MEMS Photonics Chip Enables Control of Millions of Quantum Qubits with Laser Steering
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Summary
Researchers from MITRE, MIT, University of Colorado Boulder, and Sandia National Laboratories have developed a MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) photonics chip that can steer millions of laser beams simultaneously to control quantum computer qubits. This breakthrough addresses a major bottleneck in scaling quantum computers, which require millions of qubits for practical applications. The MEMS array technology not only enables precise quantum control but also has potential applications in other fields like telecommunications and sensing.
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The problem is, anyone who has wanted to simultaneously control millions of a certain kind of qubits has run into the problem of trying to control millions of laser beams.
That's exactly the challenge that was faced by scientists working on the MITRE Quantum Moonshot project, which brought together scientists from MITRE, MIT, the University of Colorado at Boulder, and Sandia National Laboratories.
The solution they developed came in the form of a MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) photonics chip that can steer millions of laser beams simultaneously.
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