ExpandQISE: Track 2: Neutral Atom Based Quantum Information Processing

非技术描述：信息技术是现代科学技术的主要推动力，在过去的一个世纪中推动了人类文明的发展。量子信息技术建立在叠加和纠缠等量子力学基本原理的基础上，可以解决当前经典信息技术难以解决的重要问题。该中心的研究预计将彻底改变计算和通信技术，并产生深远的社会影响。美国量子信息技术发展的成功需要建立一个富有成效和持续的量子信息科学与工程（QISE）社区，该社区涉及许多美国研究、教育和劳动力发展机构。该项目扩展了德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校（UT-Dallas）目前的小规模量子研究工作，以建立一个强大的QISE社区，为德克萨斯州和美国服务。该项目的重点研究和教育内容包括：1)基于控制冷原子的量子网络、传感和模拟研究；ii)聘请多名教师和长期的机构支持；（三）设立QISE本科辅修和研究生硕士点；iv)通过与工业伙伴和建立的全国性量子信息中心合作，开展量子劳动力发展和推广活动。这些活动促进了尖端量子技术的发展，同时为从K-12到研究生院的学生提供教育和培训，使他们成为发展美国可持续量子信息技术未来所需的量子科学家和工程师。技术描述：冷中性原子由于其精细的控制和可重复性，已经成为各种量子信息处理任务的主要竞争者，但仍然面临许多挑战，例如结合多个设置来构建改进的量子传感器网络，实现模拟原子量子信息处理。该项目的目标是在德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校建立一个基于中性原子量子平台的QISE研究和教育中心。该项目包括三个研究重点：i)光学镊子阵列中带有中性原子的传感器量子网络；ii)利用超冷原子物理的原子电子学方法模拟量子信号处理和传感；iii)中尺度中性原子量子计算机的量子模拟与计算。这些研究项目可以通过构建强大的中性原子量子传感器网络来探测非局部物理量，设计用于模拟量子信号处理的新型原子电子电路，以及利用多体物理和量子电路设计技术来理解复杂的量子动力学，从而显著推进QISE领域的发展。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Non-Technical description:Information technology is a major driving force of modern science and technology, having advanced human civilization throughout the past century. Quantum information technology, built upon fundamental quantum mechanics principles such as superposition and entanglement, can solve important problems that are intractable with current classical information technology. This center research is anticipated to revolutionize computing and communication technology with far-reaching societal impacts. The success of quantum information technology development in the US demands the establishment of a productive and sustained quantum information science and engineering (QISE) community that involves many US institutes for research, education, and workforce development. This project expands the current small-scale quantum research efforts at the University of Texas at Dallas (UT-Dallas) to establish a robust QISE community to serve Texas and the US. Key research and education components of the project include: i) Quantum network, sensing, and simulation research based on controlling cold atoms; ii) Multiple faculty hires and long-term institutional support; iii) Establishment of QISE undergraduate minor and graduate Master programs; and iv) Quantum workforce development and outreach activities through collaborations with industrial partners and established nationwide quantum information centers. These activities enable the development of cutting-edge quantum technology while providing education and training for students, from K-12 to graduate school, to become the quantum scientists and engineers needed to develop a sustainable quantum information technology future of the US.Technical description:Cold neutral atoms have emerged as a prime contender for various quantum information processing tasks due to exquisite control and reproducibility, but still face many challenges, such as combining multiple setups to build improved quantum sensor networks and realizing analog atomic quantum information processing. The goal of this project is to build a QISE research and education hub at UT-Dallas based on neutral atom quantum platforms. The project includes three research thrusts: i) Quantum networks of sensors with neutral atoms in optical tweezer arrays; ii) Analog quantum signal processing and sensing using an atomtronics approach with ultracold atomic physics; iii) Quantum simulation and computation with intermediate scale neutral atom quantum computers. These research projects can significantly advance the field of QISE through building a powerful neutral atom quantum sensor network for probing non-local physical quantities, engineering novel atomtronics circuits for analog quantum signal processing, and understanding complex quantum dynamics utilizing many-body physics and quantum circuit design techniques.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.