TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of Quantum Interconnects (QuICs) for Next-Generation Information Technologies
AU - Awschalom, David
AU - Berggren, Karl K.
AU - Bernien, Hannes
AU - Bhave, Sunil
AU - Carr, Lincoln D.
AU - Davids, Paul
AU - Economou, Sophia E.
AU - Englund, Dirk
AU - Faraon, Andrei
AU - Fejer, Martin
AU - Guha, Saikat
AU - Gustafsson, Martin V.
AU - Hu, Evelyn
AU - Jiang, Liang
AU - Kim, Jungsang
AU - Korzh, Boris
AU - Kumar, Prem
AU - Kwiat, Paul G.
AU - Lončar, Marko
AU - Lukin, Mikhail D.
AU - Miller, David A.B.
AU - Monroe, Christopher
AU - Nam, Sae Woo
AU - Narang, Prineha
AU - Orcutt, Jason S.
AU - Raymer, Michael G.
AU - Safavi-Naeini, Amir H.
AU - Spiropulu, Maria
AU - Srinivasan, Kartik
AU - Sun, Shuo
AU - Vučković, Jelena
AU - Waks, Edo
AU - Walsworth, Ronald
AU - Weiner, Andrew M.
AU - Zhang, Zheshen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 authors. Published by the American Physical Society.
PY - 2021/1
Y1 - 2021/1
N2 - Just as "classical"information technology rests on a foundation built of interconnected information-processing systems, quantum information technology (QIT) must do the same. A critical component of such systems is the "interconnect,"a device or process that allows transfer of information between disparate physical media, for example, semiconductor electronics, individual atoms, light pulses in optical fiber, or microwave fields. While interconnects have been well engineered for decades in the realm of classical information technology, quantum interconnects (QuICs) present special challenges, as they must allow the transfer of fragile quantum states between different physical parts or degrees of freedom of the system. The diversity of QIT platforms (superconducting, atomic, solid-state color center, optical, etc.) that will form a "quantum internet"poses additional challenges. As quantum systems scale to larger size, the quantum interconnect bottleneck is imminent, and is emerging as a grand challenge for QIT. For these reasons, it is the position of the community represented by participants of the NSF workshop on "Quantum Interconnects"that accelerating QuIC research is crucial for sustained development of a national quantum science and technology program. Given the diversity of QIT platforms, materials used, applications, and infrastructure required, a convergent research program including partnership between academia, industry, and national laboratories is required.
AB - Just as "classical"information technology rests on a foundation built of interconnected information-processing systems, quantum information technology (QIT) must do the same. A critical component of such systems is the "interconnect,"a device or process that allows transfer of information between disparate physical media, for example, semiconductor electronics, individual atoms, light pulses in optical fiber, or microwave fields. While interconnects have been well engineered for decades in the realm of classical information technology, quantum interconnects (QuICs) present special challenges, as they must allow the transfer of fragile quantum states between different physical parts or degrees of freedom of the system. The diversity of QIT platforms (superconducting, atomic, solid-state color center, optical, etc.) that will form a "quantum internet"poses additional challenges. As quantum systems scale to larger size, the quantum interconnect bottleneck is imminent, and is emerging as a grand challenge for QIT. For these reasons, it is the position of the community represented by participants of the NSF workshop on "Quantum Interconnects"that accelerating QuIC research is crucial for sustained development of a national quantum science and technology program. Given the diversity of QIT platforms, materials used, applications, and infrastructure required, a convergent research program including partnership between academia, industry, and national laboratories is required.
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U2 - 10.1103/PRXQuantum.2.017002
DO - 10.1103/PRXQuantum.2.017002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85120470571
SN - 2691-3399
VL - 2
JO - PRX Quantum
JF - PRX Quantum
IS - 1
M1 - 017002
ER -