Quantum Integration Laboratory USYD
The Quantum Integration Laboratory (QIL) at the University of Sydney probes the quantum interactions between light, electronics, and atoms embedded in crystals. Understanding and engineering these interactions at the atomic scale promotes new technologies for connecting quantum systems through optical networks: a quantum internet.
The Quantum Integration Laboratory aims to create connections between remote quantum systems. Such connections will be central to building large scale quantum computers and probing fundamental quantum mechanics. Scaling up quantum entanglement beyond isolated systems will require high performance qubits, interfaces between qubits and photons, sources of entanglement and transducers to convert between different operating regimes. Our group’s interest is building up sophisticated quantum networks through engineering quantum hardware based on rare-earth atoms embedded in solids and leveraging these devices to discover new physics.
The current focus for the QIL team are crystals containing erbium atoms, which provide a platform for robust storage of quantum information, multi-system compatibility and versatile on-chip architectures. The lab’s research areas include:
- Rare-earth ion spin qubit networks
- Hybrid sources of entanglement
- Quantum hard drives
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The Quantum Integration Laboratory is hosted at the University of Sydney. Please contact QIL Director Dr John Bartholomew to discuss opportunities for getting involved in our research.