Digital media, location awareness, and the politics of geodata. This project aims to examine the increasingly pervasive role of location metadata, or geodata, in Australian smartphone practices and cultures and the implications this has for users, industry, and public administration. The project will deliver online and open resources to enhance public understanding of geodata and geoprivacy, as well as industry and policy recommendations that address the crucial issue of ‘location awareness’ in ....Digital media, location awareness, and the politics of geodata. This project aims to examine the increasingly pervasive role of location metadata, or geodata, in Australian smartphone practices and cultures and the implications this has for users, industry, and public administration. The project will deliver online and open resources to enhance public understanding of geodata and geoprivacy, as well as industry and policy recommendations that address the crucial issue of ‘location awareness’ in everyday digital media use. The project will generate new insights into the critical role of geodata in everyday digital media use and will contribute to broader public discussion about data privacy, surveillance and cybersecurity. Its findings will also provide industry benefits, enhancing developers’ understanding of how everyday users apprehend and negotiate the privacy implications of location services.Read moreRead less
Quantum networks based on superconducting circuits and dissipative channels. Superconducting circuits have great potential for probing and using quantum nature on a chip but lack networking capabilities between remote sites. However, non-local quantum correlations are critical for quantum devices to surpass classical systems. This project aims to create capabilities for establishing entanglement between remote superconducting chips using non-local dissipative interaction. Within this approach th ....Quantum networks based on superconducting circuits and dissipative channels. Superconducting circuits have great potential for probing and using quantum nature on a chip but lack networking capabilities between remote sites. However, non-local quantum correlations are critical for quantum devices to surpass classical systems. This project aims to create capabilities for establishing entanglement between remote superconducting chips using non-local dissipative interaction. Within this approach the created entanglement can be also preserved as long as necessary as a resource for quantum protocols. The resulting technology is expected to enable quantum information processing in superconducting circuits on fundamentally larger scales and provides a powerful platform to test the limits for building artificial quantum systems.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE130100240
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$375,000.00
Summary
Deterministic photonic quantum gates by amplified optical nonlinearities. Quantum devices will reshape future technology in ways similar to the information revolution heralded by modern computing. This proposal will combine theoretic advances in optical sciences with cutting-edge materials to build photonic quantum gates, removing the last major roadblock on the path to photonic quantum computers and simulators.
Optomechanical refrigeration of electronic circuits. The project aims to apply laser light to reduce the temperature of electronic circuits. This aims to greatly suppress electronic noise, and enable a new class of technologies for future telecommunication systems. By developing new techniques to confine light, electric fields and vibrations at sub-micron scale on a silicon chip, devices such as ultralow noise amplifiers, clocks and radio frequency receivers will be realised, along with ultra-ef ....Optomechanical refrigeration of electronic circuits. The project aims to apply laser light to reduce the temperature of electronic circuits. This aims to greatly suppress electronic noise, and enable a new class of technologies for future telecommunication systems. By developing new techniques to confine light, electric fields and vibrations at sub-micron scale on a silicon chip, devices such as ultralow noise amplifiers, clocks and radio frequency receivers will be realised, along with ultra-efficient optical modulators. In future, these technologies could reduce energy consumption and improve reliability in telecommunication networks. They could improve the range of satellite communication, robustness of GPS against cosmic radiation, and performance of surveillance systems such as radar and sonar.Read moreRead less
Scalable nanomechanical information processing. This project aims to build the first scalable computer architecture based on nanoscale motion on a silicon chip. Such nanomechanical computers could extend computing performance in space and earth-orbit applications, and in other environments where intense radiation causes digital electronics to fail. The project intends to utilise recent advances in nanomechanics and nanofabrication to demonstrate all key nanomechanical circuit elements, including ....Scalable nanomechanical information processing. This project aims to build the first scalable computer architecture based on nanoscale motion on a silicon chip. Such nanomechanical computers could extend computing performance in space and earth-orbit applications, and in other environments where intense radiation causes digital electronics to fail. The project intends to utilise recent advances in nanomechanics and nanofabrication to demonstrate all key nanomechanical circuit elements, including transistors, logic gates, memories and analogue-to-digital converters and to deliver a roadmap for commercialisation of the technology in Australia. The expected outcome of this project is the development of the underpinning nanotechnologies, predicted to have wide uses in sensing, health and communications,and which could improve heat management and energy efficiency in future computers. This new approach to computing has potential for near-term commercial impact in the aerospace industry, building on Australian know-how.Read moreRead less
Scalable and reversible computing with integrated nanomechanics. This project aims to build the first scalable computing architecture based on nanomechanical motion, integrated on a silicon chip and proven in harsh environments. This could extend the performance of computers in space and high-radiation environments, e.g. allowing robust satellite stabilisation. The project will leverage our know-how in phononics and nanofabrication to enable previously unprecedented control of nanomechanical mot ....Scalable and reversible computing with integrated nanomechanics. This project aims to build the first scalable computing architecture based on nanomechanical motion, integrated on a silicon chip and proven in harsh environments. This could extend the performance of computers in space and high-radiation environments, e.g. allowing robust satellite stabilisation. The project will leverage our know-how in phononics and nanofabrication to enable previously unprecedented control of nanomechanical motion, and exquisitely low energy dissipation. It aims to construct a nanomechanical processor capable of digital servo control, built from nanomechanical waveguides, transistors, logic gates and analogue-to-digital converters. It will also develop reversible logic gates, a key step towards ultralow-power computing.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE190101174
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$395,000.00
Summary
Building a mechanical quantum memory from superfluid helium. This project aims to implement a quantum computer memory module which can be integrated in a future hybrid quantum computer, where the advantages of different quantum platforms are combined. The memory module will be achieved by coupling a superconducting qubit to the surface vibrations of superfluid helium and exchanging quantum information between the qubit and helium. By simulating chemical reactions, the project expects to find cle ....Building a mechanical quantum memory from superfluid helium. This project aims to implement a quantum computer memory module which can be integrated in a future hybrid quantum computer, where the advantages of different quantum platforms are combined. The memory module will be achieved by coupling a superconducting qubit to the surface vibrations of superfluid helium and exchanging quantum information between the qubit and helium. By simulating chemical reactions, the project expects to find cleaner alternatives of current industrial processes, reducing environmental impact. The outcomes should provide significant benefits for testing the validity of quantum mechanics, and by contributing to the realisation of a quantum computer, contribute to broad socio-economic benefits.Read moreRead less
Large Scale and Ultrafast Integrated Quantum Photonics in Silicon Carbide. This project will establish a new technological platform for the fabrication of ultra-compact, reconfigurable integrated quantum optical devices in silicon carbide. With this new architecture the project will demonstrate large, reconfigurable optical circuits and integrated single photon detectors where tens of photons can interfere, be manipulated and measured in miniaturised optical devices. The fabrication process will ....Large Scale and Ultrafast Integrated Quantum Photonics in Silicon Carbide. This project will establish a new technological platform for the fabrication of ultra-compact, reconfigurable integrated quantum optical devices in silicon carbide. With this new architecture the project will demonstrate large, reconfigurable optical circuits and integrated single photon detectors where tens of photons can interfere, be manipulated and measured in miniaturised optical devices. The fabrication process will be compatible with current electronic and optical telecommunication technology and will support a new generation of optical devices with a high level scalability and complexity. Finally the project will investigate cavity type structures for the efficient coupling between single photons and atom-like single defects in silicon carbide. Read moreRead less
Distributed quantum networks with cascaded superconducting circuits. At the heart of all communication is the need to establish strong correlations between remote sites. The non-local character of quantum correlations enables new communication protocols that are impossible with classical resources alone. This project aims to realise a novel class of superconducting devices capable of establishing quantum correlations between distant electronic chips through long-range irreversible interactions. ....Distributed quantum networks with cascaded superconducting circuits. At the heart of all communication is the need to establish strong correlations between remote sites. The non-local character of quantum correlations enables new communication protocols that are impossible with classical resources alone. This project aims to realise a novel class of superconducting devices capable of establishing quantum correlations between distant electronic chips through long-range irreversible interactions. The resulting technology will enable completely new approaches to quantum information processing in superconducting quantum circuits and provide a powerful platform to test the limits of the ability to engineer macroscopic quantum systems.Read moreRead less
Advanced Quantum Sensors for Next-Generation Sensing Applications. The aim of this theoretical physics project is to develop ultra-precise sensing capabilities for two main applications: ultrastable inertial sensors for improved navigation and gravimetry, and to search for signatures of quantum gravity. This project expects to improve the performance of quantum sensors via the use of machine optimisation, and may lead to much-needed experimental data to help guide one of the most challenging pro ....Advanced Quantum Sensors for Next-Generation Sensing Applications. The aim of this theoretical physics project is to develop ultra-precise sensing capabilities for two main applications: ultrastable inertial sensors for improved navigation and gravimetry, and to search for signatures of quantum gravity. This project expects to improve the performance of quantum sensors via the use of machine optimisation, and may lead to much-needed experimental data to help guide one of the most challenging problems in theoretical physics: the quantisation of gravity. The expected outcomes of this project are enhanced quantum sensor design, leading to improved inertial sensing technology. This should provide benefits such as improved capabilities for minerals exploration and monitoring the movement of ground water.Read moreRead less