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One of the big ideas behind the Foundry is to take these early theoretical ideas
that are just beginning to be experimentally viable and use quantum mechanics
to produce technologies that can outperform classical technologies. "
ANIA JAYICH
Physics professor and director of the Quantum Foundry at UC Santa Barbara

mentally viable and use quantum mechanics to produce
technologies that can outperform classical technologies, "
Jayich said.
Drawing from state-of-the-art facilities such as the Materials
Research Lab and the California NanoSystems Institute,
among others, Foundry members aim to widen the field of
quantum knowledge for technologies not yet dreamt of.
Quantum Theory and Practice
Physicists, mathematicians and engineers also are working
to develop a topological quantum computer, which takes
advantage of the compact and connected geometry of topological spaces for more robust quantum computing.
With cutting-edge research facilities such as the Kavli
Institute for Theoretical Physics, directed by Lars Bildsten,
who holds the Frederick W. Gluck Chair in Theoretical
Physics, Microsoft's Station Q, led by mathematics professor
Michael Freedman, and the lab of physics professor Dirk
Bouwmeester, which explores quantum optomechanics and
quantum information, UC Santa Barbara has both the theoretical expertise and the experimental technique.
Quantum Innovation
All of this emerging knowledge joins the university's proven
expertise in realms such as quantum computing, optics
and photonics, solid-state lighting and two-dimensional
systems, among others.
Jayich and Wilson, with physics professor David Weld, also
will lead the campus's new Roy T. Eddleman Center for
Quantum Innovation, founded through a recent gift of $1.5
million from the tech businessman. Accelerating progress in
quantum science and engineering research, education and
programs, the center will uncover new scientific directions,
build partnerships and train a quantum-smart workforce to
drive fundamental discoveries and harness them for emerging quantum technologies.
Contributing even more to the new era of knowledge and
innovation, UC Santa Barbara quantum scientists will par-

ticipate in three of the U.S. Department of Energy's five new
Quantum Information Science Research Centers. Jayich
will be involved with the Argonne Laboratory-led Q-NEXT
collaboration; Weld and physicist Andrea Young will be
part of the Quantum Science Center headquartered at Oak
Ridge National Laboratory; and materials scientist Chris
Van de Walle is joining forces with Brookhaven Laboratory's
Co-Design Center for Quantum Advantage.
" Progress in this exciting and rapidly evolving area requires
collaboration and interdisciplinary work, which UCSB is
rightly famous for, " said Van de Walle.

Left to right: A researcher in
the lab of materials professor
Susanne Stemmer works
the molecular beam epitaxy
system, a means of building
materials one molecule at a
time. Credit: Stemmer Lab. A
cryogenic setup houses and
cools the superconducting
qubits developed by John
Martinis at Google Labs'
Goleta location. Credit:
Sonia Fernandez, UC Santa
Barbara.

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