Grant: Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
University of Waterloo
$150,000.00
High-speed oscilloscope for next-generation quantum information processing and communication
FY 2014-15
Summary
This grant funds a purchase of an advanced fast oscilloscope, enabling the Institute for Quantum Computing to design and study next generation of quantum communication and processing technologies. The instrument will be shared between the quantum communication and security lab, and two superconducting quantum information devices labs. Digital communication and quantum information processing technologies are getting faster all the time, running now at multi-gigahertz clock rates. To keep up with this progress and satisfy experimental requirements for the leading-edge research, we need a wideband advanced oscilloscope daily to probe and analyse fast signals in multiple systems and experiments in our labs. This research advances our civilization to the next level of capabilities in quantum communication and quantum information processing technologies. Canada, being a high-technology society and industrial economy, cannot afford to miss on these advances.
Program
Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
Recipient
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
472545-2015
Name nom
Makarov, Vadim
Department département
Physics and Astronomy
Organization id
33
Institution établissement
University of Waterloo
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2014
Competition year année de concours
2015
Award amount
150000
Program id
EQPEQ
Program name en
Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
Program name fr
Outils et instruments de recherche - catégorie 1 (<150 000$)
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
1505
Committee name en
Physics
Committee name fr
Physique
Area of application code
1207
Area of application group en
Advancement of knowledge
Area of application group fr
Avancement des connaissances
Area of application en
Information, computer and communication technologies
Area of application fr
Technologie de l'information, des ordinateurs et des réseaux de communications
Research subject code
3112
Research subject group en
Physics
Research subject group fr
Physique
Research subject en
Photonics
Research subject fr
Photonique
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
High-speed oscilloscope for next-generation quantum information processing and communication
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
This grant funds a purchase of an advanced fast oscilloscope, enabling the Institute for Quantum Computing to design and study next generation of quantum communication and processing technologies. The instrument will be shared between the quantum communication and security lab, and two superconducting quantum information devices labs. Digital communication and quantum information processing technologies are getting faster all the time, running now at multi-gigahertz clock rates. To keep up with this progress and satisfy experimental requirements for the leading-edge research, we need a wideband advanced oscilloscope daily to probe and analyse fast signals in multiple systems and experiments in our labs. This research advances our civilization to the next level of capabilities in quantum communication and quantum information processing technologies. Canada, being a high-technology society and industrial economy, cannot afford to miss on these advances.
