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My undergraduate research at Rice was in refining the long-range aspects of the ground-state strontium molecular potential via the development of numerical tools to solve the Schrödinger equation. Going forward, my interests lie in the implementation of quantum algorithms on scalable systems – notably arrays of neutral ytterbium-171 Rydberg atoms. Lately I have also developed an interest in programming language design, particularly how one may design a robust language to describe quantum computations.

Pre-prints

Peer-reviewed publications

• W. Huie*, C. Conefrey-Shinozaki*, Z. Jia, P. Draper, and J. P. Covey, “Three-qubit encoding in ytterbium-171 atoms for simulating 1+1D QCD.” Phys. Rev. X Quantum 7, 010327 (2026). [arXiv]
• L. Li, X. Hu, Z. Jia, W. Huie, W. K. C. Sun, Aakash, Y. Dong, N. Hiri-O-Tuppa, J. P. Covey, “Parallelized telecom quantum networking with a ytterbium-171 atom array.” Nat. Phys. (2025). [arXiv]
• Z. Jia, W. Huie, L. Li, W. K. C. Sun, X. Hu, Aakash, H. Kogan, A. Karve, J. Y. Lee, and J. P. Covey, “An architecture for two-qubit encoding in neutral ytterbium-171 atoms.” npj Quantum Information 10, 106 (2024). [arXiv]
• W. Huie, L. Li, N. Chen, X. Hu, Z. Jia, W. K. C. Sun, and J. P. Covey, “Repetitive Readout and Real-Time Control of Nuclear Spin Qubits in ¹⁷¹Yb Atoms.” Phys. Rev. X Quantum 4, 030337 (2023). [arXiv]
• L. Li, W. Huie, N. Chen, B. DeMarco, and J. P. Covey, “Active Cancellation of Servo-Induced Noise on Stabilized Lasers via Feedforward.” Phys. Rev. Applied 18, 064005 (2022). [arXiv]
• N. Chen*, L. Li*, W. Huie*, M. Zhao, I. Vetter, C. Greene, and J. P. Covey, “Analyzing the Rydberg-based optical-metastable-ground architecture for ¹⁷¹Yb nuclear spins.” Phys. Rev. A 105, 052438 (2022). [arXiv]
• W. Huie, S. G. Menon, H. Bernien, and J. P. Covey, “Multiplexed telecommunication-band quantum networking with atom arrays in optical cavities.” Phys. Rev. Research 3, 043154 (2021). [arXiv]
• J. C. Hill, W. Huie, P. Lunia, J. D. Whalen, S. K. Kanungo, Y. Lu, and T. C. Killian, “Photoassociative Spectroscopy of ⁸⁷Sr.” Phys. Rev. A 103, 023111 (2021). [arXiv]
• A. Erwin, K. J. Stone, D. Shelton, I. Hahn, W. Huie, L. A. N. de Paula, N. D. Schmerr, H. J. Paik, and T. C. P. Chui, “Electrostatic frequency reduction: A negative stiffness mechanism for measuring dissipation in a mechanical oscillator at low frequency.” Rev. Sci. Intrum. 92, 015101 (2021).