EE4575 Electronics for quantum computation

The goal of this course is to introduce the students the overall system of a quantum computer, focusing on the classical hardware and software infrastructure required to build a quantum computer together with the quantum hardware. This course complements the course Quantum Hardware (AP3292) that covers the quantum components in a quantum computer by covering all classical hardware and software components.

Covered topics:

• Quantum computer architecture; quantum languages; compilers; QISA; microarchitecture.
• Quantum simulator (QX simulator);
• Quantum error correction: quantum error correction codes; encoding; logical operations.
• Mapping of quantum circuits; placement of qubits; scheduling of operations; routing of qubits;
• Classical hardware for quantum computing: classical controller and quantum processor; qubit hardware and the need for cryogenic electronics;
• Receiver and transmitter architectures for controlling qubits: frequency up/down-conversion, modulation schemes, frequency generation.
• Hardware building blocks: amplifiers, analog-to-digital converters, digital-to-analog converters, digital processing, FPGA
• Cryo-CMOS: device characteristics, state-of-the-art, design principles.

Teachers

dr. Fabio Sebastiano

cryogenic electronics, quanutm computation, analog/mixed-signal circuit design, frequency references, sensors, sensor readout

Last modified: 2019-12-16