SAN DIEGO —Researchers from the Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) have been selected to receive a 2015 Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) Far West Region Award in the Outstanding Technology Development category for their technology on a Nonvolatile and Cryogenic Compatible Quantum Memory Device. They will be honored at an awards ceremony Aug. 26, 2015, at the Hilton San Diego Airport/Harbor Island.
Researchers include Dr. Osama Nayfeh, Son Dinh, Dr. Benjamin Taylor, Dr. Marcio de Andrade, Chuck Vinson, Dr. Paul Swanson, Bruce Offord, Anna Leese de Escobar, Dr. Dave Rees, and Ken Simonsen.
Quantum computing will revolutionize computational capability bringing computing devices to market that are potentially millions of times faster than conventional computers. SSC Pacific is on the cutting edge of research and development in this exciting field. A major need in quantum computing is a solid-state memory device that can provide fast operation, low voltage, and cryogenic compatibility.
Dr. Osama Nayfeh and his team at SSC Pacific are developing a cryogenic-compatible Quantum Memory Device capable of performing writing, reading, and erasing operations via fast (pico-seconds), low voltage (millivolts) electrical pulses generated by on-chip computational devices. The system is designed to achieve the quantum confinement necessary for the generation and storage of quantum states.
SSC Pacific's device pushes the envelope on speed, voltage, and temperature compatibility required for quantum computing, and is foundational for making super-fast, low-power, sub-nano-scale computer chips a reality.
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific provides the U.S. Navy and military with essential capabilities in the areas of command and control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR). SSC Pacific provides the full spectrum of C4ISR capabilities from basic research and prototype development, to extensive test and evaluation services, through systems engineering and integration, to installation and life-cycle support of fielded systems. SSC Pacific is a recognized leader in the cyber domain and for autonomous unmanned systems, and is providing the technological and engineering support critical to ensuring the Navy’s information dominance. www.spawar.navy.mil/pacific