The Quantum Science & Technology (QS) Focus Topic at AVS 72 invites abstracts showcasing cutting-edge research across quantum science and quantum-enabled technologies. The QS program highlights recent advances spanning materials science, surfaces and interfaces, quantum devices, and diverse qubit modalities for computing and sensing. We seek contributions across a broad range of topics, including advances in materials and surface engineering to enhance quantum device performance; developments in qubit modalities such as superconducting, spin, trapped-ion, neutral-atom, donor, and photonic platforms; and innovations in quantum sensing and quantum-enhanced metrology, including nitrogen-vacancy sensors, transition-edge sensors, and superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors. Submissions addressing integration challenges and technological innovations in quantum systems, devices, and manufacturing, such as cryogenic packaging, wiring, scalability, and reliability, are strongly encouraged.
The symposium also welcomes work on quantum simulations and quantum-inspired technologies, including new computational and modeling approaches that incorporate quantum principles, materials modeling, and machine learning. Interdisciplinary contributions bridging quantum science with vacuum technology, thin-film growth, phononics, electronic materials, and nanofabrication are particularly encouraged. In addition, the QS program will highlight quantum education and workforce development initiatives, as well as groundbreaking research enabled by quantum user facilities and quantum information science centers, with the goal of raising awareness of these resources and encouraging their broader use. Poster sessions will provide emerging scientists with a platform to showcase their work through posters and flash talks, while interacting with established leaders in the field.
Overall, the QS Mini-Symposium aims to help researchers leverage their traditional AVS expertise to shape their future contributions in the rapidly evolving domain of quantum science and technology. The symposium invites participation from a global community of researchers across academia, national laboratories, nonprofits, and industry.
The QS program welcomes contributions spanning fundamental science through manufacturing-focused demonstrations, with particular interest in work that links process → materials → interfaces/defects → device performance.
Areas of Interest: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Surfaces/interfaces/defects limiting coherence (TLS, quasiparticles, oxide chemistry, contamination, stress)
- Qubit modalities (superconducting, semiconducting/spin, photonic, atomic) and scaling/reproducibility challenges
- Thin-film growth & processing (MBE, ALD, CVD, PVD; oxides/nitrides; epitaxy; pattern transfer; low-damage etching)
- Josephson junction materials/barriers: interface control, variability, reliability
- Quantum sensing & quantum-enhanced metrology (superconducting detectors, defect-based sensors, photonic sensing)
- Integration & cryogenic packaging/interconnects (2.5D/3D, low-loss dielectrics, wiring density, thermalization)
- Quantum simulation/modeling for materials & processes (defect/noise modeling, digital twins, data-driven methods)
- Workforce/ecosystem/translation (foundry pathways, standards, testbeds, partnerships)
QS1: Quantum Science and Technology Oral Session
Invited Speakers:
- Valla Fatemi, Cornell University
- Sergey Frolov, University of Pittsburgh, USA, “Quantum Devices Based on Sn-InAs Nanowire Josephson Junctions”
- Peter Leek, University of Oxford, UK
- Benjamin Palmer, Laboratory for Physical Sciences
- David Schuster, Stanford University
- Alexander Sergienko, Boston University
QS2: Quantum Science and Technology Poster Session