Michael Reimer

Dr. Michael Reimer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo, with an affiliation to the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC).

After earning his BSc in Physics from the University of Waterloo, Dr. Reimer worked as an R&D Engineer at JDS Uniphase for two years before pursuing his MSc in Engineering Physics at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. He completed his PhD in Physics in 2010 at the University of Ottawa/National Research Council of Canada.

From 2009 to 2014, Dr. Reimer was a postdoctoral researcher at the Technical University of Delft, where he worked in the quantum optics lab of Professor Val Zwiller. During this time, he made significant contributions to the development of solid-state quantum devices, including 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, Dr. Reimer also played a key role in the startup company Single Quantum, which focused on developing highly efficient single-photon detectors using superconducting nanowires.

At the University of Waterloo, Dr. Reimer's research focuses on advancing quantum technologies, including the development of a quantum repeater, creating efficient interfaces between stationary and flying quantum bits, performing quantum optics and algorithms on semiconductor chips, 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

• 2024 - En-Hui Yang Engineering Research Innovation Award, Faculty of Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
• 2023 - Photons Canada/Photonics North Pitch Competition, Next generation quantum sensors, Montreal, Canada.
• 2022 - S. Odinotski*, J. DeGooyer*, S. Kokilathasan*, L. Roy*, and M.E. Reimer, Therapeutic dose monitoring for cancer treatment, Pitch Competition Silver Award, Transformative Quantum Technologies Quantum for Health Design Competition, Waterloo, Canada, October 20, 2022.
• 2016 - Early Researcher Award, Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation: "Nanoscale photonic devices for quantum communication networks."

• ECE 405 - Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
  • Taught in 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
• PHYS 768 - Special Topics in Quantum Information Processing
  • Taught in 2024
• 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.

• Profs awarded over $7M to advance quantum research