Quantum Technologies
Harness the non-classical features of quantum mechanics to perform tasks hard or impossible with conventional technologies and reach beyond the laboratory into industrial development.
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Progress in quantum technologies is at an exciting stage. Applications that harness the non-classical features of quantum mechanics to perform tasks hard or impossible with conventional technologies are now reaching beyond the laboratory into industrial development. Some of these, such as quantum cryptography and communication have already arrived in the marketplace, while others – such as quantum computation – remain a significant technological challenge, but all have the potential to bring revolutionary advances compared to their classical counterparts.
At UCL, you will be taught by world-leading experts in quantum technologies and have access to extensive extra-curricular activities such as seminars and workshops in the topic. UCL has a dedicated center to Quantum Technologies, the UCLQ Quantum Science and Technology Institute.
- Detecting material defects using an array of superconducting qubits
- Integrated Quantum Sources Based on Non-Linear Optics
- Quantum contextuality: mathematical structure and applications to quantum advantage
- Quantum algorithms for noisy networked quantum computers
- Quantum Computing for Network Optimisation
- Impact of repeater availability on the entanglement rate of multipartite states
- Impact of decoherence and noise in quantum networks
- Variational compiling to reduce noise in quantum computations
- Tuning quantum dot qubits using machine learning techniques
- Radio-frequency reflectometry for fast qubit state readout
- Developing a parametric amplifier for solid-state qubit readout
- Machine learning applications in Bohmian Mechanics
- Translating Tensor Network Algorithms to run on Quantum Computers
- Single Electron Dynamics for Quantum Sensing
- The 1/2 fractional quantum Hall state
- Interaction mediated fractional quantum states in one-dimensional electrons
- Towards Quantum Optomechanics: (a) cooling a macroscopic system to its quantum ground state And (b) Sensing the direction of an ultra weak force.
- Strong coupling quantum thermodynamics in biological systems
- Spin Orbit Interaction and Quantum Transport
- Electromagnetic Induction Imaging with Atomic Magnetometers
The above list is non-exhaustive and it is also possible to contact a prospective supervisor and agree on a project that is not shown here.
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Quantum Computing Technologist, Digital Catapult Daniel Goldsmith
Below is an excerpt of an interview by our 2020 alumnus Daniel Goldsmith with the Quantum Communications Hub:
"I needed some additional skills in quantum technology and I was very fortunate to be accepted and to complete an MSc in Quantum Technology at UCL, and that was really, really excellent and it gave me quite a good basic understanding across a wide range of quantum topics. But there were some rungs in the ladder, kind of, missing between myself working as an IT team lead and starting the Masters in Quantum Technology. And these were very important. The first is a professor at UCL. called Carla Figueira De Morisson Faria, organized “quantum battles”. I mean, who wouldn’t want to go to something called quantum battles, which is a series of presentations and discussions? And she delivered these online and it was over three days in July last year. So, I approached her and she very kindly let me join in, and that was really good because even though I didn’t understand most of what was being said, I found I did actually understand some of it. And the other thing was I went to a lecture by the Nobel Prize winner Donna Strickland at the Royal Society. I wanted to see what a real working physicist was like. And the third thing that was really important for me was some excellent YouTube videos on quantum mechanics by Leonard Susskind. And I watched them and again, I found them quite approachable. I won’t say I understood everything but because I had those three experiences I found that actually I could listen to a lecture on quantum and understand probably quite a lot of the salient points. That really encouraged me to apply for the MSc in Quantum Technology at UCL."