Quantum Research at Rice

Rice researchers are visible and admired in the studies of quantum matter, i.e., systems whose properties can only be explained by quantum theory, including ultracold atomic gases and quantum materials. These systems offer exceptional platforms in which to perform quantum simulation, i.e., special-purpose quantum computation designed to solve or discover aspects of macroscopic systems that possess intractably large degrees of freedom.

Furthermore, we are acquiring top-notch quantum scientists and engineers with complementary expertise to strengthen Rice's multidisciplinary quantum information science and technology research community by expanding efforts in quantum-engineered devices and quantum algorithms. Quantum-engineered devices as quantum simulators will provide some of the first transformative results of the quantum information age: critical insights into complex quantum systems and processes beyond classical computational reach.

Quantum Algorithms

The Rice Quantum Initiative hosts a multidisciplinary group of collaborative researchers from five different departments — physics, mathematics, computer science, chemistry, and civil and environmental engineering — developing innovative algorithms for quantum computation and simulation.

Quantum Devices

The Quantum Devices group is developing and utilizing cutting-edge photonic, electronic and magnetic devices for applications in quantum computation, quantum sensing and quantum networks via control of excitons, phonons, plasmons, magnons and polaritons in quantum materials.

Quantum Simulation

Rice quantum researchers are using multiple atom- and condensed-matter-based platforms with overlapping regimes of accessible parameters and validity to simulate the complex behaviors of quantum many-body systems.