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One challenge in their development lies in scaling up the number of quantum bits (qubits) they can simultaneously process. When encoding these qubits into the state of trapped ions, this notably manifests in the large number of lasers and optical components required per qubit. Here, I propose to build a more scalable ion trapping platform by combining two techniques, microwave-driven logic and integrated optics onto a single ion trapping chip. Both techniques have been demonstrated separately, but only when used together do they have the potential to eliminate the roadblocks the research field is facing. Amongst others, removing the need for arrays of lasers, or gaining optical access to an ion trapped in the centre of a grid of ions. By designing, fabricating and benchmarking the performance of an ion trapping chip incorporating these two techniques, the final product will be a detailed exploration of a potentially scalable building block for quantum computing. The results may define a new standard approach to increasing the number of trapped ion qubits: one more step towards the construction of a fully-fledged quantum computer.", "summary_en": "Quantum computing could potentially solve problems – e.g. developing new drugs – that are out of reach of classical computers. One challenge in their development lies in scaling up the number of quantum bits (qubits) they can simultaneously process. When encoding these qubits into the state of trapped ions, this notably manifests in the large number of lasers and optical components required per qubit. Here, I propose to build a more scalable ion trapping platform by combining two techniques, microwave-driven logic and integrated optics onto a single ion trapping chip. Both techniques have been demonstrated separately, but only when used together do they have the potential to eliminate the roadblocks the research field is facing. Amongst others, removing the need for arrays of lasers, or gaining optical access to an ion trapped in the centre of a grid of ions. By designing, fabricating and benchmarking the performance of an ion trapping chip incorporating these two techniques, the final product will be a detailed exploration of a potentially scalable building block for quantum computing. The results may define a new standard approach to increasing the number of trapped ion qubits: one more step towards the construction of a fully-fledged quantum computer.", "award_amount": 182168, "grant_id": "https://doi.org/10.61686/SBULF13317", "summary_updates": [ { "submission_date": "2024-02-28T12:35:14", "update_en": "Ion traps is one of the most promising approaches to building a quantum computer - a technology which promises to revolutionize many aspects of society. In this project, we developped new techniques to control ion traps with cheap and stable scalable electronics, rather than expensive and unreliable lasers, making this quantum computing platform more scalable.", "update_nl": "\"Ionenvallen\" vormen een van de meest veelbelovende methoden voor het construeren van een kwantumcomputer, een technologie die naar verwachting een revolutie zal teweegbrengen in verschillende aspecten van de samenleving. In dit project hebben we nieuwe technieken ontwikkeld om ionenvallen te beheersen met behulp van betaalbare en stabiele elektronica op schaal, in plaats van dure en onbetrouwbare lasers. Hierdoor wordt het mogelijk om dit kwantumcomputerplatform op grotere schaal toe te passen." } ], "project_members": [ { "role": "Main Applicant", "member_id": 479040, "last_name": "Gely", "degree_pre_nominal": "dr.", "initials": "M.F.", "first_name": "Mario", "organisation": "University of Oxford||Department of Physics", "organisation_id": 51697, "ror": "-", "active": true }, { "role": "Project leader", "member_id": 479040, "last_name": "Gely", "degree_pre_nominal": "dr.", "initials": "M.F.", "first_name": "Mario", "organisation": "University of Oxford||Department of Physics", "organisation_id": 51697, "ror": "-", "active": true } ], "products": [ { "title": "Fast, high-fidelity addressed single-qubit gates using efficient composite pulse sequences", "year": 2023, "edition": "131", "start": 120601, "end": 120606, "type": "Wetenschappelijk artikel", "url_open_access": "https://www.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.120601", "journal_title": "Physical Review Letters", "authors": [ { "last_name": "Gely", "initials": "M F", "role": "Auteur" } ] }, { "title": "Apparent nonlinear damping triggered by quantum fluctuations", "year": 2023, "edition": "14", "start": 7566, "end": 7566, "type": "Wetenschappelijk artikel", "url_open_access": "https://www.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43128-y", "journal_title": "Nature Communications", "authors": [ { "last_name": "Gely", "initials": "M F", "role": "Auteur" } ] }, { "title": "Cryogenic ion trap system for high-fidelity near-field microwave-driven quantum logic", "year": 2024, "edition": "9", "start": 15007, "end": 15007, "type": "Wetenschappelijk artikel", "url_open_access": "https://www.doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/acfba8", "journal_title": "Quantum Science and Technology", "authors": [ { "last_name": "Gely", "initials": "M F", "role": "Auteur" } ] }, { "title": "Focusing of quantum gate interactions using dynamical decoupling", "year": 2023, "type": "Wetenschappelijk artikel", "url_open_access": "https://www.doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2309.02125", "journal_title": "Arxiv pre-print server", "authors": [ { "last_name": "Gely", "initials": "M F", "role": "Auteur" } ] }, { "title": "In-situ characterization of qubit drive-phase distortions", "year": 2023, "type": "Wetenschappelijk artikel", "url_open_access": "https://www.doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2309.14703", "journal_title": "Arxiv pre-print server", "authors": [ { "last_name": "Gely", "initials": "M F", "role": "Auteur" } ] }, { "title": "Robust and fast microwave-driven quantum logic for trapped-ion qubits", "year": 2024, "type": "Wetenschappelijk artikel", "url_open_access": "https://www.doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2402.12955", "journal_title": "Arxiv pre-print server", "authors": [ { "last_name": "Gely", "initials": "M F", "role": "Auteur" } ] } ] } ] }