This pillar focuses on the foundational hardware by integrating specialized materials like Lithium Niobate and Silicon-Organic Hybrids onto chips designed to operate efficiently at ultra-cold temperatures.
Using cavity electro-optics, this pillar aims to develop highly sensitive detectors that convert microwave electric fields into optical signals, enabling sensing capabilities that approach the fundamental limits of quantum mechanics.
This pillar focuses on maximizing the interaction efficiency between optical and microwave subsystems to allow for the cooling, amplification, and conversion of signals, which is essential for scaling superconducting quantum processors.
Serving as a “quantum translator,” this pillar develops electro-optic interfaces that use entanglement and teleportation to safely move information between fragile cryogenic qubits and robust room-temperature fiber-optic networks.
