The Center for Quantum Information is a multidisciplinary
research center for the study of the processing and transmittal
of information using quantum systems. The major goals of the center
are to develop a toolbox of quantum procedures and protocols in a
variety of elementary systems, ranging from atoms and molecules to
photons and electronic nanostructures, and to formulate the elements
of a quantum theory of information. Since information is itself one
of the basic physical properties of quantum theory, its role must be
characterized for each microscopic system before it can be applied
to more complex entities. The focus of our research therefore lies
between the distinctive fundamental features of quantum mechanics and
their application. To achieve these aims, CQI is based upon the interaction
of several highly interdisciplinary research projects. The Center is
a collaborative effort of nine professors from five universities
(Rochester, Harvard, Stanford, Cornell and Rutgers) and an industrial
partner (Lucent Technologies). Expertise ranges from quantum optics
and atomic physics, through mesoscopic electronics and superconductivity,
to information theory and its applications in commercial optical telecommunications
systems.
The Center is supported by ARO through the MURI
Program.
