The State of Quantum – Highlighting the NSF Center for Quantum Networks

I’m fortunate this month to be able to highlight one of the country’s QIS research centers that is focused on quantum networking: the NSF Center for Quantum Networks (CQN) led by the University of Arizona. CQN’s vision is to develop the prototype devices, repeaters, and network architectures to support sending 10 million qubits worth of information per second between multiple locations, serving multiple applications, at the same time. Just to be clear, that is really hard! (Perhaps comparable to building a quantum computer in the first place.) The CQN is comprised of 10 institutions and 28 principal investigators, plus many more students and postdoctoral researchers to advance this foundational science while maintaining close relationships to industry and leading international centers advancing quantum networking technologies. As CQN and additional QN programs make progress, I’m especially excited to watch the advancement of the core components needed for quantum networks – such as quantum transducers and quantum memories – that will enable all quantum technologies.

Read more at https://www.quantum.gov/the-state-of-quantum/