About Me
Hello!/Bonjour!/नमस्ते!/કેમ છો? I'm Dharmik. I am currently a graduate student in physics at the University of Ottawa. I was previously at the University of Toronto where I completed my undergraduate studies in mathematics and physics. My primary interests lie in theoretical quantum optics and information, with a focus on photonic quantum computing. I did my undergraduate thesis work in this area under the supervision of Prof. John Sipe and Dr. Colin Vendromin, and my current advisor is Prof. Khabat Heshami at the NRC.
I was born in Vadodara and had stints in China and Thailand before I moved back to what I consider home: Ahmedabad.
You can view my current CV here: Curriculum Vitae (last updated January 2026)
Research
My research interests span across quantum physics, from foundations to information processing. I am especially interested in using ideas from mathematics to explore new perspectives and develop new tools in quantum optics and information.
Current Projects
Highly Wigner negative states and applications
Generating highy non-Gaussian states and hybrid cluster states for measurement-based photonic quantum computing.
Past Projects
Analogue black hole simulation
Creating analogue black holes as vortices in a rapidly rotating electromagnetically driven ferrofluid medium.
Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies
Spectroscopic analysis and characterization of distant galaxies comprised almost entirely of dark matter.
Cosmic censorship conjectures
Historical development and modern formulations of the cosmic censorship conjectures.
Rotational bosonic codes from non-Gaussian resource states
Looking at the error correction properties of bosonic codes exhibiting discrete rotational symmetry via non-Gaussian resource states.
Notes, Posters, and Slides
Over the years, I've started the writing of notes on various things. I say started because I am absolutely terrible about finishing them. Here are the rare few that I have managed to make somewhat complete, and beware -- there are probably typos galore. If you find any of these helpful or somewhat interesting, please shoot me a message. It's always nice to know something you created has found some use to someone else!
My undergraduate thesis: A unique representation for the unitary time evolution operator of an N-mode Hamiltonian. (Oral examination presentation slides).
My final project for APM426 (General Relativity) at UofT: A review of the cosmic censorship conjectures.
Notes on constructing discretized Hamiltonians for SFWM processes (still under construction!): Building a dual pump SFWM interaction.
Notes on the Louisell-Heffner transformation (still under construction!): The Louisell-Heffner Method.
Notes on quantum error correction (still under construction!): Quantum Error Correction.
Talk given at the uOttawa/NRC PQuIP group seminar: Nonlinear Generation of Gaussian States.
Miscellaneous
Contact
Get in Touch
You can email me at the address below:
Department of Physics
University of Ottawa
150 Louis-Pasteur Pvt
Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada