quantum computing

Researchers at Fermilab and the MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory have successfully trapped and manipulated ions using in-vacuum cryoelectronics, allowing for reduced thermal noise and improved sensitivity.

Magnetic resonance imaging, commonly known as MRI, is a cornerstone of modern medical diagnostics. Now, a collaboration from Fermilab and NYU Langone Health, both partners in the Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center, takes this technology a step further with Quantitative MRI.

Fermilab’s Silvia Zorzetti is the principal investigator on a multi-year DOE Early Career Award focused on high-efficiency quantum transduction across microwave and optical domains to interface superconducting quantum computing with photonic networks.

A new scalable control platform called Manarat has been developed to expand the capabilities of QICK, an open-source platform developed at Fermilab. Manarat will help overcome scalability challenges currently facing superconducting quantum computing and unlocking the full potential of this transformative technology.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright visited Fermilab recently to see how the lab is driving American leadership in fundamental sciences and discovery, including in cutting-edge fields like artificial intelligence. His tour included one of the laboratory’s five particle accelerators, and the Secretary learned more about Fermilab’s flagship project, the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment.

HRL Laboratories developed an open-source extension to the Quantum Instrumentation Control Kit developed at Fermilab. QICK was designed to control electrostatically confined semiconductor spin-qubits.

Fermilab and Diraq announced a multi-institution collaboration to develop a novel quantum sensor platform for high-energy physics named Quandarum.

The University of Illinois-Chicago’s College of Engineering is preparing students for the
the growing “quantum prairie” of the Midwest. Their students have had access to work on quantum computers and the US Quantum Information Summer School at Fermilab.

Recently, the bipartisan supported DOE Quantum Leadership Act was introduced aimed at investing over $2.5 billion in quantum research and development. The bill’s introduction is critical for scaling and commercializing quantum computing.

Fermilab scientists hope to harness the powers of quantum computers to solve unprecedented problems. Central to this goal is the ability to communicate between the quantum and classical computing worlds.