Cross-disciplinary Pillars

EPIQC focuses on investigations of cross-disciplinary interfacing and integration of alternative control and readout architectures through three complementary pillars:

QC-ICT
challenge

Pillar 1

Optical
interconnects

Pillar 2

Wireless
control/readout

Pillar 3

Cryoelectronics

Enabling
interface

Photonic integrated circuits,
fibre optics,
electro-optical devices
Cryogenic & low dissipative antennas, transceivers, cryogenic filters & lenses
Cryogenic and low dissipative CMOS,
FPGA and low noise amplifier

Pillar
champions
&
consortium experts

M. Sorel (UoG)
A. Casaburi (UoG)
R. Hadfield (UoG)
G. Georgiou (UoG)
J. Williams (NPL)
K. Delfanazari (UoG)
N. Ridler (NPL)
C. Li (UoG)
A. Rossi (UoS)
D. Moran (UoG)
R. Macedo (UoG)
M. Imran (UoG)
J. Morton (UCL)
H. Heidari (UoG)
T. Lindstrom (NPL)
A. Asenov (UoG)
V. Georgiev (UoG)
M. French (STFC)

Industry involvements*

Oxford Instruments, Leonardo, NuQuantum, BT, SeeQC, Semiwise, Quantumbase, Nokia, Ericsson, Kelvin Nanotechnology, SureCore

Hubs &
networks

NQCC, STFC, QuantIC, QCS Hub, IET Quantum Engineering Network, EPSRC eFutures Network, U. Birmingham, NPL, U. Lancaster, U. Southampton, King’s College London
*Additional experts from industry, academia and organisations will be joining these pillars.
Objectives
The final goal of EPIQC is to deliver integrated solutions for efficient control and readout of scaled up quantum processors...