Postdoc in quantum computing architecture

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Are you eager to design the computing architecture of tomorrow?

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Quantum computing has the potential to revolutionize information processing, by unlocking new capabilities in chemistry, medicine, AI, and cryptography. As quantum computing continues to mature, scaling becomes an important consideration. Because of this, the overall architecture of large scale quantum computing systems is coming into focus as a central research question in the field.

In this project, we will work on the design of an architecture for large scale photonic quantum computing, with a focus on incorporating our recent results on non-deterministic error-reducing photonic circuits into the architecture. Using such a circuit, we recently demonstrated experimentally the first below-threshold results in photonics. The goal here is to apply this idea to the larger architecture of the full photonic quantum computer.

This project is part of the larger photonic quantum computing mission on Photon Delta. Photon Delta represents the photonics ecosystem in the Netherlands. The quantum computing mission brings together a variety of industrial and academic partners to advance photonic quantum computing in the Netherlands and is led by QuiX Quantum.

You will contribute to the activities of the quantum photonic information processing (QPIP) team, which is embedded in the Coherence and Quantum Technology group, and in the Photonic Integration group. These groups have strong industrial links to both the quantum and the photonics industry through their spinouts and projects. QPIP is a young team; there is both the opportunity and the expectation to help shape the growth and culture of the team.