Title: NIST Awards Bronze Medal to Team for Advancing Silicon Quantum Technologies
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has recognized a research team led by Joshua Pomeroy, Michael Stewart Jr., and Jonathan Wyrick for their groundbreaking work in developing new methods to create advanced silicon electronic and quantum devices. The team’s key achievements include:
1. Isotopically enriching silicon to an unprecedented purity level, 100 times greater than previously achieved. This ensures that the silicon surrounding the devices does not interfere with their operation.
2. Developing techniques to make electrical contact with buried atom-scale devices, which is essential for their functionality.
3. Creating methods to precisely place individual atoms one by one, enabling the fabrication of atomic-scale devices.
These advancements extend Moore’s scaling law to its ultimate limit and provide a pathway towards the commercialization of silicon-based quantum technologies. The team’s work has significant implications for the development of quantum computers and other quantum devices, as silicon is a well-established and cost-effective material for electronic devices.
Keywords: Quantum, Silicon, Atomic, Devices, Technologies
