Dr. Alexander Baust
- Alumnus/Alumna: Quantum Systems
Alexander Baust was member of the Gross group at WMI as a Master and Ph.D. Student between 2009 and 2015.
Master Thesis: Characterization of Flux-driven Josephson Parametric Amplifiers (2010)
Ph.D. Thesis: Tunable Coupling and Ultrastrong Interaction in Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics (2015)
Alexander Baust was working on superconducting quantum circuits, in particular on establishing strong and ultra-strong coupling in circuit QED systems. For future quantum information and quantum simulation architectures with superconducting circuits, a profound understanding of the coupling mechanisms between the individual building blocks is essential. In his Ph.D. thesis, he investigated galvanically coupled qubit-resonator systems, demonstrated the phenomenon of ultrastrong coupling, and realized qubit-mediated tunable and switchable coupling between two frequency-degenerate coplanar microwave resonators.
He left WMI in June 2015 to join the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA).