Quantum Processors for Simulating Quantum Materials and Emergent Devices
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Our Vision
To produce scalable, accessible and powerful quantum simulation technology and to pave the way to applications that will:
- Solve quantum many-body problems to increase our understanding of fundamental phenomena.
- Allow for development of transformative quantum devices and materials.
Problem: Simulating Quantum Many-Body Dynamics is Hard.
Quantum many-body systems exhibit complex properties and behaviors that are not fully understood, hindering our ability to harness them for transformative technologies. Simulating quantum many-body dynamics in large systems is inefficient using classical computers, highlighting the need for a fundamentally novel approach to quantum simulation.
Our Solution: Realizing Feynman's Vision
We design, build, and operate quantum processors based on large, programmable, two-dimensional configurations of neutral atoms.
Quantum simulators are controllable quantum many-body systems whose properties and dynamics approximate those of real materials in regimes inaccessible to classical simulators. Exploiting these to simulate quantum systems will expand our understanding of complex, exotic phenomena in multiple scientific domains and allow the development of transformative quantum materials.
Accelerating the Development of Quantum Devices
Modern Electronics routing electrons on silicon chips faces miniaturization, heat management and energy consumption challenges.
Exotic properties of quantum materials, e.g., their spin degrees of freedom, could be used to develop more efficient devices to store, process and distribute information and energy.
Developing materials with spin-exchange interactions
One way to expand the class of accessible models is to engineer spin-exchange interactions, which transport spin excitations. This allows for impactful exploration in several domains:
- Quantum materials – simulate static and dynamic properties of quantum systems for discovery and validation of magnetic materials
- Quantum technologies – simulate spin transport for the development of spintronic devices to combat the resistive heating and power consumption of modern solid-state devices
- Fundamental physics – map condensed matter systems to validate experimentally unrealized predictions
Our Technology
Our system is formed by large configurations of neutral atoms individually trapped in tightly focused laser beams. Our first-generation quantum simulator is a complex scientific apparatus formed by a collection of closely-integrated hardware, software, and algorithmic modules.