This $595,717 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation, under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041), will support research at the University of Arizona to advance sound as a classical analogue of quantum information science. Specifically, the grant will fund the development of robust, classically entangled acoustic waves analogous to quantum bits or qubits as core components of practical quantum-like technologies...
This $136,448 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research by Arizona State University (ASU) on developing sub-shot-noise limited distributed quantum sensing capabilities on a commercial metro-scale quantum network. The project will explore how quantum technologies, specifically using continuous-variable entangled states generated through four-wave mixing in rubidium vapor, can enhance the precision of measuring...
This National Science Foundation project grant award of $325,441 will fund research into chemically tunable acoustic phonons in two-dimensional materials under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. Professor Kristie Koski at the University of California, Davis will study acoustic phonons, or sound waves that control material properties, in new two-dimensional materials only a few atoms thick using precise laser spectroscopy...
This $406,831 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation, under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program, will support research at Wayne State University exploring sound as an analogue for quantum information science. The research aims to develop classically entangled acoustic waves analogous to quantum bits without quantum fragility through exploiting recently discovered analogies between acoustics, quantum mechanics, and...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $1,550,000 to Northern Arizona University to cultivate new approaches, systems, and training programs for quantum information science. The central research goals aim to prepare, control, and measure quantum states involving electronic, mechanical, microwave, and optical degrees of freedom, enabling the development of "spin-optomechanical" systems. Key milestones include...
This three-year, $284,063 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will support research into advances in quantum control and noise mitigation using a highly accurate quantum testbed. The University of Arizona, operating through the Arizona Board of Regents, will lead collaborative experimental and theoretical work to develop new techniques for quantum control and shielding quantum devices from noise. Researchers will employ a small,...
This three-year National Science Foundation Project Grant of $284,063 supports collaborative research on advances in quantum control and noise mitigation through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The University of New Mexico will utilize its highly accurate quantum processor based on cesium atom spin states to experimentally test new techniques for quantum control and error mitigation. Key research areas include simulating deep quantum circuits and Floquet systems,...
This $236,459 five-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) aims to advance quantum simulation capabilities by improving the control and efficiency of noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices. The University of California, Santa Barbara will lead this research, which seeks to develop scalable multi-qubit control protocols, robust hybrid digital-analog simulation algorithms, and...
This $600,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) aims to advance the understanding of noisy quantum devices and develop new protocols and benchmarks for quantum computing. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include: Developing a fault-tolerance theorem that enables implementing Shor's quantum factoring algorithm on near-term, noisy quantum devices...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $400,000 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to study scattering selection rules of chiral phonons and thermal transport. The three-year project, beginning October 1, 2022 and ending September 30, 2025, will use inelastic x-ray scattering from synchrotrons to measure vibrations in solids induced by heat, known as phonons, including circular vibrations. The...