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Congrats to all the Canadian recipients! #Quantum

https://twitter.com/NSERC_CRSNG/status/1324728363580297218

Quick summary 🧵 on the #quantum sensing, quantum computing, and quantum communications projects by UK and Canada academics and industry! Announced today at #QuantumShowcase2020. @NSERC_CRSNG @UKRI_News

nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NSERC-CRSNG/Fu…

💎"Diamond NV Sensors for Quantum-Limited Magnetic Field Measurements" out of @usask, @M2Lasers, Dias Geophysical, and @UniofNottingham.

Design, build, and demonstrate a svelte quantum magnetometer for geophysics and beyond!

💻🔬"Scanning Probe Fabrication and Readout of Atomically Precise Silicon Quantum Technologies" out of @mcgillu, @nanolayers, NanoAcademic Technologies, @UCLQuantum.

Machine learning for efficiently characterizing silicon-based qubits arising out of atomic dopant techniques

🛰️📡"Reference-Frame Independent Quantum Communication for Satellite-Based Networks" out of 🇨🇦@UWaterloo, @UCalgary, @COMDEV_Intl, @csa_asc and 🇬🇧 @craftprospect, @QETLabsBristol, @UniStrathclyde

Leveraged #QEYSSat+ROKS quantum communication satellite missions!

💻⚛️"Making noisy quantum processors practical: from theory to applications" out of @UWaterloo, @Perimeter, @Q_Benchmark, @PhaseCraftCo, @UCLQuantum.

To develop robust implementations of quantum algorithms that can run successfully on today's error-prone quantum processors

🔦"Development of Highly Efficient, Portable, and Fiber-Integrated Photonic Platforms Based on Micro-Resonator" out of @inrsciences, @TMDTechnologies, OptoElectronic Components, and @SussexUni.

Chip-based photonic light sources compatible with fiber networks

🔦+🕸️"Connectorizing Integrated Quantum Photonics Devices" out of @inrsciences, @dualityqp, OptoElectronic Components, and @HeriotWattUni.

Develop low-loss and robust interconnects between integrated waveguide-based photonic chips and standard optical fibers for q. communication

🔏🖥️🕸️"Building a standardised quantum-safe networking architecture" out of @UWaterloo, @kets_quantum, @QEYnet, @cse_cst, @Crypto4A, @rheagroup, and @BristolUni.

A powerhouse consortia to develop a secure network standard built on the security principles of quantum-safe tech

⚛️🏗️Advanced Manufacturing Toolkit for Quantum Sensing and Quantum Computing" out of @IQ_USherbrooke, @OI_Nanoscience, @sbquantum, Nord Quantique, & @UofGlasgow

Robust, reliable and scalable microelectronic circuits in atomically precise superconducting thin films & defects in💎

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