Welcome to the QGates homepage! QGates (or "Quantum Gates and Elementary Scalable Processors Using Deterministically Addressed Atoms" to give it its full project title) is an EU Shared Cost RTD programme devoted to implementing quantum information processing (QIP) using trapped ions, trapped atoms and cavity quantum electrodynamics (QED) techniques.
We are working towards the demonstration of elementary quantum processors, using a range of technologies involving individually addressed ions or neutral atoms, and cavity QED methods. Special attention will be given to elementary scalability, i.e. either to the operation of a moderate number of qubits in a single processor, or to the interconnection of several processors at the quantum level. where such interconnections will be mediated through the exchange of material particles (atoms or ions).
Our project includes a healthy mix of experiment and theory, where the theoretical work will underpin the experiments and provide extra links between the themes.
We have identified three key interlinked experimental themes which show great promise in the area of QIP: trapped ion processors, neutral atom processors, and cavity QED. We are fortunate indeed to have world-leading groups within our consortium working in all three areas. Click here for summaries of all the main research areas.