People Biography

Mohammed Alqedra is a scientist at the Qatar Center for Quantum Computing (QC2) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, where he leads the development of rare-earth-ion quantum memories. His research focuses on quantum memories, telecom-wavelength quantum light sources, and their applications in quantum networks over deployed fiber infrastructure.
He obtained his PhD in Physics from Lund University in 2022, where he developed Stark-controlled noise-free atomic frequency comb memory protocols in rare-earth-doped crystals and contributed to establishing an experimental platform for cavity-enhanced light–matter interaction and single-ion detection. He then joined the Quantum Nano Photonics group at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm as a postdoctoral researcher, where he demonstrated the first telecom O-band entanglement from nanowire quantum dots and carried out entanglement-based clock synchronization over the Stockholm metropolitan fiber network in collaboration with Ericsson.
Alongside his academic work, Dr. Alqedra is an entrepreneur active in translating quantum photonics research into instrumentation. He is the founder of PolariQ AB, a KTH spin-off commercializing quantum polarization measurement and control techniques, and previously served as Senior Research Scientist at Quantum Scopes AB.