LaTeQ

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Laboratory of Quantum Technologies – LaTeQ

The Laboratory of Quantum Technologies – LaTeQ has been conceived within the FQ project as a laboratory capable of supporting the complex effort of developing new materials, technologies and devices of the project. In particular, LaTeQ expands the capabilities of DFA for micro- and nano-fabrication, advanced characterization of new materials and devices that will be used to achieve the research objectives linked to (i) Fundamental Physics and Quantum Technologies and (ii) New Materials and Models at the Quantum Frontier.

The LaTeQ Infrastructure has a distributed character in the sense that it has two sites (LNL-INFN and DFA) that work in synergy to act as a transversal support to the research carried out by the various groups involved, centralizing experimental facilities and rationalizing their use and spaces also through the management and supervision of dedicated technical staff. LaTeQ also has an integrated character in the sense that the equipment acquired on the project funds integrates with and complements the instrumentation already available in the two locations.

The following equipment will be installed at the LNL-INFN site:

  • Electronics for quantum sensing (qubit control electronics and cryogenic connection);
  • Table-top instrumentation for measurements of electric dipole moments (automated cryostat);
  • Instrumentation for squeezed light state source (Optical bench and components, narrow-line and low-noise laser).

The following equipment will be installed at the DFA site:

  • infrastructure acquired on WCRI-UniPD funds for quantum computing and simulation;
  • system for measurements of quantum optics in the visible and near-infrared;
  • integrated micro-nano-fabrication cluster by sputtering deposition and electron beam-assisted evaporation;
  • Reactive-ion etching system.

 Access to these resources is managed through a centralized booking system to allow more rational and effective use.