Quantum Networks
Advancements in quantum networking beyond today’s small scale systems will unlock new technological capabilities not only within the quantum industry, but across all technologically enabled businesses. Although point-to-point quantum networks have existed for years, until recently the absence of scalable quantum computing networks and of functional quantum repeaters had hindered the scale of their network topology and physical range. Nevertheless, breakthrough quantum networking protocols and demonstrations have been expanding overall capabilities rapidly.
Blind computing, distributed quantum computing, distributed quantum position navigation and timing, clock synchronization, and position authentication are additional technologies that could benefit from distributed entanglement-based quantum networking, which operate on different principles than the current point-to-point QKD links. These second generation entanglement distribution networks blur the line between computing and networking and open new possibilities for quantum computing and secure communications.
To achieve large-scale quantum supercomputers with ultimate horizontal scaling, it is becoming clear that modular quantum processing will be extremely valuable.
Topics covered include, but are not limited to:
- Realizing efficient qubit-photon interfaces
- Finding scalable qubit fabrication methods
- Increasing optical and spin coherence especially in nanophotonic devices
- Achieving efficient conversion of qubit-native photons to telecom band
- Understanding novel qubit platforms
Guest Editors
David Awschalom, University of Chicago
Ronald Hanson, Delft University of Technology
Stephanie Simmons, Simon Fraser University