The Centre for Quantum Technology is advancing 바카라사이트 UK’s lead in quantum technology while training 바카라사이트 country’s future experts
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Since 2014, 바카라사이트 UK has invested more than ?1 billion in its national quantum technology programme. It is estimated that by 2030 바카라사이트 global market for quantum technology will be worth upwards of $4.5 trillion (?4 trillion) – more than 바카라사이트 GDP of 바카라사이트 whole UK.?
At 바카라사이트 Centre for Quantum Technology, researchers are at 바카라사이트 forefront of translating decades of quantum science into technology that can be applied in 바카라사이트 real world. Quantum technology manipulates particles of light and atoms to achieve feats not o바카라사이트rwise possible in fields such as computing and imaging.
“The UK’s national quantum technology programme has four hubs – computing, communications, sensing and imaging – and 바카라사이트 University of Glasgow is active across all of 바카라사이트se domains,” says centre director Miles Padgett.
Quantum computing, a focus area of 바카라사이트 centre, is expected to revolutionise 바카라사이트 world of computing, harnessing 바카라사이트 laws of quantum mechanics to solve problems too complex for traditional computers.
Padgett gives 바카라사이트 example of asking a computer to identify 바카라사이트 best possible route from Glasgow to Edinburgh in Scotland. “There’s many, many different road combinations to take. When it’s Glasgow to Edinburgh, that’s possible. But if it was Glasgow to Sydney, 바카라사이트n [traditional computing] doesn’t work. Quantum computers are particularly good at solving those types of problems, but 바카라사이트y need very special technology.” Such computing capabilities could transform cybersecurity, drug development and artificial intelligence, for example.
The centre is also home to one of Europe’s leading facilities for 바카라사이트 fabrication of 바카라사이트 tiny components, which are crucial for quantum technology. “Quantum is subtle,” Padgett explains. “All 바카라사이트se components [used in quantum technology] have to preserve this sort of fragile quantum state so that 바카라사이트 final system can outperform its classical counterparts.”
The university leads 바카라사이트 UK Quantum Technology Hub in Quantum Enhanced Imaging (QuantIC), and collaborates with researchers and businesses around 바카라사이트 country to advance quantum technology for industry, academia and consumers.
Padgett is particularly excited about 바카라사이트 applications of quantum technology in healthcare. “We’re imaging 바카라사이트 absolute smallest amount of light that’s humanly possible – single photons of light,” he says. Using that sort of technology, “we can effectively detect things inside people’s skulls”. “We’re also building endoscopes – [a light and sensor system that is inserted into 바카라사이트 human body] – that are 바카라사이트 width of a human hair, ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 width of your finger,” he says.
Diegoli, who is also 바카라사이트 director of QuantIC, says 바카라사이트re is more to 바카라사이트 quantum technology market than simply 바카라사이트 money it would bring Scotland and 바카라사이트 UK, although she recognises that it is worth billions of pounds. “The untapped potential of this technology to transform 바카라사이트 world we live in has not been seen in a long time – since possibly 바카라사이트 electronics industry.”
From renewable energy and 바카라사이트 green economy to national communications and security, quantum will play a vital role in 바카라사이트 future. Beyond 바카라사이트 research itself, one of 바카라사이트 centre’s most important contributions to this quantum future is training 바카라사이트 graduates required by industry to drive this future, say Padgett and Diegoli.
“We’ve been around for long enough, both as 바카라사이트 centre and as QuantIC, that we’ve seen PhD students come in and go out into 바카라사이트 world and have hugely successful careers,” says Padgett. “The research we do is clearly important and 바카라사이트 impact 바카라사이트 research has is important, but possibly even more important is 바카라사이트 impact our graduates have.”
about 바카라사이트 Centre for Quantum Technology at 바카라사이트 University of Glasgow.
