MITAS: Miniaturised Ion Trap Atomic Source

未来20年将迎来“第二次量子革命”，技术和设备的广泛出现，利用叠加和纠缠的特性，在最小尺度上控制光和物质的动力学。所有量子技术中最具破坏性的可能是量子计算，它允许有效计算各种传统计算机无法有效解决的问题，包括搜索大型数据库，航空航天应用中的先进材料设计和药物发现。英国目前在量子计算硬件和软件的开发方面发挥着主导作用，并在这些领域培养了广泛的专业知识。该项目旨在开发一个紧凑的真空系统，包括用于离子阱量子计算机的集成原子源。开发大型量子计算机的具体挑战之一是生产设备及其子组件所需的高水平工程。该项目旨在使用可扩展技术在工业环境中开发离子阱量子计算机的关键子组件。该项目的成功实施将巩固英国工业在新兴国际量子计算市场中的地位，并允许未来开发高度集成的系统。

The next 20 years are poised to see the "second quantum revolution", with the widespread emergence of technologies and devices, leveraging the properties of superposition and entanglement which govern the dynamics of light and matter at the smallest scales. Potentially most disruptive of all quantum technologies is quantum computing, which permits the efficient computation of a variety of problems that are effectively intractable with conventional computers, including searching large databases, advanced materials design in aerospace applications and pharmaceutical drug discovery. The UK is currently taking a leading role in the development of both hardware and software for quantum computing, and has fostered a wide base of expertise in these areas. This project aims to develop a compact vacuum system complete with integrated atomic source for use within ion trap quantum computers. One of the specific challenges on the road to developing a large quantum computer is the high level of engineering required to produce the devices and their subcomponents. This project seeks to develop a key subcomponent for an ion trap quantum computer within an industrial setting using scalable techniques. The successful execution of this project will bolster UK industry's position within the emerging international market in quantum computing and permit the future development of highly integrated systems.