Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP210102020

Funded Activity Summary

An efficient optical interconnect for superconducting quantum computers. This project aims to develop the technology to connect superconducting quantum computers to the future quantum internet: an optical interconnect. Superconducting qubits are a leading quantum computing system, but their practical use is limited by their microwave operation frequency, as global quantum networks will operate at optical frequencies. This project aims to solve this problem by converting the microwave photons that carry superconducting quantum information to optical photons. To achieve high efficiency the project will investigate magnetically ordered rare-earth crystals, which uniquely possess the strong optical and microwave coupling required, to build a converter that could greatly enhance the capabilities of quantum computers.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-04-2021

End Date: 31-03-2024

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $515,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Quantum Physics | Quantum Information, Computation and Communication | Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Condensed Matter; Superconductivity | Nonlinear Optics and Spectroscopy |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in Technology

Other Keywords

Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Condensed Matter; Superconductivity | Expanding Knowledge in Technology | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Nonlinear Optics and Spectroscopy | Quantum Information, Computation and Communication | Quantum Physics

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