Dr Jonathan Pritchard

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Physics

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Personal statement

Professor Jonathan Pritchard is an RAEng Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Experimental Quantum Optics and Photonics Group. He is leading work developing neutral atom quantum computing within the Experimental Quantum Optics and Photonics group. Through leadership of SQuAre, an EPSRC Prosperity Partnership with M Squared Lasers, his team have developed the UK’s first scalable platform for neutral atom quantum computing, including developing new protocols for high fidelity multi-qubit gates and demonstrating single-qubit gate operations below the threshold for fault tolerance on arrays of up to 225 qubits. This work forms the underpinning technology for Maxwell, a commercial neutral atom platform developed by M Squared Lasers. As part of a new RAEng Fellowship we are now working to explore routes to fault-tolerant quantum computing by developing a cryogenic dual-species platform for implementing quantum error correction.

Jonathan Pritchard obtained his PhD at the University of Durham performing pioneering experiments in the field of Rydberg quantum optics under the supervision of Stuart Adams including the first demonstration of a a new cooperative optical non-linearity arising from dipole-dipole interactions between Rydberg atoms, using electromagnetically induced transparency to convert the strong atomic interactions onto the optical field at the single photon level. He then spent time working in the group of Erling Riis at Strathclyde University developing inductively coupled ring traps for atom interferometry before moving to UW-Madison to develop hybrid systems coupling Rydberg atoms to superconducting circuits in the group of Mark Saffman. In 2015 he was awarded an EPSRC Quantum Technology Fellowship to start his own research group at the University of Strathclyde to develop neutral atom quantum computing platforms, in addition to activities exploring precision sensing using Rydberg atoms and quantum LIDAR.

For more details see his group page.

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Research Interests

Neutral atom quantum computing, quantum lidar

Professional Activities

Scalable Qubit Arrays for Quantum Computation and Simulation
Speaker
6/9/2024
Weighted graph optimisation on a Rydberg atom array using local light-shifts
Speaker
10/6/2024
External PhD Examination, University of Durham
Examiner
23/4/2024
Scalable Qubit Arrays for Quantum Computation and Simulation
Speaker
22/4/2024
Beyond MIS: Optimisation on neutral atom array with local addressing
Speaker
24/1/2024
An Introduction to Neutral Atom Quantum Computing
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4/12/2023

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Projects

Hub for Quantum Computing via Integrated and Interconnected Implementations (QC13)
Kendon, Vivien (Principal Investigator) Kuhr, Stefan (Co-investigator) Pritchard, Jonathan (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2029
Error-correction and mitigation strategies in neutral atomic quantum computing(NQCC-Studentship)
Pritchard, Jonathan (Principal Investigator)
01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2028
DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | MacLennan, Eilidh
Pritchard, Jonathan (Principal Investigator) McGilligan, James Patrick (Co-investigator) MacLennan, Eilidh (Research Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2028
QCA Cluster Phase 4
Pritchard, Jonathan (Principal Investigator)
05-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
Plural Consultancy
Pritchard, Jonathan (Principal Investigator)
01-Jan-2024 - 29-Jan-2024
DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Wells-Pestell, Maximillian
Pritchard, Jonathan (Principal Investigator) Griffin, Paul (Co-investigator) Wells-Pestell, Maximillian (Research Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2027

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Dr Jonathan Pritchard
Professor
Physics

Email: jonathan.pritchard@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3120