Quantum Science and Device Facility (QSDF)

量子力学既神秘又强大。在一个非常基本的层面上，我们的世界以一种奇怪的方式运行，违背了我们的常识。探索这个奇异的世界提供了丰富的途径来提高我们对物理学基础的理解，并利用这种行为来开发强大的新量子技术。该项目将建立一个英国首个设施——量子科学与设备设施（QSDF）——供研究人员探索量子世界的关键方面。更具体地说，将科学样品冷却到接近绝对零度的温度，并研究材料、超导体、光物质相互作用的量子特性，以及利用每种类型系统提供的优势的重要混合设备。我们将与国内和国际合作者和合作伙伴一起实现这一愿景，我们将使该设施能够授权和利用更广泛的英国社区的潜力。该设施可能产生的关键科学例子包括：为由超导电路组成的强大新型量子计算机奠定基础，并通过开发一种可以通过光纤连接远距离超导量子计算机的微波光转换器，向“量子互联网”迈进一步。

Quantum mechanics is both mysterious and powerful. At a very fundamental level our world works in a bizarre way that defies our common sense. Tapping in to this bizarre world provides a rich avenue to improve our understanding of the foundations of physics and harnessing this behaviour for the development of powerful new quantum technologies. This project will establish a UK-first facility--the Quantum Science and Device Facility (QSDF)--for researchers to tap into key aspects of the quantum world. More specifically, to cool scientific samples to near absolute zero in temperature and study the quantum properties of materials, superconductors, light-matter interactions, and importantly hybrid devices that utilize the advantages that each of these types of systems provide. We will work with national and international collaborators and partners to realise this vision and we will make the facility available to both empower and harness the potential of the wider UK community. Key examples of the science that can emerge from this facility include: laying the foundations for powerful new types of quantum computers comprising superconducting circuits, and making steps towards a "quantum internet" by developing a microwave-to-optical converter that can link distant superconducting quantum computers via optical fibre.