Title: Quantum Microarchitectures

Speaker: Mark Oskin, University of  Washington

Date/Time: Monday, February 20, 2006, 10:00 – 11:00 am

Location: Building 980, Room 95

Brief Abstract: Theoretically, quantum computers offer great promise to solve formally intractable problems. Experimentally, small scale quantum computers have been demonstrated. The next phase of research is to construct large-scale quantum computers capable of proving the technology and further validating the theoretical foundations. Such devices will consist of 10's to 100's of quantum bits. At this scale, proper engineering of the devices becomes critical.

This talk will present a broad overview of our work in exploring the engineering challenges and design trade-offs involved with large scale quantum systems. We have found that noise will significantly constrain scalability and that the micro-architecture of these devices needs to be tuned to minimize decoherence. This talk will conclude with a discussion of our future work plan.

CSRI POC: Erik DeBenedictis, (505) 284-4017