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

会议：中型 RI-EW：建设量子科学与工程纳米制造设施研讨会

• 批准号: 2232935
• 负责人: Scott Diddams
• 金额: $ 4.46万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-09-01 至 2023-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2232935&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Mid; scale; RI; EW

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.

量子科学和工程的进步革新了我们的社会的广泛方面，舒适地感知和测量科学应对这些挑战将是一个专门的，可访问和专业的纳米制造设施。制造和计量学对Antum Science和Engineering进行了统治性。和这种纳米制造设施的运作，以确保美国在量子科学和工程上的领导才能，但超越了实验，以解决许多与之相关的antum硬件。在新的和有挑战性的环境中（≤1k，≤10-9torr），在各种材料平台上，纳米机械系统和冷原子）量子处理器中的Qubits将需要新的方法，工具和技术来重新进行现有基础架构的重新处理。在某些技术系统中，这是一个正在发现的技术系统。