Roadmap on quantum nanotechnologies
Nanotechnology, vol. 32, pp. 162003
Abstract
Quantum phenomena are typically observable at length and time scales smaller than those of our everyday experience, often involving individual particles or excitations. The past few decades have seen a revolution in the ability to structure matter at the nanoscale, and experiments at the single particle level have become commonplace. This has opened wide new avenues for exploring and harnessing quantum mechanical effects in condensed matter. These quantum phenomena, in turn, have the potential to revolutionize the way we communicate, compute and probe the nanoscale world. Here, we review developments in key areas of quantum research in light of the nanotechnologies that enable them, with a view to what the future holds. Materials and devices with nanoscale features are used for quantum metrology and sensing, as building blocks for quantum computing, and as sources and detectors for quantum communication. They enable explorations of quantum behaviour and unconventional states in nano- and opto-mechanical systems, low-dimensional systems, molecular devices, nano-plasmonics, quantum electrodynamics, scanning tunnelling microscopy, and more. This rapidly expanding intersection of nanotechnology and quantum science/technology is mutually beneficial to both fields, laying claim to some of the most exciting scientific leaps of the last decade, with more on the horizon.
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Arne Laucht corresponding
UNSW Sydney · Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology
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Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
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Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, 38116, Braunschweig, Germany
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Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
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Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, 38116, Braunschweig, Germany
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Quantum Motion Technologies (United Kingdom)
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Present address: Quantum Motion Technologies, Windsor House, Cornwall Road, Harrogate HG1 2PW, United Kingdom
Quantum Motion Technologies, Nexus, Discovery Way, Leeds, LS2 3AA, United Kingdom
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Microsoft (United States) · The University of Sydney
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Microsoft Corporation, Station Q Sydney, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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Technical University of Denmark
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Department of Photonics Engineering, DTU Fotonik, Technical University of Denmark, Building 343, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Ferdinand-Braun-Institut · Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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Department of Physics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 12489, Berlin, Germany
Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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Department of Physics, ETH Zürich, CH-8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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Department of Physics, ETH Zürich, CH-8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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UNSW Sydney · Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology
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Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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UNSW Sydney · Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology
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Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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UNSW Sydney · Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology
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Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Forschungszentrum Jülich · Jülich Aachen Research Alliance · RWTH Aachen University
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JARA-FIT Institute for Quantum Information, RWTH Aachen University and Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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University of British Columbia
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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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Center for Quantum Information and Quantum Biology, Institute for open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiative, Osaka University, 560-8531, Osaka, Japan
Center for Spintronics Research Network (CSRN), Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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Department of Physics and Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics
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Center for Nanophotonics, AMOLF, 1098 XG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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United States Air Force Research Laboratory · Rome Laboratory · Syracuse University
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Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244-1130, United States of America
Present Address: United States Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, NY 13441, United States of America
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Kumoh National Institute of Technology · University of Waterloo
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Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
School of Materials Science and Engineering & Department of Energy Engineering Convergence, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Gumi 39177, Korea
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Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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UNSW Sydney · ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies
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Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies, UNSW Node, The University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
School of Physics, The University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
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QuTech · Delft University of Technology
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QuTech and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands
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Queen Mary University of London
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School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United States of America
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United States of America
Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United States of America
Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United States of America
Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United States of America
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Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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