RUI Collaboration: Modeling Quantum Logic Operations with Ultra-cold Atoms in Optical Lattices

这项理论研究计划将由乔治亚南方大学的研究人员与马里兰大学学院公园分校(UMCP)、国家标准与技术研究所(NIST)和英国谢菲尔德大学的研究人员合作进行，将研究在激光和磁场的操纵下，超冷原子如何能够作为“量子计算机”运行。我们将研究被称为玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚态的超冷原子混合物的动力学。玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚态是指大量原子的物质波形状都相同的状态。该项目将通过保持美国南方大学本科院校(GA Southern)、国家实验室(NIST)和国际合作伙伴(谢菲尔德)之间的既定合作，加强研究和教育的基础设施。将通过在佐治亚州南部大学校园内组织一次杰出系列讲座来实现广泛传播，以增进对科学和技术的了解。最后，对在实验实现的光学晶格系统上实现量子电路的整个过程进行建模，是朝着开发实用的量子计算设备迈出的重要一步。这样的设备将在互联网和国土安全领域产生重大的社会效益。

This theoretical research program, to be performed by researchers at GeorgiaSouthern University in collaboration with researchers at the University of Maryland at College Park (UMCP), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom, will study ways in which ultra-cold atoms, manipulated by lasers and magnetic fields, can operate as a "quantum computer". The dynamics of mixtures of ultra-cold atoms, in states known as Bose-Einstein condensates - states where the matter-wave shapes of a large collection of atoms are all the same - will be studied. The project will enhance the infrastructure for research and education by maintaining an established collaboration among a U.S. undergraduate institution (GA Southern), a national laboratory (NIST), and an international partner (Sheffield). Broad dissemination to enhance scientific and technological understanding will be accomplished by organizing a Distinguished Lecture Series on the campus at Georgia Southern University. Finally, modeling the entire process of implementing a quantum circuit on an experimentally realized optical lattice system represents a significant step toward the development of a practical quantum?computational device. Such a device would have major societal benefits in the areas of internet and homeland security.