School of Engineering Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering 144 Quantum Interference with Photon Pairs Generated from a Nonlinear Crystal Supervisor: POON Wing On / ECE Student: FU Penglin / ELEC Course: UROP 1100, Fall As photon pairs are very essential for quantum communication, preparing photon pairs are of great importance. In this work, we use a type-II PPLN manufactured by HCP, to generate photon pairs. We want to generate as many photon pairs as possible, and we want to verify that they are indeed generated simultaneously. With such photon pairs, we can use them to explore more properties for quantum communication. By improving the optical structure, we reached a satisfactory photon pairs generation rate and coincidence count. Although the successful measurement of coincidence count suggests that they are generated simultaneously, we would like to further verify their simultaneity with a HOM type interference experiment, but due to lack of time, we haven’t finished it yet. Compact Models for Circuit Design Supervisor: SHAO Qiming / ECE Student: LU Yunyang / ELEC Course: UROP 1000, Summer Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (MRAM) stands out as a leading candidate for the new computer architecture due to its exceptional characteristics, including high density, low power consumption, high speed, and non-volatility. In the era of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the traditional von Neumann computer architecture incurs substantial energy costs in transferring vast amounts of data from the memory unit to the processing unit due to their segregated systems. MRAM offers a pathway for scientists to exploit innovative in-memory computing architectures to diminish energy consumption. This report will delve into simulating the voltage-controlled magnetic anisotropy (VCMA)-MRAM (compact models) and explore MRAM's applications (circuit design). EDA for Superconducting Quantum Computing Supervisor: SHAO Qiming / ECE Student: KHAIDAR Orazkhan / ELEC Course: UROP 1100, Spring The purpose of this project is to explore the field of electronic design automation (EDA) for superconducting quantum computing using several tools such as IBM Qiskit Metal, and PathWave QuantumPro. The objective is to understand the current state of EDA for superconducting qubits and develop a prototype integrated circuit for basic single-qubit and two-qubit gate operations. The project involves familiarizing onesef with superconducting qubits and quantum computing principles, learning about IBM Qiskit Metal, and similar tools, defining circuit specifications, designing the quantum circuit using the Metal framework, simulating and verifying its functionality, optimizing the design, testing it on a real quantum device, and documenting the findings. The outcomes will provide insights into capabilities and limitations of EDA tools for superconducting quantum computing and propose potential enhancements for the future development.
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