Descrizione del progetto
Rendere i computer quantistici pratici una realtà
La fisica quantistica ha avuto un impatto rivoluzionario sull’industria e sulla società nel secolo scorso, dando vita all’industria dei semiconduttori. Il settore sta dando impulso a una seconda rivoluzione che promette di fornire nuove tecnologie, tra cui il computer quantistico. Una parte importante dei tentativi volti a raggiungere un’informatica quantistica pratica consiste nel rendere scalabile l’elaborazione delle informazioni quantistiche. Riconoscendo questo, il progetto QUDOT-TECH, finanziato nell’ambito del programma Marie Skłodowska-Curie, costruirà la prima piattaforma al mondo per l’elaborazione integrata delle informazioni quantistiche, una pietra miliare potenzialmente equivalente al transistor al silicio. Sfruttando le tecnologie di informazione quantistica più mature, il progetto supererà gli ostacoli al problema della scalabilità dei dispositivi quantistici.
Obiettivo
Quantum physics has had a revolutionary impact on industry and society in the past century, giving birth to the semiconductor industry and the resulting first generation of quantum devices (computers, TVs, smartphones etc.). Whereas semiconductor physics has arisen from quantum science, the engineering principles of these first generation devices have remained anchored on classical physics. We are presently at the verge of a second revolution of quantum science, where quantum engineering based on direct exploitation of fundamental quantum mechanical abilities such as superposition and entanglement promises entire new technologies for society. However, lack of scalability of quantum information (QI) technology remains the fundamental technical challenge preventing most QI technologies from becoming a reality - a critical bottleneck to which a new generation of researchers is urgently needed. In QUDOT-TECH we build from the semiconductor QD - the most mature QI technology - and propose a solution to the scalability obstacle in the form of a quantum network based on QDs coupled efficiently to each other using optical waveguides. We will construct the world’s first platform for fully integrated on-chip QI processing, a cornerstone potentially equivalent to the silicon transistor in the first generation of quantum devices. As this is frontier research, current doctoral research programmes do not provide the required interdisciplinary skillset and the entrepreneurial-like mind-set required to secure application-oriented breakthroughs within the QI field. Hereto, we have gathered the best European academic and industrial partners to train 15 ESRs to an outstanding level, where they can act as Europe’s future leaders within QI technology. The QUDOT-TECH ESRs will fill in a much needed link between academia and industry and will make the new technology widely available through one or more spin-out companies - ultimately propelling Europe to leadership at the global scale.
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- natural sciencesphysical sciencesquantum physics
- social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical transitionsrevolutions
- natural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicssemiconductivity
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsmobile phones
- natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrymetalloids
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MSCA-ITN - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN)Coordinatore
2800 Kongens Lyngby
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