Electrical Engineering +

The development of quantum mechanics enabled a remarkable level of understanding of physical phenomena and led to the use of devices such as transistors and lasers, which are key building blocks of today’s electrotechnical and communication systems.

In recent decades, it has become possible to control individual quanta and exploit their special properties, such as superposition and entanglement. These capabilities are now beginning to be used to perform communication, sensing, optimization, and computational tasks that are beyond the reach of traditional devices. For example, using quantum encryption key distribution, it is possible to ensure secure communications, while quantum computers can perform certain calculations that will never be achievable by the most powerful classical computers known today.

The Faculty of Electrical Engineering is developing quantum chips and quantum devices for future information and communication networks – the quantum internet, detection of weak signals (such as quantum radars) and measurement of electrical quantities, as well as the use of quantum algorithms.