We are happy to announce that we were awarded an AFOSR MURI grant as part of a team of researchers at MIT, Harvard and Yale. The goal of this program is to develop scalable quantum technologies and protocols. Find out more here.

Program abstract

The rules of quantum mechanics enable technologies that are inherently more powerful than their classical counterparts, including unconditionally secure communication and quantum computing, and quantum-enhanced precision sensing. Translating quantum technologies to room-temperature semiconductor systems is key to making them practical and scalable. However, a central challenge is the need for fundamentally improved quantum measurement and state verification (QMSV) techniques to overcome major limitations of today’s theoretical and experimental tools. The goal of this program is to establish general and optimal QMSV protocols to solve the challenges. The program seeks to develop essential measurement-based algorithmic primitives that form an efficient, unifying language for quantum algorithms.

Congratulations to Rachel Philiph for being recognized as a 2014 Goldwater Scholar. Rachel is a student in Materials Science from Iowa State University. She was an integral member of QNN, working in block copolymer blends, as part of the MIT Materials Processing Center Summer Scholars 2013. The Goldwater Scholarship, one of America’s top awards for undergraduate STEM researchers, is fitting for Rachel.

Check out the full list of Goldwater Scholars here.

Recent work published by our group was featured in EE Times. The highlighted paper uses directed self-assembly (DSA) of <20nm block copolymer. The EE Times article discusses this work’s potential to push forward Moore’s Law, allowing for the further increase in transistor density.

Check out JB Chang’s Paper!

Every month, the Research Laboratory for Electronics (RLE) at MIT highlights one research student. This month, QNN’s Faraz Najafi was highlighted. His work pursues nanofabrication, characterization, and device performance of Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors (SNSPDs). He has collaborated with many researchers within and outside of the institute, and has shared the findings in many conferences and journals.

Check out Faraz’s Highlight!