Archer Materials integrates qubit material in a step towards practical quantum chips
Archer Materials says it is the only ASX listed entity developing qubit processor technology – and one of only a few companies worldwide.
Archer Materials (ASX: AXE) has announced it has made further inroads into the development of its 12CQ quantum chip technology (12CQ chip), having achieved on-chip electronic transport in qubit components at room temperature.
The Australian semiconductor company said the achievement was a “significant technological milestone and a fundamental requirement for the operation of the 12CQ chip”.
Archer Materials chief executive officer Dr Mohammad Choucair said the company’s ongoing efforts have paved the way for achieving such a milestone.
“For the potential use of Archer’s qubit material in practical quantum processor chip devices, it is significant to demonstrate on-chip electronic transport in the qubit material at room temperature,” he said.
“The achievement is a significant step in Archer’s 12CQ chip development and paves the way for progress in our efforts aimed at qubit readout in chip-based devices.”
Archer has been highly focused on the development of its 12CQ chip, in what it considers a “world-first” technology, aiming to develop quantum computing powered mobile devices for the future (QPMDs).
Inroads in 12CQ chip development through 2022
Archer’s latest announcement has contributed to a productive year thus far for the company, making “considerable progress” and further inroads into the design and development of the 12CQ chip technology.
In February, Archer announced it had detected quantum information in the 12CQ material on-chip and at room temperature using mobile phone compatible technology.
The company also announced in June that it successfully fabricated nanodevices, to allow for the probing of quantum behaviour in its qubit material.
The qubit material is considered to be a core component of the 12CQ chip.
In operating the 12CQ chip technology, the qubit material must be integrated in an electrically controllable conducting circuit.
In July, Archer announced it used state-of-the-art 3D Electrostatic Finite Element Modelling, along with in-house software development to simulate quantum electronic device architectures.
Archer’s continued efforts have led to advancing the 12CQ quantum chip through nanofabricating devices, which contain electric circuits, integrating its carbon-based qubit material.
Archer fabricated the devices on a silicon wafer using foundry-compatible lithography processes, highlighting that a controlled electric current can be transmitted through the qubit material at room-temperature.