Streamline Automation, LLC STTR Phase II Award, September 2020

Quantum information technology will become a key enabler of future Air Force superiority. Topological insulator qubits are inherently stable and fault-tolerant because they exploit local topological symmetries and global boundary conditions of chalcogenide materials to yield unique, emergent quantum cooperative states. Wake Forest University and Streamline Automation have been working collaboratively for the last six years to develop practical applications for these topological chalcogenide materials. Our technology relies on topological complexity that yields charge-parity (CP) protected states. These states are “interacted” to yield stable entanglement. In this Phase II we propose to wire-bond several topological qubit nanoplatelets to produce the worlds-first topological qubit register. A register is the basic addressable element of a computer. This technological advantage and market interest in quantum computing has enabled us to begin working with a startup accelerator about fundraising. The development of a quantum computer that can be installed on an aircraft and deployed without cryogenic cooling provides the Air Force the ability to benefit from quantum computing in a contested, degraded, and operationally limited (CDO) environment.