@article{TEXTUAL,
      recid = {11508},
      author = {Awschalom, David and Berggren, Karl K. and Bernien, Hannes  and Bhave, Sunil and Carr, Lincoln D. and Davids, Paul and  Economou, Sophia E. and Englund, Dirk and Faraon, Andrei  and Fejer, Martin and Guha, Saikat and Gustafsson, Martin  V. and Hu, Evelyn and Jiang, Liang and Kim, Jungsang and  Korzh, Boris and Kumar, Prem and Kwiat, Paul G. and Lončar,  Marko and Lukin, Mikhail D.},
      title = {Development of Quantum Interconnects (QuICs) for  Next-Generation Information Technologies},
      journal = {PRX Quantum},
      address = {2021-02-24},
      number = {TEXTUAL},
      abstract = {Just as "classical"information technology rests on a  foundation built of interconnected information-processing  systems, quantum information technology (QIT) must do the  same. A critical component of such systems is the  "interconnect,"a device or process that allows transfer of  information between disparate physical media, for example,  semiconductor electronics, individual atoms, light pulses  in optical fiber, or microwave fields. While interconnects  have been well engineered for decades in the realm of  classical information technology, quantum interconnects  (QuICs) present special challenges, as they must allow the  transfer of fragile quantum states between different  physical parts or degrees of freedom of the system. The  diversity of QIT platforms (superconducting, atomic,  solid-state color center, optical, etc.) that will form a  "quantum internet"poses additional challenges. As quantum  systems scale to larger size, the quantum interconnect  bottleneck is imminent, and is emerging as a grand  challenge for QIT. For these reasons, it is the position of  the community represented by participants of the NSF  workshop on "Quantum Interconnects"that accelerating QuIC  research is crucial for sustained development of a national  quantum science and technology program. Given the diversity  of QIT platforms, materials used, applications, and  infrastructure required, a convergent research program  including partnership between academia, industry, and  national laboratories is required.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/11508},
}