Building quantum computers requires a combination of components, such as quantum bits, couplers, and control and readout lines, in a single chip. A small design or fabrication error can be a costly, complete failure of the quantum computer chip. Component developers must master concepts (quantum mechanics and superconductivity) and need experience in state-of-the-art tools and techniques to fabricate devices. These concepts and techniques are not in the usual science and engineering curriculum.
To fill this gap, CMC Microsystems and the NSERC CREATE training programs QSciTech and NSERC CREATE in Quantum Computing have joined forces with professors from the University of British Columbia, the University of Victoria, the Institut Quantique at the University of Sherbrooke, the University of Calgary, and the University of Waterloo to bring you the workshop on the design, fabrication, and testing of superconducting devices used in quantum computer hardware. We invite you to join the in-person workshop in Calgary, Alberta, from November 18 to November 22.
The workshop will teach participants how to design, simulate, fabricate, and test their superconducting circuits. The workshop will cover the fundamentals of superconductors and Josephson junctions and how to design circuits such as resonators, SQUIDs, and qubits. Students will brainstorm with researchers at leading Canadian universities and industries to pitch their device ideas and use CMC-provided CAD tools to design, simulate, and submit devices for fabrication by a foundry facilitated by CMC. Most participants will test their chips in a 4K probe station at one of the universities or with a dilution refrigerator already available for those students pursuing a PhD in experimental quantum information science. Students without access to a low-temperature probe station can test devices at the Quantum Fab Lab at Institut quantique.
During the workshop, participants will have the opportunity to attend the Quantum Networking Day. Moreover, attendees are encouraged to participate in the Superconducting Quantum Device Design Awards. See details below. Don’t miss the CMC BasecampTM Build Your Own Superconducting Quantum Device workshop, which will allow you to learn why superconducting devices are at the heart of today’s commercial quantum computers such as those of Nord Quantique, Anyon Systems, D-Wave, and IBM.