The Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) is investigating How quantum computers of the future can be connected through existing communication technologies currently. To this end, he has taken charge, according to Europa Press, of the Q-FACE Projectwith which its researchers search «create a system capable of communicating quantum computing systems using communication networks that we already use«.
The project is part of the Quantum Communication Plan of the Valencian Community, in which, in addition to the UPV, the University of Valencia, the University of Alicante and the CEU Cardenal Herrera University are participating. The union of the universities of the region represents another step in their commitment to position the Valencian Community as a reference in quantum technologies applied to sectors such as telecommunications, cybersecurity or health.
More specifically, the objective of Q-FACE is to develop an integrated device that functions as a bridge between quantum computers and traditional optical networks. In this way, both systems will be able to communicate with each other, and future quantum processors could exchange information through the optical fiber already installed. This would move towards secure and accessible quantum communications.
The key to the project is the development of an integrated interface with which to transform quantum microwave signals into optical signals, and vice versa, so that these signals are efficient and stable, with a mechanical oscillator as a mediator.
This is a complex process, which the UPV team that is participating in the Q-FACE Project describes as the creation of an efficient translator between the quantum world and that of fiber networks.
Specialists and experts in physics, engineering and photonics work in the Q-FACE project, with the purpose of bringing quantum technology closer to everyday reality.
The project is part of the eleven of the Quantum Communication Plan, led by the UPV, the UV, the UA and the CEU Cardenal Herrera. Together, these projects cover different lines of research and development to promote quantum technology and its applications in different sectors considered strategic.
Alejandro Martínez, Professor at the UPV and Head of the projectstressed that the team wants «that the computers of the future can connect with the networks we use today. Our work seeks to make that connection possible, translating quantum signals into the language of light, which is what dominates our long-distance telecommunications.«.
