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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF OCTOBER 11,1995 PSA#1449U.S. Army Research Office, AMXRO-PR, P.O. Box 12211, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27709-2211 A -- COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF QUANTUM COMPUTER IMPLEMENTATIONS Sol.
DAAH04-96-R-BAA1 (supplement). Due 120895. Contact, Dr. Henry O.
Everitt, 919-549-4369. The Physics Division of the U.S. Army Research
Office, (ARO, 4300 S. Miami Blvd., P. O. Box 1211, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27709-2211) solicits proposals for comparative analytic
studies of the possible physical realizations of quantum computers.
These studies should compare and contrast various designs and
utilizations of quantum bits, the fundamental building blocks of a
quantum computer, and logic operations involving quantum bits. The
ultimate objective will be to identify the most promising experimental
implementation of quantum bits. These comparative studies may be
theoretical or experimental in nature and may explore new or previously
proposed technologies. Proposals may concentrate within a given
discipline such as ``atomic physics,'' ``optical physics,'' or ``solid
state physics'' or may be cross-disciplinary. All studies should be
tied to specific computational architectures. Several awards are
anticipated, and a total of $750,000 is available for this one-year
project. This announcement augments the Nanotechnology Thrust of the
Physics Division program in the ARO BAA of October 1995 which
explicitly solicits proposals ``exploring the fundamentals of quantum
computation.'' Lead investigators must be U.S. citizens. White papers
no more than 10 pages in the length outlining the proposed project and
a budget estimate should be received at ARO, ATTN: AMRXO-PH (H.
Everitt) no later than 3:00 PM EST December 8, 1995. Full proposals of
no more than 40 pages will be requested from the proposers who submit
the most meritorious white papers. Proposals submitted to ARO, ATTN:
AMXRO-ICA, must be received no later than 3:00 PM EST, March 7, 1996.
Proposals must be submitted and will be evaluated in accordance with
the ARO BAA which may be obtained from ARO, ATTN: AMXRO-PR. Proceedings
from a recent ARO-sponsored workshop entitled ``Quantum Cryptography
and Quantum Computing'' may be obtained from ARO or by anonymous ftp to
the file ``qcproc.txt'' in the PH directory of aro-emhl.army.mil. The
point of contact for this solicitation is Dr. Henry Everitt, (919)
549-4369, email@aro-emhl.army.mil. (279) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0002 19951010\A-0002.SOL)
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