CAREER: Ion-Trap "Integrated Circuit" Technology for Quantum Information Processor

智力价值这项提案提出了一个职业发展计划，将研究和教育结合在一起，主题是囚禁离子量子信息处理器(QIP)的硬件系统开发。为了实现这一目标，提出了系统级设计和使能技术开发的关键研究活动。以性能要求和可用技术为界限的系统设计和优化应是这项工作的一个持续过程。预计，提供量子比特操纵所需的大量精确定制激光的MoEM系统将是一个关键的缺失技术组件。为此目的而优化的功能集成MOEMS技术的实验开发被提议作为该提议的主要活动。集成MOEMS的技术平台将在科学和工程研究的其他领域找到各种令人兴奋的应用，包括集成原子钟、惯性传感器、光通信元件和集成光传感器。建立一个拥有不同专业知识的研究人员网络，将是未来创新和研究活动的宝贵来源。教育部分是尝试在各级工程教育中引入旨在激发创造力的新模式，最终将提高工程专业学生的职业前景。本科生课程开发工作将集中于在工程教育的早期阶段开发基于项目的实验室经验。量子信息等基础主题将激励学生，而项目将使学生在技术内容之外接触团队合作和领导力等非技术性主题。研究生课程将强调将尖端技术整合到实际系统设计中的工程原理。PI和该机构(杜克大学)在培养女性和少数族裔工程师方面有着成功的记录，并将继续扩大她们的研究和教育机会。这些活动将促进物理学家和工程师在这方面的合作：历史上，这种合作在成功应用新物理发现的每一个关键时刻都发挥了关键作用。从长远来看，在拥有各种技术组件的专家之间形成合作努力，以实现QIP，也将是该计划成功的关键因素。

Intellectual MeritThis proposal presents a career development plan for integrating research and education on the topic of hardware system development for trapped ion quantum information processors(QIPs). Toward this goal, critical research activities for system-level design and enablingtechnology development are proposed. System design and optimization bounded by performancerequirements and available technology should be an on-going process in this effort. It is anticipated that a MOEM system that delivers the large number of precisely tailored laser beams required for qubit manipulation will be a critical missing technology component. Experimental development of functionally integrated MOEMS technology optimized for this purpose is proposed as the main activity of the proposal.Broader Impacts. The technology platform for integrated MOEMS will find a variety of excitingapplications in other areas of science and engineering research, including integrated atomic clocks, inertial sensors, optical communication elements and integrated optical sensors. A network of researchers with diverse expertise established will be valuable source of future innovation and research initiatives.The educational component is an attempt to introduce a new paradigm for engineering education at all levels aimed at stimulating creativity, and ultimately will enhance the career prospects of the engineering students. The undergraduate curriculum development effort will concentrate on developing project-based laboratory experience at early stages of engineering education. Fundamental topics, like quantum information, will motivate the students while the projects will be managed to expose students to non-technical topics like teamwork and leadership on top of technical contents. The graduate courses will emphasize engineering principles for integrating cutting-edge technology into a practical system design.The PI and the institution (Duke University) has successful track record of educating female andminority engineers, and will continue to expand research and educational opportunities for them.These activities will stimulate collaboration between physicists and engineers on this front: historically, such collaboration played a critical role in every juncture of successful application of new physical discoveries. Forming a collaborative effort among experts with various technology components to realize a QIP in the long run will also be an important element critical to the success of the program.