| Description | Abstract: The 20th century has witnessed the rise of quantum mechanics and its fueled scientific and technological revolution. The humankind is now on the verge of a second quantum revolution sparked by quantum information science and engineering (QISE). Entanglement as a quintessential quantum resource lies at the heart of QISE, giving rise to a plethora of quantum-enabled or enhanced capabilities that shift the landscape of communication, sensing, and computing. This talk will present a full-stack QISE approach building on foundational quantum materials, to functional quantum devices, and finally toward system-level entanglement-based applications. I will first introduce the development of high-quality quantum photonics materials and devices for entanglement generation and processing. Next, I will describe three entanglement-based applications–quantum machine learning for data classification, entangled sensor networks for precision navigation and measurements, and entanglement-assisted communication. To quickly translate basic quantum research to near-term, widely impactful quantum technologies, a critical step is the deployment of quantum materials, devices, and systems in real-world environments. To this end, I will elaborate on the Interdisciplinary Quantum Information Research and Engineering (INQUIRE) testbed, a distributed infrastructure to advance convergent QISE research and education. |
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