Leading the way for a European quantum computer based on photons, the quanta of light: this is the challenge of EPIQUE, the research project funded with 10,340,000 euros by the European Commission carried out by 18 partners from 12 countries and led by Sapienza University of Rome and kicking off today. "The important result obtained with the funding of the EPIQUE project coordinated by Professor Fabio Sciarrino, to whom we extend our sincere congratulations for the prestigious award obtained, is a further confirmation," says Sapienza Rector Antonella Polimeni, "of the University's commitment in the field of quantum technologies. This project joins other initiatives that see Sapienza as a center of excellence in the field, as leader of the Spoke on photonic technologies within the PNRR-funded partnership on quantum technologies, and as a partner in the Spoke on Quantum Computing of the ICSC foundation. A new success for our community that confirms the ever-growing focus on the European research ecosystem”. Quantum computers are one of the most promising technologies of the future, machines potentially capable of solving problems impossible even for the most powerful supercomputers, but these are devices in the prototype stage and there are still many possible avenues of development. Among the most promising is one based on light: the use of photons in the role of qubits. Precisely in order to study in depth the potential offered by the development of photonic quantum computing platforms, EPIQUE - European Photonic Quantum Computer - was born, a project that aims to lead the way in a field with wide margins for development.
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