UofG launches Centre for Quantum Technology
The University is launching a dedicated facility for its quantum research and development projects, the Centre for Quantum Technology.
The centre aims to build on the University’s expertise and experience as one of the largest quantum centres in the UK, finding new economic and societal benefits for the country as well as consolidating its research and teaching base.
The launch of the centre is the latest development for quantum research at the University. It already leads QuantIC, the UK Quantum Technology Hub in Imaging, which was launched in 2014 as part of the £1bn UK National Technologies Programme. Glasgow researchers also contribute to the three other Quantum Technology Hubs launched at the same time, and they are currently working with more than 50 industrial partners.
The University’s James Watt Nanofabrication Centre and its commercial arm, Kelvin Nanotechnology Ltd, have helped create many of the cutting-edge components which underpin new quantum technologies in areas including computing, imaging, communications and sensors.
Some of the technologies developed by University researchers include Wee-G, a gravitational sensor capable of mapping geological structures and providing advance warning of impending volcanic eruptions; endoscopes the width of a human hair which can provide new ways of imaging inside the body; and optical networks which use uncrackable quantum key distribution to make communications more secure.
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