The Skolkovo Foundation rendered a significant support to the Russian Quantum Center
Sergey Belousov, one of the most well-known Russian entrepreneurs in the field of quantum physics, senior partner in Runa Capital, co-founder of Parallels and Quantum Wave venture fund, headquartered in Boston and Moscow, was one of the key speakers at the Quantum Physics day at the Skolkovo technopark. The event was organized by the Russian Quantum Center (RQC). Belousov is also head of trustees of the RQC. The center forms part of the Skolkovo’s IT cluster. Earlier the Skolkovo Foundation issued a 1.3 billion rubles (some $ 43.3 million) grant to the RQC. The target of the financing is to back research in quantum optics, as well as quantum information and modeling.
AT the Quantum Day at the Skolkovo technopark Belousov called nonsense an idea that its impossible to commercialize technologies in Russia. He reminded the audience that there are nine quantum centers similar to the RQC around the world. But, he said, he wants the Russian one to be the best. In different public statements, comments and interviews Sergey Belousov previously stated that the quantum physics technologies isn’t a big business now, but it will be like this in several dozens of years. Among those quantum technologies, which are in a real market demand now”: spectrometers, power- diodes, made on gallium-arsenide, quantum communications, high-temperature superconductors.
In mid-range perspective the RQC will be focusing on development of safe data transmission networks, new materials with targeted properties, submicron optical transistors and high-frequency optical electronics, new systems for super sensitive tomography of human brain and precise timing instruments and devices for navigation systems.
Such well known physics scientists as John Doyle of the Harvard Quantum Physics Center, Vladimir Shalaev, professor of electric engineering of the Purdue university, Elisabeth Giacobino, CNRS Research Director at the Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sergey Kuzmin, president of the RQC and others took part at the Quantum Physics day at the Skolkovo technopark.