Robust Frozen Dynamics Observed on a Quantum System
Duke Quantum Center researchers use a neutral-atom platform to simulate unusual localization effects that could underpin robust quantum information storage.
Quantum Computing
With $80+ million in funding from IARPA, ARO, NSF and DOE to date, Duke ECE’s internationally recognized quantum computing team—part of the Duke Quantum Center—is replacing the bits of traditional computers with trapped ion qubits, which exist in multiple states at once. These powerful new systems have the potential to perform multitudes of computations in quantum superposition, enabling algorithmic shortcuts for blazing-fast computation. The future holds promise for applications in cybersecurity, AI, and modeling complex biological, chemical, pharmacological, environmental and financial systems. Spinoff IonQ has raised $77M in investor funding to date and has built two of the most accurate quantum computers in existence.
Research Areas
- Quantum error correction
- Quantum control
- Quantum computer architecture
- Ion trapping
- Spectroscopy of sympathetically cooled molecular ions
- Quantum information
- Novel photonic devices
- Quantum thermodynamics
- Quantum resource theory
Highlights
Scaling Up: Building a 96-Qubit Quantum Computer by 2027
New $2.66 million grant from the National Science Foundation will support the construction of a 96-qubit quantum computer to enable future advances in the field.
Inside Duke’s Plan for a Next-Gen Quantum Computer
Team led by Duke Quantum Center advances toward designing a powerful 256-qubit quantum computer as part of a major NSF initiative for quantum technology.
Associated Faculty
Kenneth Brown, Ph.D.
Michael J. Fitzpatrick Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Robert Calderbank
Charles S. Sydnor Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
Jungsang Kim, Ph.D.
Schiciano Family Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Iman Marvian Mashhad
Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Christopher Monroe
Gilhuly Family Presidential Distinguished Professor
Crystal Noel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Henry Pfister
Addy Family Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Other Research Specialties
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