Like any computer, a quantum computer has layers: hardware, firmware, software and applications. Our research covers all of them.
Because all hardware platforms obey the same quantum physics, developing three in parallel creates the greatest synergy for the layers built on top of them.
Neutral-atom qubits
Single atoms held in arrays of laser light, with fast gates via highly excited Rydberg states – a platform with a clear path to many qubits.
Superconducting qubits
Circuits on chips, cooled to near absolute zero. Research focuses on materials, fabrication and new qubit types that make fewer errors.
Trapped-ion qubits
Electrically charged atoms held in electromagnetic traps, known for long coherence and very precise operations.
Theory
New concepts for digital and analogue quantum computing, algorithms with quantum advantage, benchmarking, and the mitigation and correction of errors.
Munich Quantum Software Stack
A technology-independent, open software environment – compilers, runtime and system software – that connects quantum computers to high-performance computing.
Applications
Use cases from chemistry to optimisation, the tools to build them, and easy access to hardware and simulators for users.