Surface-electrode ion lattices for quantum information science

用于量子信息科学的表面电极离子晶格

• 批准号: 0653414
• 负责人: Vladan Vuletic
• 金额: $ 60万
• 依托单位: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-07-01 至 2011-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0653414&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Surface; electrode; ion; lattices; quantum; Surface; electrode; ion; lattices; quantum

A major goal of quantum information science is the creation and manipulation of non-classical correlations (entanglement) in systems consisting of many particles. Such entanglement is increasingly recognized as a valuable physical resource, that can be used for information processing tasks that cannot be easily accomplished with classical computers. Trapped ions provide a superb physical system for creating and storing entanglement, particularly when the ions are confined by microfabricated, precisely defined electrodes. This project will realize large periodic arrays of trapped ions that can store single photons, and release them on demand. The periodic array of ions will also be used to simulate other quantum mechanical systems that cannot be easily modeled classically.This interdisciplinary project by two investigators with backgrounds in physics, electrical engineering, and computer science will draw on students from all three areas, significantly enriching their education experience. The project will unite research and educational goals by training graduate students, and by integrating undergraduate students into the research effort. Students will interface directly with the broader physics community through an existing outreach program in the NSF Center for Ultracold Atoms at MIT. Successful quantum simulation could contribute towards solving scientifically, technologically, and even industrially important problems such as high-temperature superconductivity. The experimental realization of robust quantum information processing could revolutionize the information infrastructure of our society.

量子信息科学的主要目标是在许多粒子组成的系统中创建和操纵非经典相关性（纠缠）。这种纠缠越来越多地被认为是一种有价值的物理资源，可用于通过经典计算机轻松完成的信息处理任务。捕获的离子提供了一种出色的物理系统来创建和储存纠缠，尤其是当离子被微型，精确定义的电极限制时。该项目将实现大量的周期性阵列，可以存储单个光子并按需释放它们。离子的定期阵列还将用于模拟其他量子机械系统，这些系统无法轻易地进行古典建模。这两个研究人员的跨学科项目具有物理，电气工程和计算机科学背景的研究人员，将吸引来自所有三个领域的学生，从而大大丰富他们的教育经验。该项目将通过培训研究生并将本科生纳入研究工作来团结研究和教育目标。学生将通过MIT的NSF Ultracold Atoms中心的现有外展计划直接与更广泛的物理社区接触。成功的量子模拟可以有助于在科学，技术上甚至在工业上重要的问题，例如高温超导性。强大的量子信息处理的实验实现可以彻底改变我们社会的信息基础设施。