Description

This fellowship opportunity at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) focuses on advancing quantum information technologies by developing an optical network to connect superconducting quantum computers. The research aims to leverage quantum transducers—specifically vibrating mechanical membranes—to link superconducting qubits operating at microwave frequencies with optical photons, enabling low-loss interconnects essential for scalable quantum computing.

Key research areas include defining and developing the characteristics of optical channels for a "quantum internet," such as operational thresholds, entanglement protocols, entanglement lifetime, and propagation characteristics. Ongoing efforts at NIST involve distributing and transducing squeezed optical states to create remote microwave entanglement, a critical quantum resource.

The program seeks proposals that will contribute to building and experimentally demonstrating the world’s first optical network of superconducting quantum computers.

Keywords

Quantum Internet, Optical Communications, Networking Protocols, Optical System Design, Quantum Computers, Entanglement, Quantum Transduction, State Tomography, Teleportation