Canada Excellence Research Chair in Quantum Information Processing

加拿大量子信息处理卓越研究主席

• 批准号: 1000215284-2017
• 负责人: Cory, David
• 金额: $ 8.5万
• 依托单位: University of Waterloo
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Canada Excellence Research Chairs
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=642898
• 关键词: Canada; Excellence; Research; Chair; Quantum

Quantum Information Processing (QIP) is a new technological paradigm that uses the laws of quantum physics to manipulate information. Quantum physics poses the fundamental limits to information processing. By building quantum computers, quantum communication systems, quantum sensors and actuators, we effectively reach the ultimate limits in power and accuracy. For many tasks this quantum limit far exceeds the capacities of devices that are constrained to function by the classical laws of physics. The Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at the University of Waterloo (UW) brings together scientists and engineers in an international center of excellence for QIP research. Professor Cory’s addition to IQC/UW will provide the centre with a path to realizing useful quantum processors. The next step in the development of quantum information processing is to engineer practical quantum sensors and actuators. These will be the tools for navigating and controlling the microscopic quantum world. They will form the building blocks for future quantum computers. Professor Cory’s research interests are to develop and implement the engineering necessary to realize these first generation quantum devices. Over the past few years his group has demonstrated quantum actuators in which coherent control of photons or electron spins are used to have coherent control over a larger pool of nuclear spins. They have shown that such control can be improved through quantum error correction, and they have introduced the concepts of entanglement-assisted metrology as a means of employing quantum entanglement to improve the sensitivity and precision of a measurement. At IQC Professor Cory will build a unique experimental facility to design, fabricate and deploy quantum devices. A novel feature of his work has been to realize that QIP can provide immediate societal benefits. During this project we will develop new methods for interferometry, single spin measurement and gyroscopes based on QIP.

量子信息处理(QIP)是一种利用量子物理定律处理信息的新技术范式。量子物理对信息处理提出了基本的限制。通过建造量子计算机、量子通信系统、量子传感器和执行器，我们有效地达到了功率和精度的极限。对于许多任务来说，这个量子极限远远超过了受经典物理定律约束的设备的能力。滑铁卢大学(UW)量子计算研究所(IQC)将科学家和工程师聚集在一个国际卓越的量子计算研究中心。 科里教授加入IQC/UW将为该中心提供一条实现有用量子处理器的途径。 量子信息处理发展的下一步是设计实用的量子传感器和执行器。这些将是导航和控制微观量子世界的工具。它们将构成未来量子计算机的基石。科里教授的研究兴趣是开发和实施实现这些第一代量子设备所需的工程。在过去的几年里，他的团队展示了量子致动器，在这种致动器中，光子或电子自旋的相干控制被用来对更大的核自旋池进行相干控制。他们已经证明，这种控制可以通过量子误差校正来改善，他们还引入了纠缠辅助计量的概念，作为一种利用量子纠缠来提高测量灵敏度和精度的手段。在IQC，科里教授将建造一个独特的实验设施来设计、制造和部署量子设备。他的工作的一个新特点是认识到QIP可以提供直接的社会效益。在这个项目中，我们将开发基于QIP的干涉测量、单自旋测量和陀螺仪的新方法。