Semiconductor foundry facilities: the good and the bad for qubits
In this video, you will be exploring the advantages of advanced semiconductor manufacturing: uniformity, yield, and process control. The process flows are carefully tuned for CMOS device operations. But will they be beneficial for qubits? Let’s find out.
Prerequisite knowledge
- CMOS technology
- Qubit hardware
Main takeaways
Advanced semiconductor manufacturing can be leveraged for qubit developments, and it can bring in many benefits. But just like moving towards next technology nodes, the processes and materials should be optimized for qubit applications, rather than direct implementation of existing flows.
Further thinking
True or False: Semiconductor foundry techniques can be directly applied on most qubit structures.
Further reading
Paper about fab process optimization for qubit applications
https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.06464
https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.10303