SBIR Phase I: Versatile Low-Noise Traveling-Wave Parametric Amplifier for Quantum Information Processing

SBIR 第一阶段：用于量子信息处理的多功能低噪声行波参量放大器

• 批准号: 1843017
• 负责人: Christopher Koh
• 金额: $ 22.5万
• 依托单位: MILLIMETER WAVE SYSTEMS, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-02-01 至 2020-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1843017&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Versatile; Low; Noise

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will result from the development of a traveling-wave parametric amplifier (TWPA) prototype suitable to be marketed to the Quantum Information Processing community. Quantum computers require extremely sensitive amplifiers operating near absolute zero to amplify weak signals. There are two critical features of this amplifier that will benefit the community directly: 1) the ability to have more qubits per amplifier - essential for large scale quantum computers, and 2) the ability to use a commercial manufacturing process. As quantum hardware continues to scale, so does the number of qubits, making multichannel amplifiers essential. European and Asian investment in quantum technology is growing at an alarming rate. The US is at risk of losing the leading position in this technical space. The commercialization of TWPA technology is an example of technologies required for the US to remain competitive in quantum technology.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will introduce a TWPA product prototype for the Quantum Information Processing market by addressing some of the interfacing, packaging and manufacturing limitations of experimental devices. Critical to the ability to distribute these amplifiers to the market is a means of manufacturing such devices at scale. A key advantage of the proposed technology is its ease of fabrication and the fact that it can be fabricated using an industry standard process, which will be demonstrated during the Phase I 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.

这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）I阶段项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力将是由于开发旅行波参数放大器（TWPA）原型的开发而产生的，适合于量子信息处理社区推销。量子计算机需要非常敏感的放大器在绝对零接近的功能，以扩大弱信号。该放大器有两个关键特征，可以直接受益于社区：1）每个放大器具有更多Qubit的能力 - 对于大型量子计算机必不可少的，以及2）使用商业制造过程的能力。随着Quantum硬件的延伸，量子数的数量也随之而来，使多通道放大器变得必不可少。欧洲和亚洲对量子技术的投资正在以惊人的速度增长。美国有失去该技术领域的领先地位的风险。 TWPA技术的商业化是美国在量子技术中保持竞争力所需的技术的一个示例。这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）I阶段项目将通过解决一些接口，包装和制造实验设备的限制，为量子信息处理市场引入TWPA产品原型。对于将这些放大器分配到市场的能力至关重要的是一种规模生产此类设备的手段。该技术的一个关键优势是它易于制造，并且可以使用行业标准流程进行制造，这将在I阶段项目期间证明。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并且被认为值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的审查标准通过评估来进行评估。