Low-Cost Spectroscopy of Individual Quantum Dots, Conference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting-LEOS, Volume 127, Canada, 2020.
• Esmaeil Zadeh I., Los J.W.N., Gourgues R.B.M., Chang J., Elshaari A.W., Zichi J.R., Van Staaden Y.J., Swens J.P.E., Kalhor N., Guardiani A., Meng Y., Zou K., Dobrovolskiy S., Fognini A.W., Schaart D.R., Dalacu D., Poole P.J., Reimer M.E., Hu X., Pereira S.F., Zwiller V., and Dorenbos S.N., Efficient Single-Photon Detection with 7.7 ps Time Resolution for Photon-Correlation Measurements, ACS Photonics, Volume 7, 1780-1787, Netherlands, 2020.
• Reimer M.E., and Cher C., The quest for a perfect single-photon source, Nature Photonics, Volume 13, 734-736, Canada, 2019.
• Boertjes D.W., Reimer M., and Cote D., Practical considerations for near-zero margin network design and deployment [Invited], Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, Volume 11, C25-C34, United States, 2019.
• Fognini A., Ahmadi A., Zeeshan M., Fokkens J.T., Gibson S.J., Sherlekar N., Daley S.J., Dalacu D., Poole P.J., Jons K.D., Zwiller V., and Reimer M.E., Dephasing Free Photon Entanglement with a Quantum Dot, ACS Photonics, Volume 6, 1656-1663, Netherlands, 2019.