The Power of Imperfection: Embracing the Quantum Limit in Semiconductor Devices
Lee Bassett
Counterintuitively, the same atom-scale defects that are the bane of integrated electronic devices might be the key to a grand challenge of 21st century science: harnessing the enormous complexity and sensitivity of quantum-coherent systems for practical applications. Certain semiconductor defects exhibit quantum-mechanical features comparable to isolated atoms or molecules, but in room temperature devices amenable to nanofabrication and integration. I will introduce this expanding research field and describe several recent efforts to identify, create, and control quantum states using defects in solid-state devices. Quantum engineering research connects disparate areas in nanophotonics, information processing, materials science, physics, and electrical engineering, and has wide-ranging applications in quantum computing, secure communication, and high-performance sensors.
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