Towards deterministic atomic scale manufacturing of next-generation quantum devices

迈向下一代量子器件的确定性原子尺度制造

• 批准号: EP/X021963/1
• 负责人: Wenkun Xie
• 金额: $ 26万
• 依托单位: University of Strathclyde
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FX021963%2F1
• 关键词: Towards; deterministic; atomic; scale; manufacturing

The new round of quantum technology (QT) revolution has started worldwide. In the global race to unlock the potential of QTs and bring transformative advances to science, industry, and society, Europe must build a solid manufacturing base to meet the increasing manufacturing demands for next-generation quantum devices. Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) are core elements of photonic integrated circuits to control photonic quantum states for QT applications. Due to high process variability, the current manufacturing technology fails to meet the extreme demands of SNSPDs for uniform material properties of superconducting materials. This project aims at researching and developing a new mechanical approach to enable the deterministic, atomic-scale manufacturing of superconducting nanowires (NWs). This new work will upgrade the EU's manufacturing capabilities of photonic integrated circuits, enabling Europe to lead the new round of the global QT revolution.The fellow is currently an emerging leader at the forefront of international advances in the research and development of Atomic and Close-to-atomic Scale technology. With support from internationally leading expertise (i.e. Focused ion beam(FIB) nanomanufacturing, Precision Manufacturing, and Quantum Technology) in the hosting institution, a timely award of this prestigious fellowship will provide the fellow with the necessary resources and access to expertise to make rapid progress in this emerging research area and become an internationally leading independent researcher in Europe ready to compete globally. An industrial partner will be granted a license by the University of Strathclyde to take the new technology to market within three years of the research programme's completion, addressing a market with an estimated value of over 300 million Euros.

新一轮的量子技术（QT）革命已经在全球范围内开始。在释放量子技术潜力并为科学、工业和社会带来变革性进步的全球竞赛中，欧洲必须建立坚实的制造基础，以满足对下一代量子器件日益增长的制造需求。超导纳米线单光子探测器（SNSPD）是光子集成电路的核心元件，用于控制量子点的量子态。由于高工艺可变性，当前的制造技术无法满足SNSPD对超导材料的均匀材料特性的极端要求。该项目旨在研究和开发一种新的机械方法，以实现超导纳米线（NW）的确定性，原子级制造。这项新工作将提升欧盟的光子集成电路制造能力，使欧洲能够引领新一轮的全球QT革命。该研究员目前是国际原子和近原子尺度技术研发前沿的新兴领导者。在主办机构的国际领先专业知识（即聚焦离子束（FIB）纳米制造，精密制造和量子技术）的支持下，及时授予这一着名的奖学金将为研究员提供必要的资源和获得专业知识，以在这一新兴研究领域取得快速进展，并成为欧洲国际领先的独立研究人员，准备在全球范围内竞争。斯特拉斯克莱德大学将授予一个工业合作伙伴许可证，在研究计划完成后的三年内将新技术推向市场，解决一个估计价值超过3亿欧元的市场。

项目成果

Atomistic insights into bias-induced oxidation on passivated silicon surface through ReaxFF MD simulation

通过 ReaxFF MD 模拟对钝化硅表面偏压诱导氧化的原子洞察

• DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.157253
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Applied Surface Science
• 影响因子: 6.7
• 作者: Gao J