Nithya Arunkumar

QTC Scientist

Ph.D. Physics (Experimental Quantum Optics/AMO), NC State University, 2018
M.S. Physics (Optics), University of Massachusetts Lowell, 2010
B.S. Physics, Madras University, 2006

Nithya’s research focuses on NMR spectroscopy using NV centers, optical control of scattering interactions in ultracold atoms, and electromagneticcally induced transparency (EIT)

narunk@umd.edu

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Fun Fact: Nithya cooks specifically Indian food and loves to play tennis. She also has an adorable puppy named Munchkin who she loves to play with!

Notable Publications

Quantum Logic Enhanced Sensing in Solid-State Spin Ensembles. Nithya Arunkumar, Kevin S. Olsson, Jner Tzern Oon, Connor A. Hart, Dominik B. Bucher, David R. Glenn, Mikhail D. Lukin, Hongkun Park, Donhee Ham, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 100801 (2023). link PDF supplement
BibTeX
@article{Arunkumar2023, sort_date = {2023-09-05}, sort_date_type = {journal-publication}, title = {Quantum Logic Enhanced Sensing in Solid-State Spin Ensembles}, author = {Arunkumar, Nithya and Olsson, Kevin S. and Oon, Jner Tzern and Hart, Connor A. and Bucher, Dominik B. and Glenn, David R. and Lukin, Mikhail D. and Park, Hongkun and Ham, Donhee and Walsworth, Ronald L.}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.}, volume = {131}, issue = {10}, pages = {100801}, numpages = {7}, year = {2023}, month = {Sep}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.100801}, url_link = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.100801}, url_pdf = {/files/2023/09/2023_Arunkumar_prl.pdf}, url_supplement = {/files/2023/09/2023_Arunkumar_prl_sup.pdf}, keywords = {quantum-sensing, nmr-mri}, eprint = {2203.12501}, archiveprefix = {arXiv} }

arXiv

Micron-Scale NV-NMR Spectroscopy with Signal Amplification by Reversible Exchange. Nithya Arunkumar, Dominik B. Bucher, Matthew J. Turner, Patrick TomHon, David Glenn, Sören Lehmkuhl, Mikhail D. Lukin, Hongkun Park, Matthew S. Rosen, Thomas Theis, and Ronald L. Walsworth. PRX Quantum 2, 010305 (2021). link PDF
BibTeX
@article{Arunkumar2021, eprint = {2006.03910}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, sort_date = {2021-01-11}, sort_date_type = {journal-publication}, title = {Micron-Scale NV-NMR Spectroscopy with Signal Amplification by Reversible Exchange}, author = {Arunkumar, Nithya and Bucher, Dominik B. and Turner, Matthew J. and TomHon, Patrick and Glenn, David and Lehmkuhl, S\"oren and Lukin, Mikhail D. and Park, Hongkun and Rosen, Matthew S. and Theis, Thomas and Walsworth, Ronald L.}, journal = {PRX Quantum}, volume = {2}, issue = {1}, pages = {010305}, numpages = {12}, year = {2021}, month = {Jan}, comment = {01}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, doi = {10.1103/PRXQuantum.2.010305}, url_pdf = {/files/2021/01/2021_Arunkumar_PRXQuantum.pdf}, url_link = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PRXQuantum.2.010305}, keywords = {quantum-sensing, nmr-mri} }

arXiv

Micron-scale SABRE-enhanced NV-NMR Spectroscopy. Nithya Arunkumar, Dominik B. Bucher, Matthew J. Turner, Patrick TomHon, David Glenn, Soren Lehmkuhl, Mikhail D. Lukin, Hongkun Park, Matthew S. Rosen, Thomas Theis, and Ronald L. Walsworth. arXiv:2006.03910 (2020). PDF
BibTeX
@article{arunkumar2020, sort_date = {2020-06-06}, sort_date_type = {arxiv-submitted}, title = {Micron-scale SABRE-enhanced NV-NMR Spectroscopy}, author = {Nithya Arunkumar and Dominik B. Bucher and Matthew J. Turner and Patrick TomHon and David Glenn and Soren Lehmkuhl and Mikhail D. Lukin and Hongkun Park and Matthew S. Rosen and Thomas Theis and Ronald L. Walsworth}, journal = {arXiv:2006.03910}, year = {2020}, month = {6}, day = {6}, commont = {06}, eprint = {2006.03910}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, primaryclass = {physics.app-ph}, keywords = {nmr-mri, quantum-sensing}, url_link = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2004.01746}, url_pdf = {/files/2020/08/2020_Arunkumar_arXiv.pdf} }

arXiv

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