phonons
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Innovative phonon-based quantum computing research at UChicago Engineering gets a $3 million boost by the U.S. Department of Defense
From the University of Chicago: Q-NEXT collaborator Andrew Cleland has been named a 2024 Vannevar Bush faculty fellow, the U.S. Department of Defense’s flagship single-investigator award for basic research. Cleland will use the fellowship money to advance phonon-based quantum computing. Read More
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The consequences of removing the world largest dam, and building a quantum computer using sound waves
From the Science Podcast: University of Chicago's Andrew Cleland discusses his work on using the phonon as the basis of quantum computing. Read More
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How splitting sound might lead to a new kind of quantum computer
From The Conversation: Andrew Cleland of the University of Chicago writes about using beam splitters to explore the quantum properties of phonons. His findings could lead researchers to use phonons to build a new type of quantum computer. Read More
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Argonne and UChicago PME researchers “split” phonons – or sound – in step toward new type of quantum computer
In two experiments, a research team led by Andrew Cleland uses an acoustic beam splitter to demonstrate the quantum properties of phonons. The experiments are first of their kind and could lead to new advances in computing Read More
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Sound-based quantum computers could be built using chip-sized device
From New Scientist: A crucial building block for quantum computers based on sound has been shown to work for the first time. Andrew Cleland at the University of Chicago have built a chip-sized device that can manipulate particles of sound in a way that mimics how particles of light are used in light-based quantum computers, opening the door for building sound-based quantum computers. Read More
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Decoding the Universe: Quantum
From PBS' Nova: David Awschalom and Nadya Mason appear in PBS’s Nova: ‘Decoding the Universe: Quantum’. The episode takes the viewer through the quantum physics' important discoveries, discoveries that paved the way for the digital technologies we enjoy today – and the powerful quantum sensors… Read More
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Getting in line with Photon Queue
From the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Photon Queue is a quantum company startup mostly led by a group of PhD students from the lab of Paul Kwiat, a UIUC professor and Q-NEXT collaborator. The company is a participant in Cohort 4 of Duality, a Chicago-based… Read More
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DARPA’s Quantum Proving Ground — with University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
From Protiviti's The Post-Quantum World podcast: Imagine 128 acres of land devoted to advancing quantum information science in a major city. The Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park is expected to draw leading companies and researchers to Chicago, and DARPA is already playing a significant role. Read More
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Building the quantum economy - Chicago style
From HPCWire: HPCwire talks with Q-NEXT Director David Awschalom about the evolution of the quantum information technology market, the prospects for quantum computing sensing and communication, the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park, current messaging on a quantum future, quantum startups, and the quantum workforce. Read More
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So you want to build a quantum computer?
From Nextgov/FCW: For all the hype, funding and policy around quantum computing, there is still a lot of basic scientific research to be done to bring a quantum information system to life. Leading researchers at Argonne National Laboratory and Q-NEXT spoke with Nextgov/FCW about the… Read More