Dr. Raditya Weda Bomantara

Assistant Professor

Brief Research Interests

Topological phases of matter in periodically driven systems and their quantum computing applications

Research Areas

Condensed Matter Theory and Quantum Computing

Lab(s): -

Affiliated Center(s)

Interdisciplinary Research Center for Intelligent Secure Systems

Research Interests

I am interested in exploring novel topological phases that arise in the presence of periodic driving and/or strong interaction effect, as well as their potential advantages as quantum technologies, particularly for the development of the sought-after quantum computers.

Biographical Sketch

Dr Bomantara received his PhD in Physics from National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2017 and did his postdoctoral career at University of Sydney until August 2022. He joined KFUPM as an Assistant Professor of Physics since September 2022.

AWARDS & HONORS

• Outstanding reviewer for Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (2020)
• Participant of the 69^th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Physics.
• Materials Research Society of Singapore medal for the best PhD thesis in NUS Physics Department (2018)
• Valedictorian in NUS AY2017/2018 graduation ceremony
• Full-time Teaching Assistant award for AY15/16, AY16/17, and AY17/18 at NUS
  

KEY PUBLICATIONS:

1. Z. Cheng, R. W. Bomantara (co-first author), H. Xue, W. Zhu, J. Gong, B. Zhang, “Observation of pi/2 modes in an acoustic Floquet system”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 254301 (2022).
2. R. W. Bomantara,” Square-root Floquet topological phases and time crystals”, Phys Rev. B 106, L060305 (2022).
3. R. W. Bomantara, “Quantum repetition codes as building blocks of large-period discrete time crystals”, Phys. Rev. B 104, L180304 (2021).
4. R. W. Bomantara, “Time-induced second-order topological superconductors”, Phys. Rev. Res. 2, 033495 (2020).
5. R. W. Bomantara and J. Gong, “Simulation of non-Abelian braiding in Majorana time crystals”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 230405 (2018).