MQ Centre for Quantum Engineering

The MQ Centre for Quantum Engineering (CQE) brings together experts to design 2nd generation quantum machines that take real world constraints into account like noise, finite control resources, and even general relativity.

We investigate fundamental properties of quantum mechanics, such as quantum entanglement, superposition and quantum interference, to engineer new types of functions which surpass, and may indeed, be impossible, using the classical laws of physics. These new functions include quantum sensors, quantum simulators, and quantum computers.

Collectively this science falls under the name Quantum Engineering since it harnesses the laws of quantum mechanics, learned by fundamental research, for inventive, practical applications like quantum magnetometers and gravimeters, and quantum software programmed for future quantum computers.

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The MQ Centre for Quantum Engineering comprises:

  • The Diamond Nanoscience Laboratory
  • The Low-Temperature Cavity QED Lab

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The The Quantum Materials and Applications (QMAPP) group at Macquarie University is part of the Sydney Quantum Academy (SQA), an innovative collaboration between four Sydney universities backed by the New South Wales government.

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