Originally appeard on the ECE Research page.
With $80+ million in funding from IARPA, ARO, NSF and DOE to date, Duke ECE’s internationally recognized quantum computing team—part of the Duke Quantum Center—is replacing the bits of traditional computers with trapped ion qubits, which exist in multiple states at once. These powerful new systems have the potential to perform multitudes of computations in quantum superposition, enabling algorithmic shortcuts for blazing-fast computation. The future holds promise for applications in cybersecurity, AI, and modeling complex biological, chemical, pharmacological, environmental and financial systems. Spinoff IonQ has raised $77M in investor funding to date and has built two of the most accurate quantum computers in existence.
Research Areas
- Quantum resource theory
- Quantum error correction
- Quantum control
- Quantum computer architecture
- Ion trapping
- Spectroscopy of sympathetically cooled molecular ions
- Quantum information
- Novel photonic devices
- Quantum thermodynamics
Access links to Duke Centers and Partners in quantum computing, as well as the latest news here.
