This past September, the U.S. National Science Foundation awarded substantial sums to a number of universities. The funding is to go toward advancing quantum information science. One university, the University of Delaware, received funds to that end. UD is leading a collaborative team to develop quantum devices with each quantum bit, or qubit, tunable at the outset. This is different than other approaches wherein thousands of identical qubits are created to achieve the same result. As part of their research, their studies in quantum information science include developing sophisticated algorithms to enable the quantum device operations, studying meta-materials to create devices (waveguides) to manipulate atoms more effectively, and developing other associated quantum computer components. Looking ahead two years, the UD team will unveil quantum science to select high-school students during a premier two-week summer camp. The UD Nanofabrication Lab seeks to break out among peers with the aid of the NSF’s funding. This report is found at the University of Delaware…
