Fostering Research and Development! IIT Delhi sets up centre of excellence on Quantum Technologies
The CoE will bring synergy and coherence in the activities that are being carried out at IIT Delhi
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Delhi, September 27: With an aim to foster research and development, the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi has set up a Centre o Excellence on Quantum Technologies to bring research activities occurring in various domains of Quantum Technologies at IIT Delhi.
The CoE will bring synergy and coherence in the activities that are being carried out at IIT Delhi. It will also support the principal investigators to pitch in for serval significant projects from the DST and other agencies.
Many countries like the USA, China, Japan, the EU, and the UK have invested heavily into this technology. Following the suit, the Indian government has sanctioned Rs 8000 crores for research in the area of quantum technology.
The Centre of Excellence will focus on select thrust areas including Quantum computing, quantum sensing, and metrology, quantum communication, and quantum materials and devices.
The Centre would undertake the design and development of new quantum materials. It would also undertake research activities related to the quantum processor & cryogenic controller, modeling and technology development of semiconducting qubits such as CMOS and 2D materials, quantum biophotonics, quantum sensing & metrology, development of single-photon detectors, etc.
Quantum physics has impacted society in an unprecedented way, in some 100 years. In order to exploit the characteristics of quantum physics in light & materials, researchers invented both laser and the transistor. Inventions ranging from the basis of information technology, computers, the internet, etc has shaped society up to a large extent. It was the first quantum revolution.
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