MATQu – Materials for Quantum Computing

The project aims to establish a European research infrastructure for advanced computing technologies. Through close collaboration of leading European research institutes, industry and application partners, a European supply chain for materials and production processes for solid-state qubits will be established. This will create a European ecosystem to bring solid-state qubits—such as superconducting Josephson junctions—into application.

Fraunhofer IAF contributes its expertise and infrastructure in the field of low-temperature measurement technology, targeted at the investigation of the variability of superconducting layers. This gives European companies, especially SMEs and start-ups, access not only to the necessary know-how but also to state-of-the-art test and characterization equipment and thus to key components for the development of quantum computing hardware.

The cryo-on-wafer measurement station at Fraunhofer IAF allows characterization of wafers at extremely low temperatures.
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The cryo-on-wafer measurement station at Fraunhofer IAF allows characterization of wafers at extremely low temperatures.
Rainbow-colored picture of a test chip with superconducting qubits
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Test chip with superconducting qubits in a 300 mm integrated process prototype

PROJECT TITLE

MATQu – Materials for Quantum Computing

PROJECT DURATION

2021 − 2024

FUNDING SOURCE

ECSEL Joint Undertaking

Grant agreement No 101007322

(support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and Germany, France, Belgium, Austria, Netherlands, Finland, Israel.)

COORDINATOR

Prof. Rüdiger Quay

OBJECTIVES

Development of characterization methods to study the influence of substrate quality on device performance through the fabrication of high quality resonators

Identification and optimization of improved superconducting materials for the fabrication of superconducting qubit circuits

Systematic electrical characterization of the processed devices using test methods that will allow evaluation of the main performance factors

Understanding sources of variability by making connections between variability in part parameters, substrates, materials, and process steps used, and identifying solutions to reduce variability through material and process optimization.

ECSEL Joint Undertaking

Grant agreement No 101007322

(support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and Germany, France, Belgium, Austria, Netherlands, Finland, Israel.)

Further information

MATQu Press Release

 

Learn more about the launch of the project in the press release:

 

Quantum Computing

 

All information about our research on quantum computing at Fraunhofer IAF can be found here.

MATQu Project Webpage

Read more about the project and the partners: