Continuous-Variable Quantum Technology Program

The Continuous-Variable Quantum Technology Program is led by Associate Professor Nicolas Menicucci from RMIT University in Melbourne. World record-breaking experiments in recent years have revealed continuous-variable (CV) cluster states to be a highly promising technology for large-scale quantum computing. This is because extremely large quantum resource states can be made using a minimum of experimental hardware. The goals of this Program are three-fold:

• To reduce the experimental resources required for these states to be used in a fault-tolerant setting by improving the algorithms and theoretical designs for using them;
• To provide theoretical support for the experimentalists working to demonstrate these states in the laboratory through improved experimental designs and methodology; and
• To discover ways to use CV cluster states beyond their original design (quantum computing). This could be in quantum communication, quantum sensing, or the fundamental study of large-scale many-body entanglement.