Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) has been awarded $9.6 million from the Northeast Regional Defense Technology Hub (NORDTECH) to enhance quantum chip applied sciences and scale quantum methods by entangling them throughout a photonic community. This initiative is a part of the Heterogeneous Quantum Networking undertaking, a four-year collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory, Yale College, Duke College, NY Creates, and AIM Photonics.
The aim is to develop a heterogeneous quantum community linking ion-based and photonic-based qubits, enhancing functions comparable to quantum storage, sensing, and processing. The community goals to beat present limitations by permitting completely different qubit sorts to work collectively, leveraging their distinctive benefits. Photonic chips will play a essential position in effectively changing wavelengths whereas preserving quantum info, appearing as wavelength translators between the community and ion qubits.
Stefan Preble, the undertaking’s principal investigator and professor at RIT, emphasizes that this work builds on prior photonics chip applied sciences developed for the Division of Protection. The undertaking helps broader U.S. semiconductor initiatives beneath the CHIPS and Science Act, positioning RIT and its companions on the forefront of quantum networking developments.
A information launch asserting this award has been posted on the RIT web site here.
September 20, 2024
