Exploring the quantum world to build advanced technologies

The first quantum revolution birthed radical technologies—semiconductor devices and global satellite navigation—indispensable in enabling our modern lives through ubiquitous mobile connectivity.

The Quantum and Advanced Technologies Research Institute (QUATRI) will advance the second quantum revolution by transforming the concept of computing itself. By developing efficient low-energy devices and durable ultra-precise sensors, this wave will once again change how we live.

Griffith is expanding its expertise in this strategic area through QUATRI , working at the nexus of advanced technologies in the physical sciences, while simplifying entry for research and commercial collaborators. We want our partners to be able to explore, develop and rapidly test their projects in the quantum world.

By leveraging our expertise in quantum physics research alongside advanced micro and nano-fabrication techniques, we are poised to develop world-leading semiconductor devices that will enhance lives and push the boundaries of the physical world.

Our capabilities at a glance

QUATRI builds on Griffith’s significant 20-year legacy in the quantum technology field by bringing together all our expertise into one institution. We’ve also consolidated our capabilities— microfabrication, quantum physics, nanotech and microfluidics—to accelerate our progress towards significantly influencing the next quantum revolution.

Australia’s only research centre that can grow high-quality, nanometre-thin silicon carbide films

World-class and commercial grade silicon carbide-on-silicon material fabrication

Southern Hemisphere’s only cold-target recoil ion momentum spectrometer

World leading high-purity, high-efficiency quantum light sources for single and entangled photons

Australia’s fastest and highest intensity lasers at the country’s only attosecond laser facility

Award-winning theorists expanding the limits of quantum physics knowledge to address modern challenges

PsiQuantum set to expand into Queensland

In 2025, PsiQuantum—a major Silicon Valley company on a mission to build the world’s first general use quantum computer—will establish its first expansion in the Asia Pacific at Griffith University’s Brisbane South campus. This partnership is the first of its kind in Queensland and represents a significant investment in QUATRI’s future.

What makes this partnership possible is QUATRI’s unique suite of innovative capabilities for external partners—combining microfabrication, quantum physics, nanotech and microfluidics—while simplifying entry and enabling the deployment of large-scale commercial projects.

Our world-class facilities

Our facilities are state of the art from ultrafast lasers to the only reaction microscope in Australia

Our people

Our collaborators

Australian National Fabrication FacilityAustralian Government Trade Commision LogoAnalog Quantum Circuits logoShepherd Taylor Superconducting logoPsi Quantum LogoSilvertech logoQueensland government environment and science departmentLaserDYNE logo

Contact Queensland Quantum and Advanced Technologies Research Institute

Enquiries

Email
quatri@griffith.edu.au

Find us

Location and postal address
Queensland Quantum and Advanced Technologies Research Institute
QMF building (N74 Room 1.22)
Griffith University
West Creek Road
South Brisbane (Nathan), Qld 4111