NAKAMURA Macroscopic Quantum Machines

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Research Director: Yasunobu NAKAMURA
(Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo)
Research Term: Oct 2016 - Mar 2022
Grant Number: JPMJER1601

 

In this project, we aim at building “macroscopic quantum machines”, where the word ‘macroscopic’ has a triple meaning: (i) We create a fully-accessible macroscopic-scale Hilbert space by integrating a large number of superconducting qubits. There, we implement topological error correction codes towards fault-tolerant quantum computing. (ii) As the components of the quantum machines, we use macroscopic degrees of freedom found in collective excitations in matters; superconducting qubits are the most advanced and well-known examples. We also explore other systems such as magnons in ferromagnetic materials, phonons in nanomechanical devices etc. (iii) By combining such heterogeneous components, we construct hybrid quantum machines, which extend our ability of quantum control to a wider energy scale and a larger spatial extent.

All in all, these machines will improve our understandings of quantum mechanics and find applications in quantum information science.

 

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Research Groups

・ Superconducting Quantum Circuit Group
・ Hybrid Quantum System Group

 

Project Headquarters

Room 418, Bldg. 3,
4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, JAPAN

TEL: +81 (0) 3 5452 5075

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