Affiliations

• Materials Science and Engineering

Education Profile

• Postdoctoral Fellow. Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology(2021 - 2024)
• Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (2020)
• B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University (2015)

Research Interests

Prof. Almutlaq’s research focuses on advancing quantum sensing and communication by integrating single-photon emitters with photonic and electronic platforms. As the head of the Quantum Photonics Lab (QPL), she develops scalable quantum systems by designing and fabricating cryo-compatible CMOS and photonic integrated circuits (PICs) for heterogeneous device integration. She explores new methodologies for incorporating diamond-based quantum microchiplets (QMCs) into foundry-compatible platforms, enabling automation and high-throughput quantum measurements. By combining advanced nanofabrication, cryogenic spectroscopy and system-level integration, her work contributes to scalable quantum technologies for next-generation quantum networking and sensing applications.

Selected Publications

• Almutlaq J, Liu Y, Mir WJ, Sabatini RP, Englund D, Bakr OM, et al. Engineering colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals for quantum information processing. Nat Nanotechnol. 2024

• Dyck O, Almutlaq J, Lingerfelt D, Swett JL, Oxley MP, Huang B, et al. Direct imaging of electron density with a scanning transmission electron microscope. Nat Commun. 2023

• Almutlaq J, Kelley KP, Choi H, Li L, Lawrie B, Dyck O, et al. Closed-loop electron-beam-induced spectroscopy and nanofabrication around individual quantum emitters. Nanophotonics. 2024

• Almutlaq J, Mir WJ, Gutiérrez-Arzaluz L, Yin J, Vasylevskyi S, Maity P, et al. CsMnBr3: Lead-Free Nanocrystals with High Photoluminescence Quantum Yield and Picosecond Radiative Lifetime. ACS Materials Letters. 2021

• Chen Q, Wu J, Ou X, Huang B, Almutlaq J, Zhumekenov AA, et al. All-inorganic perovskite nanocrystal scintillators. Nature. 2018