Center for Integrated Quantum Materials

集成量子材料中心

• 批准号: 1231319
• 负责人: Robert Westervelt
• 金额: $ 1997.2万
• 依托单位: Harvard University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-10-01 至 2025-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1231319&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Center; Integrated; Quantum; Materials

****Abstract***The Science and Technology Center (STC) on Integrated Quantum Materials (C-IQM) is a partnership involving Harvard University, Howard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the Boston Museum of Science, complemented by a large number of International collaborators. C-IQM is further strengthened and complemented by constant interactions with the "College Network" comprising partnership with investigators and teachers from Mount Holyoke, Olin and Wellesley Colleges in the Boston area, as well as with Gallaudet University and Prince George's Community College in the Washington D.C area. The focus of the Center is to use the recent discovery of quantum materials to transform signal processing and computation through an integrated approach that incorporates research, education, knowledge transfer, and increased diversity enhanced by international opportunities. These new quantum materials are changing the playing field and show promise to completely reshape modern technology.The intellectual merit of the C-IQM is that it integrates synergistically three research areas at the forefront of condensed matter physics: (1) Graphene (G) with electrons that move as massless particles at a constant speed; (2) Topological Insulators (TI) where mobile surface electrons have spins fixed to the direction of motion; and (3) Nitrogen Vacancy (NV) Centers in diamond where a single spin stores a "bit" of quantum information. C-IQM takes advantage of the quantum phenomena displayed by these materials which, by persisting up to room temperature, lead to changes in the rules for signal processing and computation, ultimately opening the way for quantum electronics. These quantum materials are ideally suited for integration into layered processor structures, in which Graphene and Topological Insulators control the flow of charge and spin, and NV-centers in diamond provide memory sites and optical input/output channels. Layering is natural for Graphene and Topological Insulators, which have two-dimensional electron systems on their surface. The C-IQM mission is to understand the unique electronic behavior of quantum materials and pursue an exciting opportunity to observe the exceedingly elusive Majorana fermion, a particle which is its own antiparticle. Quantum electronics developed in the Center will offer new approaches to signal processing, computing, and THz electronics. The broader impacts of the C-IQM are found in the strategic goal to develop a new class of quantum electronic devices and systems that will transform signal processing and computation. An equally important goal of C-IQM is to attract students to science and engineering, and to provide them with exciting opportunities to become future leaders. The Center's research and education programs bring together a diverse community to address these challenges by involving undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral associates, professors, industry and the public. The vision of the Center is clearly aligned with the national research and education strategic priorities.

****摘要***关于集成量子材料（C-IQM）的科学技术中心（STC）是涉及哈佛大学，霍华德大学，马萨诸塞州理工学院（MIT）和波士顿科学博物馆的合作伙伴关系，并由许多国际合作者补充。 C-IQM与与“大学网络”的不断互动进一步加强并补充，包括与波士顿地区的霍利奥克山，奥林和韦尔斯利学院的调查员和老师以及与加洛德大学以及华盛顿州华盛顿特区乔治王子社区学院的合作伙伴关系。该中心的重点是使用最近发现的量子材料通过综合方法来改变信号处理和计算，该方法结合了研究，教育，知识转移以及通过国际机会增强的多样性。这些新的量子材料正在改变竞争环境，并显示出完全重塑现代技术的希望。C-IQM的智力优点在于，它在凝聚态物理学的最前沿结合了三个研究领域：（1）石墨烯（G）与以恒定快速的无质量颗粒移动的电子（G）； （2）拓扑绝缘子（TI），其中移动表面电子的旋转固定在运动方向上； （3）单个自旋存储“位”量子信息的氮空位（NV）中心。 C-IQM利用了这些材料所显示的量子现象的优势，这些现象通过持续到室温，导致信号处理和计算规则的变化，最终为量子电子设备开辟了道路。 这些量子材料非常适合集成到分层处理器结构中，在该结构中，石墨烯和拓扑绝缘子控制电荷和自旋的流动，而钻石中的NV中心则提供记忆位点以及光学输入/输出通道。对于石墨烯和拓扑绝缘子，分层是自然的，它们的表面上具有二维电子系统。 C-IQM任务是了解量子材料的独特电子行为，并寻求一个令人兴奋的机会，以观察极其难以捉摸的Majorana fermion，这是其自身的反粒子。中心开发的量子电子设备将为信号处理，计算和THZ电子设备提供新的方法。在战略目标中发现了C-IQM的更广泛影响，以开发新的量子电子设备和系统，这些设备和系统将改变信号处理和计算。 C-IQM同样重要的目标是吸引学生进入科学和工程学，并为他们提供令人兴奋的机会成为未来的领导者。该中心的研究和教育计划通过涉及本科生和研究生，博士后伙伴，教授，工业界和公众来汇集一个不同的社区，以应对这些挑战。该中心的愿景显然与国家研究和教育战略重点保持一致。