QTM Lab Quantum Technologies and Metamaterials Lab

Florida International University

QTM Lab

Quantum Technologies and Metamaterials Lab

QTM Lab engineers waveform- and metamaterial-enabled electromagnetic systems for quantum hardware, precision sensing, and photonic control. We combine complex-frequency electrodynamics, cryogenic quantum interfaces, metasurfaces, and reproducible computation to move ideas from wave physics to deployable devices.

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Quantum Technologies and Metamaterials Lab at FIU.
200+ peer-reviewed publications
59 h-index
14,554 citations as of May 5, 2026
111 i10-index
$1.4M+ awarded external, fellowship, and in-kind support
FIU quantum-computing curriculum launched
Portrait of Prof. Aleksandr Krasnok

Led by Prof. Aleksandr Krasnok

Prof. Krasnok is an FIU assistant professor, QTM Lab director, Co-Director of the FIU Quantum Initiative, IEEE Senior Member, and author of 200+ peer-reviewed publications across Science, Nature, Physical Review Letters, nanophotonics, metamaterials, and quantum hardware.

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Funding and Support

Selected active, awarded, and recent support includes DOE MSRC/MEERCAT El-Pho, ONR nanoscale coatings research, NSF I-Corps Meta-MRI, AFOSR complex-frequency plasma research, Intelligence Community postdoctoral fellowship support, IonQ quantum compute credits, and NVIDIA GPU compute resources.

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Research Snapshot

QTM Lab connects photonics, electromagnetics, quantum technologies, cryogenic systems, metasurfaces, and applied engineering.

Complex-frequency electrodynamics and non-Hermitian scattering

Pole-zero engineering, waveform design, and resonant scattering beyond steady-state bounds.

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Quantum control and quantum-hardware diagnostics

Control protocols, diagnostics, and modeling workflows for quantum devices and platforms.

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Circuit/cavity QED and photonic interfaces

Superconducting, microwave, and photonic interfaces for quantum information systems.

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Nanophotonics, metasurfaces, and reconfigurable antennas

Mie resonators, metasurfaces, polaritonic media, antennas, and active electromagnetic structures.

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Quantum sensing, cryogenic sensing, and applied metrology

Cryogenic wireless sensing, NV-diamond magnetometry, and field-control metasurfaces for measurement.

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Computational electromagnetics and quantum simulation

Full-wave simulation, GPU/HPC workflows, QuTiP, Qiskit, and reproducible research pipelines.

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About QTM Lab

The Quantum Technologies and Metamaterials Lab at FIU develops theoretical, computational, and experimental tools to control light–matter interaction, resonant wave systems, quantum hardware interfaces, and metamaterial-enabled sensing. The lab connects photonics, electromagnetics, quantum technologies, cryogenic systems, metasurfaces, and applied engineering.

Selected papers highlighting complex-frequency wave physics, scattering, quantum systems, and nanophotonics.

  1. S. Kim, A. Krasnok, and A. Alù, “Complex-frequency excitations in photonics and wave physics,” Science 387, eado4128 (2025).
  2. S. Kim, S. Lepeshov, A. Krasnok, and A. Alù, “Beyond bounds on light scattering with complex frequency excitations,” Physical Review Letters 129, 203601 (2022).
  3. A. Krasnok et al., “Anomalies in light scattering,” Advances in Optics and Photonics 11, 892–951 (2019).
  4. A. Krasnok et al., “Coherently enhanced wireless power transfer,” Physical Review Letters 120, 143901 (2018).
  5. A. Krasnok et al., “Superconducting microwave cavities and qubits for quantum information systems,” Applied Physics Reviews 11, 011301 (2024).
  6. Q. Zhang et al., “Interface nano-optics with van der Waals polaritons,” Nature 597, 187–195 (2021).
  7. G. Hu et al., “Topological polaritons and photonic magic angles in twisted α-MoO3 bilayers,” Nature 582, 209–213 (2020).

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Selected Cover Art

Selected published work recognized with journal cover features.

Materials Today cover from 2019
Materials Today, 2019
ACS Photonics cover from June 2020
ACS Photonics, 2020
Advanced Materials cover from 2021
Advanced Materials, 2021
Laser and Photonics Reviews cover from January 2017
Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2017
Small journal cover from 2019
Small, 2019

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Recent News

Awards, support, publications, events, and lab milestones.

2026: FIU Presidential Excellence Award Prof. Krasnok received FIU Presidential Excellence recognition.
2026: NVIDIA Academic Grant Program GPU compute award QTM Lab received GPU compute support for simulation and computational workflows.
2025: DOE MSRC/MEERCAT El-Pho support FIU-supported El-Pho work advances quantum, photonic, and materials research directions.
2025: FIU Qiskit Fall Fest organized by QTM Lab The lab organized a quantum-computing event for students and the FIU community.
2025: Complex-frequency excitations review published in Science A review on complex-frequency excitations in photonics and wave physics appeared in Science.
2024: Leopold B. Felsen Award for Excellence in Electrodynamics Prof. Krasnok received the Leopold B. Felsen Award for Excellence in Electrodynamics.

FIU Quantum Initiative

QTM Lab contributes to FIU-wide quantum education, research, workforce development, and partnerships.

Honors Snapshot

  • FIU Presidential Excellence Award, 2026
  • FIU Top Scholar Award, 2025
  • Leopold B. Felsen Award for Excellence in Electrodynamics, 2024
  • IEEE Senior Member
  • Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientist recognition, 2021–2025
  • Early-Career Award in Nanophotonics, 2021