Amazon sets its sights on quantum networking
Having pioneered adding quantum computers to cloud services, Amazon Web Services is turning its attention to quantum networking.
It is working with Harvard University in the US on quantum networking technologies that will allow quantum computers to be linked together without having to convert back to electrons, allowing systems to scale.
Harvard researchers have been on the leading edge of quantum technology for over 20 years, with a diverse research portfolio in solid-state physics, nanofabrication, quantum optics, and quantum computing and communications.
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In 2020, scientists from the Harvard Quantum Initiative performed a groundbreaking demonstration increasing the usable range of a quantum network beyond the standard transmission limit using a quantum memory. In addition to the cutting-edge research, Harvard has a nanofabrication facility at the Center for Nanoscale Systems, which is available for industrial partners, and forms an ecosystem for many successful high-tech start-ups led by Harvard researchers.
AWS recently created a Centre for Quantum Networking, also in Boston, to connect quantum computers into a network, like the internet. Quantum networks could enable new technologies such as secure communication channels and powerful quantum computing clusters.
To support the development of a diverse quantum workforce, AWS established a fund to train graduates students and postdocs as the next-generation of quantum scientists and engineers
The AWS Generation Q Fund at the Harvard Quantum Initiative is co-led by Mikhail Lukin, a Harvard Physics Professor and the co-director of the Harvard Quantum Initiative.
“There is a shortage of qualified quantum-educated workforce, and it’s not just physicists but engineers and even people involved in running these businesses. We’re in a unique position to contribute: Essentially, all major quantum research centres in the US and abroad have several faculty members and group leaders who have been educated at Harvard,” he said.
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