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This article reports on a physics student's breakthrough in designing terahertz transmission lines using van der Waals quantum materials, a core advancement for quantum communication hardware. Her work directly addresses the challenge of manipulating quantum states at ultrafast timescales, which is essential for scaling future quantum networks. The research represents significant progress in the intersection of material science and quantum information processing infrastructure.
Columbia Physics student unlocks quantum THz transmission line designs, wins prize

Kateryna Kusyak, a fifth-year Physics Ph.D. student at Columbia University, won the Klaus von Klitzing Prize for her thesis on THz transmission line designs.
Kateryna Kusyak, a fifth-year Physics PhD candidate at Columbia University, has won the Klaus von Klitzing Prize for the best thesis for her research. Born in Lviv, Ukraine, and raised in Hamburg, Germany, a city with more bridges than any other in the world, Kusyak blends a background in nanoscience with a current focus on quantum materials. “I look at how different wavelengths of light change the intrinsic properties…
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