6.2410
Quantum Engineering Platforms
Provides practical knowledge and quantum engineering experience with several physical platforms for quantum computation, communication, and sensing, including photonics, superconducting qubits, and trapped ions. Labs include both a hardware component -- to gain experience with challenges, design, and non-idealities -- and a cloud component to run algorithms on state of the art commercial systems. Use entangled photons to communicate securely (quantum key distribution). Run quantum algorithms on trapped ion and superconducting quantum computers.
Prerequisites & course information
Prereq: 6.2400 , 6.6400 , 18.435[J] , or ( 8.04 and 8.05 ) U (Spring) 1-5-6 units
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027