NCCR SPIN: Spin Qubits in Silicon

The NCCR SPIN is thrilled to announce the launch of the SPINnovate Innovation Seed Grants, offering non-dilutive funding to support groundbreaking ideas in quantum computing technology. 💡 Are you developing the next big concept or ready to take your innovation to market? We have two funding schemes tailored to support your journey: 💼 Early-Stage Ideas Grant Funding: Up to CHF 30,000 for researchers developing promising concepts. ⚙️ Advanced Technology Grant Funding: Up to CHF 60,000 for those with structured ideas ready for market transition. Applications are open until October 31, 2024. Find out more and apply now: https://lnkd.in/etesmFtq We are committed to shaping the future of quantum computing technology together! 🌐✨ #QuantumComputing #Innovation #SPINnovate #FundingOpportunity #nccrSPIN #TechInnovation #Startups

We are less than one month away from the Quantum Industry Day in Switzerland #QIDiS2024! Register now to secure your spot for informative speakers, innovative idea sharing and exciting networking opportunities: https://lnkd.in/g_e_v4ar If you are already registered, we look forward to seeing you at uptownBasel with host QuantumBasel! QIDiS gathers academic and industrial partners to foster exchange and accelerate the development of new quantum products for inspiring keynote talks, panel discussions, and networking opportunities. Large private and public investments are rapidly pushing quantum technologies out of labs and into real-world applications. Industrial actors are playing a key role: they provide the enabling technologies as well as the commercialization know-how driving this development. The program covers the areas of quantum computing, quantum sensing, quantum instrumentation and quantum communication. On behalf of the organizers and partners - Zurich Instruments, IBM Research, idquantique europe, CSEM, NCCR SPIN: Spin Qubits in Silicon, Euresearch, Quantum Center, ETH Zurich, Swiss Quantum Initiative, Innosuisse, Swissmem, & EPFL Center for Quantum Science and Engineering (QSE) #QIDiS2024

The QIDiS organization team visited QuantumBasel ahead of this year's edition of the Quantum Industry Day in Switzerland. We are excited to welcome you to Basel for an extraordinary line-up of talks and an overview of the latest products, services, innovations and trends in the Quantum field in Switzerland! Don't miss this opportunity and join us on September 23 at QuantumBasel. You can register for free at this link https://lnkd.in/d2Tx4tEu On behalf of the organizers and partners - Zurich Instruments, IBM Research, idquantique europe, CSEM, NCCR SPIN: Spin Qubits in Silicon, Euresearch, Quantum Center, ETH Zurich, Swiss Quantum Initiative, Innosuisse, Swissmem, & EPFL Center for Quantum Science and Engineering (QSE) #QIDiS2024.

"Growth Cycle" by Arianna Nigro and Nicolas Forrer (University of Basel) Category "People, places of science and scientific art" in our NCCR SPIN Art & Science contest 2024 Caption: From gas phase to solid film – following the growth’s journey. Gas supply lines used for the growth via chemical vapor deposition mirrored in a wafer covered with films of different thicknesses.

"Work in Progress" by Inga Seidler and Lisa Sommer (IBM Research Zürich) Category "People, places of science and scientific art" of our NCCR SPIN Art & Science contest 2024 Caption: Spontaneously taken picture of daily work in the lab.

"Doom" by Miguel J. Carballido (University of Basel) Category "People, places of science and scientific art" in our NCCR SPIN Art & Science contest 2024 Caption: T: ”What is happening, Dr. Leugim?!“ Dr. L: ”I have no time to explain, Tëma. Get to the car, quick!“ T: “But the car is that way!“ Dr. L: „I know. But I have to destroy the lab. It can’t get into the wrong hands... it’s too dangerous. Now RUN!“** Also known as “Mill City,” Minneapolis‘ founding industries of lumber and flour milling contributed to rapid growth and wealth accumulation. In the mid-1900s, Minnesota‘s computer industry was the largest in the US, employing 68,000 people. Minneapolis-Honeywell built a south Minneapolis campus with contracts for military servomechanisms like the secret Norden bombsight and the C-1 autopilot. In the 1960s, the Honeywell 316—a 16-bit mini-computer—was a node in ARPANET, the precursor to the internet. And well, Mill City is also home to the Mall of America. During the 2019 pandemic, floods of people left the city to work from home, leaving most of the gigantic skyscrapers and tunnels connecting them empty. The dystopian, void echoes until the present day. This picture, however, does not do the city justice. In my opinion, it is one of the most unjustly underrated places for an APS March Meeting. I took this picture walking the streets of downtown with my colleagues in the low morning light on the way to the 8 AM session. The light was super soft, and the sky showed a bright blue. The view was the complete opposite of the photo—welcoming and gentle. The particular color film used here, however, inverts the orange and blue hues, turning the sky orange, which reminded me of the apocalypse... and the last years of my PhD. Not knowing how to finish up, how to find the strength to push over the cusp and not fall into another mind-crippling depression, or where to go after it is all (hopefully) over, this picture provides the fabric of a nightmare. Resembling a world-ending alien apocalypse, it quite well captures the constant oppressive and suffocating fear in my mind. Shot with a Rollei 35 S on 35 mm LomoChrome Turquoise 400 ISO.

“Quantum blossoms” by Ekaterina Al-Talvil (ETHZ) Category "Scientific: Object of study" in our NCCR SPIN Art & Science contest 2024 Caption: The image highlights the blend of advanced technology and aesthetic design in Quantum devices. It’s captured with an optical microscope in the FIRST cleanroom facility at ETH Zurich. The device is a silicon chip patterned with a thin superconducting Niobium layer serving as a base for signal and ground connections. The big circles and flower structures, are patterned with thick resist for subsequent Indium deposition. The indium will serve as signal transfer and adhesion of a top semiconducting GaAs chip that hosts a double quantum dot Qubit.

"Taj Mahal Hall effect on a Milky Way heterostructure" by Nikunj Sangwan (University of Basel) Category "Scientific: object of study" in our NCCR SPIN Art and Science contest 2024 Caption: During long work hours, often late nights, one can forget to see the beauty in their work. Here we have, Taj Mahal "Integer" Hall effect (image a) and the Milky Way Ge SiGe heterostructure (image b)...what are your cool moments with failed attempts at science?

"NanoBeasts: Hidden Creatures of the Microscopic World" by Deepankar Sarmah (University of Basel) Category "Scientific: object of study" in our NCCR SPIN Art and Science contest 2024. Caption: Unveiling the enchanting realm of gold colloids, this image transforms tiny particles into a vibrant nano-safari. Formed accidentally from the gold colloids intended for focusing, these structures unexpectedly reveal imaginative forms: A bird perched gracefully on a tree trunk in the lower right. A dolphin gliding effortlessly in the top right. A majestic bird spreading its wings in the top left. A fiery dragon in a fierce battle with another mythical beast at the bottom left. (It also magically resembles „Arceus: the pokemon God“, Google it!) Each structure, though formed by chance, tells a tale of hidden beauty and mystery in the nano realm, where even the smallest particles can blur the lines between science and imagination, showcasing grand stories through their artistic interplay.

"Nanocreature" by Akash Gupta (University of Basel) Category "Scientific: object of study" in our NCCR SPIN Art and Science contest 2024. Metallic nanoparticles quantum dots on metals. Charge rings measured with AFM creates creature with help of background charge and art effects of AFM tip.