Grant: Alliance Grants

The development of quantum computers is poised to bring about profound ramifications across various domains, spanning climate change modeling, quantum cryptography, material science, drug discovery, and optimization problem-solving. However, it's essential to acknowledge that quantum computation is still in its nascent stage, and large-scale quantum computers remain largely inaccessible. Researchers are diligently working to surmount a spectrum of technical obstacles, such as error correction and the scaling up of quantum bits (qubits) numbers, with the aim of making quantum computing more approachable and practical for a wider range of applications. To overcome these issues it is critical to develop novel quantum materials that can act as highly efficient qubits. The proposed research takes advantage of a strong partnership between the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Ottawa, the Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC)-Suffield, and OTI Lumionics to develop and implement new high-performing qubits and implementation into electronic devices to support the design of next-quantum technologies such as quantum information processing and quantum sensing.