possible states of the system • Maintain the quantum coherence of superposition long enough to perform gate operationsChallenges of building quantum computers
The Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems (SQMS) Center is focused on advancing low-loss interconnectivity between quantum processing units (QPUs) to enable scalable quantum computing. In the short term, our goals include the development and optimization of 2D and 3D platforms with remotely entangled modules, refinement in microwave design and control schemes, and the achievement of high-fidelity quantum state transfer between superconducting quantum modules. Looking ahead, we aim to realize modular quantum computing with low-loss interconnects, maximize remote entanglement fidelity and implement robust quantum operations with error correction. We will leverage advanced microwave engineering and material science to optimize the performance of quantum interconnects and the coupling interfaces between the interconnects and the QPUs.
Quantum computing is the lovechild of quantum physics and computer science. In this talk we look at what quantum computation is, why physicists, chemists and computer scientists might want to do it, and where we are today. There are many possible physical architectures for realising a quantum computer, we will focus on optical quantum computing, where the information is encoded and manipulated using single photons. Formany years this was thought to be science-fiction, but with the discovery of measurement-induced nonlinearity there has been an explosion of interest world-wide, and a slew of ”firsts” in demonstration systems. Scaling up from these small systems to a large error-free computer is possible in principle: at first it was thought it would take horrific numbers of ”physical” gates per ”logical” gate. Recently proposed schemes reduce these overhead requirements from the order of 10,000 to 50, and possibly even 1 - great news if you’re an experimentalist! Finally, we will look briefly at some of the scientific and technological challenges ahead, and present our latest experimental results where we build a small optical quantum system for quantum chemistry, calculating the properties of molecular hydrogen to an accuracy of 20 bits.