Conference: Mid-scale RI-EW: Workshop on Building a Nanofabrication Facility for Quantum Science and Engineering

量子科学和工程的进步有望从根本上彻底改变我们社会的各个方面，包括计算、通信、传感和测量科学。支撑未来量子发现的技术和系统，以及设备工程和这些技术的工业转化，将需要新的材料、设备、制造和集成技术。应对这些挑战的关键将是一个专门的、可访问的和专门的纳米制造设施。该奖项将支持一个研讨会，将来自学术界、工业界、国家实验室和政府的广泛专家聚集在一起，讨论和开发专门致力于量子科学和工程的制造和计量设施的要求、建设和运营。将涵盖和讨论的主题包括：(1)量子纳米制造的基本科学动机和基础研究需求；(2)不断增长的量子产业的作用和需求，重点是能够实现集成、封装和可制造性的制造；以及(3)项目执行计划的制定，该计划将为此类纳米制造设施的实施和运营提供指导。研讨会的一个重要成果将是对国家对纳米制造设施的需求的明确描述和共识，以确保美国在量子科学和工程方面的领导地位。重大的、集中的投资已导致量子科学和工程方面的许多突破，但除了实验室实验外，迫切需要新的制造技术和设施，以解决与建立量子硬件相关的许多未知因素。这种硬件预计将涉及在新的和具有挑战性的环境(≤1K，≤10-9 Torr)中对各种材料平台(光子学、半导体、超导电子学、纳米机械系统和冷原子)进行异质集成。要大规模创造未来的量子设备和硬件(例如，最终在量子处理器中制造数百万个量子比特)，将需要新的纳米制造方法、工具和技术，这些方法、工具和技术将超越现有基础设施的重新加工。拟议的研讨会将寻求确定对这种量子纳米制造设施的需求和要求，并解决这种设施的能力、实施和运营问题。这次研讨会成功的关键是新生的量子行业在将新技术整合并转化为刚刚被发现的系统的过程中的参与。同样重要的是，有项目管理和执行经验的个人以及具有设施管理经验的人参与指导未来项目的执行。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Advances in quantum science and engineering promise to fundamentally revolutionize broad aspects of our society, including computing, communications, sensing and measurement science. The technologies and systems that underpin future quantum discovery, as well as device engineering and translation of these technologies to industry, will require new materials, devices, fabrication, and integration techniques. Critical to meeting these challenges will be a dedicated, accessible, and specialized nanofabrication facility. This award will support a workshop to bring together a broad range of experts from academia, industry, national labs, and government to discuss and develop the requirements, construction, and operation of a fabrication and metrology facility uniquely dedicated to quantum science and engineering. Topics to be covered and discussed will include: (1) the underlying scientific motivation and basic research need for quantum nanofabrication; (2) the role and needs of the growing quantum industry with emphasis on fabrication that enables integration, packaging, and manufacturability; and (3) the development of a project execution plan, which would provide guidance for implementation and operation of such a nanofabrication facility. A significant outcome of the workshop will be clear description and consensus on the national needs for a nanofabrication facility to ensure United States leadership in quantum science and engineering.Significant, focused investment has led to many breakthroughs in quantum science and engineering, but beyond laboratory experiments there is a pressing need for new fabrication techniques and facilities to address the many unknowns related to building quantum hardware. This hardware is expected to involve the heterogenous integration of a wide range of material platforms (photonics, semiconductors, superconducting electronics, nano-mechanical systems, and cold atoms) in new and challenging environments (≤1K, ≤10-9 Torr). To create future quantum devices and hardware at scale (e.g. ultimately millions of qubits in a quantum processor) will require new approaches, tools and techniques for nanofabrication that will move beyond the re-tooling of existing infrastructure. The proposed workshop will seek to identify the need and requirements for such a quantum nanofabrication facility and address the capabilities, the implementation, and operation of such a facility. Critical to the success of this workshop will be the involvement of the nascent quantum industry in this process of integrating and translating new technology into systems that are just now being discovered. Equally critical will be the involvement of individuals with experience in project management and execution as well as those with facility management to guide the execution of a future project.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.