Photoreport at the Quantum Circuits and Matter Lab (QCMX)

Within the QCMX Lab (Quantum Circuits & Matter), which they created, Landry Bretheau (X2005) and Jean-Damien Pillet (ENS Ulm 2005), professors at the Laboratory of Condensed Matter for Physics (PMC*), are developing a scientific project at the intersection of two very dynamic fields in quantum physics: superconducting quantum circuits and quantum materials.


They are designing hybrid architectures combining superconducting circuits and low-dimensional conductors to isolate new electronic states and manipulate their quantum states coherently. In addition to its fundamental interest, this line of research could help identify promising new elementary quantum systems for quantum information processing. 

In this highly competitive field of research, which requires substantial funding, the Circuits QuantX project is supported by the Fondation de l'École Polytechnique and is one of the projects selected as part of the « Servir la science »new fund-raising campaign launched last November.


The QCMX Lab is  part of the Laboratory of Condensed Matter for Physics (PMC*)  which encompass four scientific groups : "Irregularity in Physics", "Electrons, photons, surfaces", "Electrochemistry", "Solid State Chemistry".


*PMC : a joint research unit CNRS, École Polytechnique - Institut Polytechnique de Paris

QCMX team present during the report:  Samy ANNABI, 3rd year PhD student at PMC Everton ARRIGHI, Research Engineer at PMC Landry BRETHEAU, Professor at Ecole Polytechnique and Researcher at PMC, Joël GRIESMAR, Assistant Professor at École Polytechnique and Researcher at PMC, Hadrien DUPREZ, Postdo at PMC, Maxime HANTUTE, 2nd year PhD student at PMC Jean-Damien PILLET, Professor at École Polytechnique and Researcher at PMC Hannes RIECHERT, 3rd year PhD student at PMC