A new scientific journal - npj Quantum Information - focusing on the rapidly developing areas of quantum research that promise to revolutionise the processing and transmission of information has been launched at UNSW by the Federal Minister for Education Christopher Pyne. npj Quantum Information is an international open-access journal and the first Nature Partner Journal based in Australia.
Professor Michelle Simmons, Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology at UNSW, has been appointed to the role of Editor-in-Chief of the journal.
npj Quantum Information will combine research at the forefront of quantum computing, quantum communication and quantum information theory, covering topics including optics, atomic physics, semiconductor physics, superconducting physics and computer science.
Recent advances in instrumentation mean matter can be manipulated at the smallest scales – at the level of single atoms of matter or single photons of light. Scientists predict these areas of research will bring dramatic increases in computational power, and the ability to transmit information absolutely securely.
npj Quantum Information is now accepting submissions. Professor Simmons anticipates that the journal will publish papers from both fundamental and applied areas, which could include reports about the fundamental relationship between quantum mechanics and information, the practical steps that are being taken to realise a quantum computer, algorithms opening new pathways for quantum information processing, exquisitely sensitive quantum sensors, the development of secure quantum communications across a global scale and emerging applications of quantum entanglement such as teleportation.
