Materials frontiers to empower quantum computing

by Giordano Scappucci (QuTech and Kavli Institute for Nanoscience, TU Delft)

Wednesday 5 Feb 2020, 11:00 → 12:00 Europe/Rome

Aula Rasetti (Dip. di Fisica - Edificio G. Marconi)

Industry knows how to make billions of excellent transistors. What are the materials requirement that will enable qubits for the quantum information age of tomorrow? I will describe our research at QuTech into the Si/Ge material system as we are moving into the next phase of engineering qubit systems in the large numbers required for useful quantum computing. Specifically, our research has contributed to provide first answers to the following questions, ranging from technological to basic science: can we make qubits in an industrial fab? How do we connect qubits and scale up their number? Can we devise new materials and concepts for the next generation of quantum hardware?