Controlling Anisotropy in Interactions of Ultracold Atoms and Molecules for Quantum Information Processing

获奖科学项目的智力价值是利用超冷极性分子和高磁性原子开发和表征量子计算的实际方面。对它们内部和外部自由度的精细控制应该使这些原子或分子的规则阵列能够形成可扩展的量子信息处理器。更广泛的影响是，超冷原子和分子为开发新的精密测量工具（如光学原子和分子钟）提供了机会，使人们能够寻找标准模型之外的新物理理论，并提高对凝聚态现象的理解，如巨磁阻（用于改进数据存储和处理）和超导性（用于完全有效的电力传输）。

Intellectual merit of the awarded scientific project is the development and characterization of practical aspects of quantum computing with ultracold polar molecules and highly-magnetic atoms. Exquisite control over their internal and external degrees of freedom should enable regular arrays of these atoms or molecules to form a scalable quantum information processor. The broader impact is that ultracold atoms and molecules open opportunities for the development of new tools for precision measurement such as optical atomic and molecular clocks, enabling to search for new theories of physics beyond the Standard Model, and improved understanding of condensed matter phenomena such as colossal magnetoresistance (for improved data storage and processing) and superconductivity (for perfectly efficient electric power transmission).