Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF
The "SPINNING" consortium met at the University of Heidelberg on December 11-12, to discuss the progress and results of the project to date and to coordinate the final steps. The BMBF-funded project aims to develop a spin-photon-based quantum computer that can be integrated into conventional computer systems as a hybrid system approach. The three-year project will be extended by six months until summer 2025 in order to finalize the evaluation of the hardware platforms developed in the project.
On December 11-12, the partners of the project SPINNING—Quantum computers based on spin qubits in diamond—met at the University of Heidelberg. The consortium, coordinated by the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF, is making good progress and will achieve all project milestones. It is thus making a decisive contribution to the development of scalable hybrid quantum computers based on photonically entangled spin qubits in diamond.
All project milestones will be reached
SPINNING is exploiting the material properties of diamond to develop hardware platforms that are as powerful as current commercial quantum computers, but without their specific weaknesses, and that are physically compatible with conventional computers. A number of key project milestones have been set for this endeavor. At the project meeting, it became clear that all of these milestones will be achieved.
Central milestones for the relevant key components of a spin-photon and diamond-based quantum computer have been achieved. These include the fiber coupling of two qubit registers with two times six qubits with high fidelity, and the optimization of artificially created lattice defects (vacancy centers) with nitrogen (NV), silicon (SiV), germanium (GeV) or tin (SnV). The systemic approach of the project also includes accompanying components such as detectors, photon sources and control electronics, in which the researchers have also achieved important milestones.
The project will be extended by six months until June 30, 2025 on a cost-neutral basis in order to carry out the final evaluation of the resulting Qubit platforms.
About SPINNING
SPINNING is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) under the Quantum Computer Demonstration Setups measure of the German government's Quantum Technologies - from Fundamentals to Market framework program. Fraunhofer IAF leads the SPINNING consortium consisting of six universities, two non-profit research institutes, five industrial companies (SMEs and spin-offs) and 14 associated partners.
