Quantum Systems Engineering
Articles in this area consider how quantum effects can be developed into useful systems.
Topics may include requirements, system boundaries, measurement and control, verification, reliability, architecture, interfaces and the relationship between quantum devices and the classical systems around them.
Of particular interest is the point at which conventional systems methods remain useful, but need to be adapted because the technology is immature, the evidence is incomplete or the physical behaviour cannot be separated cleanly from measurement and environment.
- Quantum Mechanics (the final chapter) ISBN: 978-1-119-82989-8
- Transformational Effects of Applying Systems Engineering in Laboratory Scientific Research [engrxiv] [IEEE]
- Quantum Systems Engineering: A structured approach to accelerating the development of a quantum technology industry [arXiv] [IEEE]
Note: for engineered quantum systems, which is a subset of quantum systems engineering, see articles such as "Engineering Dissipative Channels for Realizing Schrödinger Cats in SQUIDs" in the Modelling and technical research section below
Technology strategy and programme development
Technical programmes often have to proceed before all relevant uncertainties have been resolved.
This section considers how organisations can assess maturity, structure evidence, identify significant risks and make development decisions without creating a false impression of certainty.
Topics may include roadmapping, readiness assessment, programme review, education and training, technology comparison, innovation institutes, public funding and the relationship between technical progress and commercial exploitation.
Modelling and technical research
Models can clarify physical behaviour, expose assumptions and connect scientific results with engineering decisions. They can also create misleading confidence when their limits are poorly understood.
This section includes work on quantum mechanics, phase-space methods, quantum measurement, superconducting systems, spin, control and the quantum-to-classical transition, together with discussion of their possible engineering significance.
- On open quantum systems, effective Hamiltonians and device characterization [arXiv] [Physical Review B] This work considers how the action and back-action of a superconducting device is non-trivial an important topic for device characterisation.
- Quantum phase space measurement and entanglement validation made easy [arXiv] [Physical Review A] A tool that can be used in verification and validation of quantum state engineering
- Engineering Dissipative Channels for Realizing Schrödinger Cats in SQUIDs [Front. ICT] Using the engineering of an environment to enhance the quantum property of a cat star that can be useful in sensing applications.
- Quantum measurement with chaotic apparatus [arXiv] [Physics Letters A] Modeling the measurement apparatus itself within the quantum model - useful for understanding measurement feedback and control
- Overcoming decoherence in the collapse and revival of spin Schrödinger cats [arXiv] [Physical Review A] Using the scaling of a system to potentially overcome the effects of decoherence
- On quantum invariants and the graph isomorphism problem [arXiv] [Physical Review A] A quantum algorithm arising from phase space methods.