Quantum Information Science (QIS)
Abstract
The Quantum Information Science (QIS) program explored all facets of the research necessary to create new technologies based on quantum information science. Research in this area has the ultimate goal of demonstrating the potentially significant advantages of uniquely quantum effects in communication and computing. The QIS program addressed the fundamental material science and physics associated with uniquely quantum effects in materials. The primary technical challenges include loss of information due to quantum decoherence and the practical limitations associated with operation temperatures, susceptibility to electronic and magnetic noise, coupling between quantum devices, etc. Theoretical efforts in QIS investigated novel techniques for preserving coherence, distributing quantum entanglement, and efficiently modeling quantum operations. Complementary experiments sought to demonstrate quantum devices with better coherence properties than existing devices and to implement entangling operations between two or more quantum devices. Future technologies utilizing quantum information science could enable ultra-secure communications; faster algorithms for optimization and simulation in logistics, war gaming, and pharmaceutical development; and new methods for image and signal processing in measurement and signature intelligence activities (MASINT).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2015
- Source ID
- baf68286be7dce6cb63b5da0ac1fac94
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