Alexander Y. Kozhanov

Associate Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Appointments and Affiliations

  • Associate Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Member of the Duke Quantum Center

Contact Information

  • Email Address: alexander.kozhanov@duke.edu

Education

  • M.S. Lomonosov Moscow State Universty (Russia), 2003
  • Ph.D. Lomonosov Moscow State Universty (Russia), 2006
  • University of Maryland, College Park, 2021

Courses Taught

  • VMS 325L: Optics and Photonics
  • PHYSICS 320L: Optics and Photonics
  • ECE 899: Special Readings in Electrical Engineering
  • ECE 524: Introduction to Solid-State Physics
  • ECE 340L: Optics and Photonics

Representative Publications

  • Sterk, J. D., M. G. Blain, M. Delaney, R. Haltli, E. Heller, A. L. Holterhoff, T. Jennings, et al. “Design and fabrication of ion traps for low RF power dissipation.” Avs Quantum Science 8, no. 2 (June 1, 2026). https://doi.org/10.1116/5.0332336.
  • Than, Anton T., Jim Furches, Debopriyo Biswas, Sarah Chehade, Kathleen Hamilton, Bahaa Harraz, Xingxin Liu, et al. “Nonlocal Games as Cross-Platform Quantum Benchmarks: Exceeding unconditional classical bounds on trapped-ion processors,” March 18, 2026.
  • Chen, Zuo-Yao, Isabella Goetting, George Toh, Yichao Yu, Mikhail Shalaev, Sagnik Saha, Ashish Kalakuntla, et al. “Noninvasive mid-circuit measurement and reset on atomic qubits.” Physical Review A 113, no. 1 (January 5, 2026). https://doi.org/10.1103/ct8k-jgsn.
  • Yu, Y., K. Yan, D. Biswas, V. N. Zhang, B. Harraz, C. Noel, C. Monroe, and A. Kozhanov. “In situ midcircuit qubit measurement and reset in a single-species trapped-ion quantum computing system.” Physical Review Research 7, no. 4 (October 1, 2025). https://doi.org/10.1103/qfvd-93lw.
  • Kozhanov, A., Y. Yu, L. Zhukas, L. Feng, D. Biswas, B. Harraz, K. Yan, V. Zhang, C. Noel, and C. Monroe. “Next-generation trapped-ion quantum computing system.” In Quantum 2 0 Proceedings Optica Quantum 2 0 Conference and Exhibition, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1364/QUANTUM.2023.QM3A.2.