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Syed Shah

CNLS Postdoctoral Research Associate
T-4

Nonlinear Optics, Quantum Information, Artificial Intelligence and Science of Signatures

Office: TA-3, Bldg 1690, Room 0
Mail Stop: B258
Email: shah@lanl.gov
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Shah works at the intersection of optics, photonics, chemical physics and quantum information; where, photons probe molecular mysteries, and where theoretical constructs evolve into real-world tools. Shah is interested in solving problems that resist siloed thinking. His expertise spans a variety of topics, including machine learning, quantum optics, chemical physics, spectroscopy, and artificial intelligence for science. At CNLS, Shah is working on topics including optical meta surfaces, light-matter interaction, quantum information/control and artificial intelligence.

Talks at CNLS:

Jun 1st, 2022 - Seminar: Computational and Machine Learning Solutions for Nonlinear Spectroscopic Response
Jun 1st, 2023 - Postdoc Seminar: Shining light on the specter of intra-material properties
Apr 11th, 2024 - Postdoc Seminar: Plasmonic Nano-Structures: from linear to nonlinear properties.
Dec 19th, 2024 - Postdoc Seminar: From Nanoparticles to Qubits: Explorations in Nonlinear Plasmonics and Quantum System Control
Jun 5th, 2025 - Postdoc Seminar: Adventures in Optics: From Surface Science to Quantum Devices

Educational Background/Employment:

PhD Chemistry in chemical physics & spectroscopy, University of Houston (2020)
LUMS University Pakistan with Major in Physics and Minor in Computer Sciences
Employment:
- Postdoc at CNLS/T-4 (2022-Present)
- Postdoc at University of Houston (2020-2022

Research Interests:

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Non-linear Optics and Photonics
Quantum Information
Chemical Physics

Selected Recent Publications:

S. A. Shah, S. Baldelli. Vibrational Ground-State depletion for enhanced resolution sum frequency generation microscopy (2022) 10.1016/j.cplett.2021.139252
H. Li, S. A. Shah, A. R. S. Kandada, C. Silva, A. Piryatinski, E. R. Bittner. The Optical Signatures of Stochastic Processes in Many-Body Exciton Scattering (2022) 10.48550/arXiv.2207.02128
S. A. Shah, S. Baldelli. Chemical imaging of surfaces with sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (2020) 10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00057
S. A. Shah, H. Vali, D. Okaue, K. Fukui, D. S. Yang, S. Baldelli. Surface Structure Characterization of Rubrene(001) Single Crystal with Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy and Reflection High-Energy Electron Diffraction (2025) 10.1063/5.0236513

CNLS Publications:

Baker, Luke Silas; Shah, Syed Alamdar Hussain; Zlotnik, Anatoly V.; Piryatinski, Andrei. Robust Quantum Gate Preparation in Open Environments. 2024 10.48550/arXiv.2405.13626
Clark, Michael Robert; Shah, Syed Alamdar Hussain; Piryatinski, Andrei; Sukharev, Maxim. Harnessing Complexity: Nonlinear Optical Phenomena in L-Shapes, Nanocrescents, and Split-Ring Resonators. 2024 10.1063/5.0220079
Suzuki, Fumika; Shah, Syed Alamdar Hussain; Dalvit, Diego Alejandro Roberto; Arndt, Markus. Requirements for probing chiral Casimir-Polder forces in a molecular Talbot-Lau interferometer. 2024 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.023145
Shah, Syed Alamdar Hussain; Clark, Michael Robert; Zyss, Joseph; Sukharev, Maxim, et al. Interplay of gain and loss in arrays of nonlinear plasmonic nanoparticles toward parametric downconversion and amplification. Optics Letters 2023 10.48550/arXiv.2312.06897
Piryatinski, Andrei; Bittner, Eric R.; Shah, Syed Alamdar Hussain; Li, Hao, et al. Correlated noise enhances coherence and fidelity in coupled qubits. Philosophical Magazine 2023 10.48550/arXiv.2308.00841
Shah, Syed Alamdar Hussain; Li, Hao; Bittner, Eric R; Silva, Carlos, et al. QuDPy: A Python-based Tool For Computing Ultrafast Non-linear Optical Responses. 2023 10.1016/j.cpc.2023.108891

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