Fabrication and Characterization of Quantum Nanostructures

量子纳米结构的制造和表征

• 批准号: 580935-2022
• 负责人: Bassim, NabilN
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: McMaster University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=758203
• 关键词: Fabrication; Characterization; Quantum; Nanostructures

Light particles (photons), can, at the single photon level, exist in multiple energy states at the same time. When harnessed properly, this would allow us to build new computers (called quantum computers) that are much faster than conventional computers which rely on information storage based on the charge of electrons. To envisage a new class of efficient and reliable quantum computers, we need excellent materials. By making very thin materials and controlling how light interacts with them, we might be able to write, read and store quantum information. We will use advanced microscopes to make and image these materials, in collaboration with our physics colleagues at the University of Iowa, who will grow and measure the quantum properties of these very thin materials. The technological advancement and knowledge acquired to do this will help Canada develop a new class of quantum technologies and platforms. Successful demonstration of hybrid quantum qubits will lay a strong foundation for the quantum technologies Canada strives to develop.The ultimate benefit of quantum computers and being able to harness quantum states of light reliably in a computer is the ability to develop devices that could help with such computational challenges as cryptography and cybersecurity, biology and chemical simulations to design new molecules and reactions, all important for Canadian welfare and security.

光粒子（光子）可以在单光子水平上同时存在于多个能量状态中。如果利用得当，这将使我们能够建造新的计算机（称为量子计算机），它比传统计算机快得多，传统计算机依赖于基于电子电荷的信息存储。为了设想一种新型的高效可靠的量子计算机，我们需要优秀的材料。通过制造非常薄的材料并控制光与它们相互作用的方式，我们可能能够写入，读取和存储量子信息。我们将使用先进的显微镜来制造和成像这些材料，与我们在爱荷华州大学的物理学同事合作，他们将生长和测量这些非常薄的材料的量子特性。为此获得的技术进步和知识将有助于加拿大开发新的量子技术和平台。混合量子比特的成功演示将为加拿大努力开发的量子技术奠定坚实的基础。量子计算机的最终好处以及能够在计算机中可靠地利用光的量子态是能够开发出有助于解决密码学和网络安全等计算挑战的设备，生物学和化学模拟设计新分子和反应，这对加拿大的福利和安全都很重要。