EQUSPACE - Enabling new quantum frontiers with spin acoustics in silicon


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Project description
The primary goal of EQUSPACE is to create a scalable quantum technology platform utilizing silicon spin qubits. The project focuses on developing innovative methods for reading these qubits using commercial quantum dots and connecting them through nanomechanical resonators. These advancements will enable the practical use of silicon qubits in quantum computing and quantum sensing, paving the way for new applications and technologies in these fields.
Silicon has been the defining material for classical information processing, but its potential in quantum information processing remains underexplored. By leveraging existing semiconductor infrastructure, EQUSPACE aims to modernize Europe’s quantum industry and counter global competition. The project’s success will significantly strengthen the field of quantum research and create new markets for quantum technologies, by fostering a hub for donor spin-based silicon quantum computing. The created network will span focused ion beam based single-ion implantation and isotopic purification facilities, semi-commercial silicon foundries, start-up companies working on silicon quantum dots and research groups researching silicon spin quantum computing and quantum acoustics.
The consortium comprises five partners from three EU countries, bringing together interdisciplinary expertise to advance silicon quantum applications. The project is coordinated by Professor Juha Muhonen from the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥.
The EQUSPACE consortium comprises researchers from the University Jyväskylä (JYU) and three research institutes: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V. (HZDR) in Germany, and NWO Institute AMOLF (AMOLF) in the Netherlands. In addition, it includes a Finnish start-up company, SemiQon Oy.
For further information, see:
- SemiQon Technologies Ltd.:
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.:
- NWO Institute AMOLF:
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V.:
