Q-NEXT Updates
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Share your Q-NEXT successes with us
by David Awschalom Our first three years at Q-NEXT have been tremendously productive. The collaboration has commissioned new quantum foundries at Argonne and SLAC, reported over 120 Q-NEXT supported results, including a Roadmap for Quantum Interconnects, filed multiple patents and software copyrights, and contributed… Read More
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Advancing science, collaboration, and the quantum workforce at Q-NEXT
In late May, Jennifer Dionne stepped into the role of Q-NEXT deputy director. She looks forward to growing the research infrastructure needed to make large-scale quantum information systems practical, helping bolster industry collaborations, and bringing up the next generation of scientists. Read More
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Solution phase correlation spectroscopy for ultrafast characterization of single photon emitters
A long-standing issue that limits the systematic improvement of single quantum emitters (SQEs) is the significant sample heterogeneity and consequent selection bias in choosing SQEs for characterization. To tackle this challenge, a spectroscopic method that can obtain sample-averaged performances with statistical significance is a prerequisite. Read More
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Quantum foundries prepared to receive equipment
The Q-NEXT team’s effort to build quantum foundries is gaining momentum as the new lab spaces are readied for the initial tool set and capabilities. At both Argonne and SLAC, the foundries are coming into their role as a national resource for quantum-relevant materials and devices, providing researchers with access to state-of-the-art materials and capabilities. Read More
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Meet a PI with JoAnne Hewett – April 13
Students and postdocs: Chat with Q-NEXT Deputy Director JoAnne Hewett on Wednesday, April 13. Read More
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Meet a PI with David Awschalom - March 22
Mark your calendars: On Tuesday, March 22, Q-NEXT hosts the first meeting of its new Meet a PI series with Q-NEXT Director David Awschalom. In the series, students and postdocs will have the chance to chat with PIs throughout the center. Read More
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Quantum communication collaboration — tangling with entanglement
The Q-NEXT Quantum Communication Thrust – consisting of world-leading researchers from eight institutions – is developing the full set of tools to enable the distribution and application of quantum resources between multiple nodes. Just as classical networks play a critical role in nearly all areas of information processing, from communication to computing to sensing and metrology, quantum links that connect a network of operational nodes will enable a wealth of new QIS applications. Read More
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Verizon brings carrier perspective to Q-NEXT
If you’re setting out to help build a new kind of communication network that will one day crisscross the country, it’s good to have the perspective of a company who has a successful track record. The largest wireless carrier in the United States, Verizon, a Q-NEXT partner, is assessing how to scale the center’s science for practical applications. Read More
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Preparing for breakthroughs in quantum sensing
We have a great opportunity for advancing quantum sensing through Q-NEXT thanks to a combination of recent breakthroughs in our ability to control and manipulate quantum states and Q-NEXT's investment in infrastructure and projects to use entanglement in systems. As we enter Q-NEXT's second year, the Quantum Sensing Thrust is ramping up plans to leverage entanglement and squeezing for advantages at new frontiers of sensitivity, length scale and frequency scale. Read More
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Quantum innovation at HRL Laboratories
In 1960, Hughes Research Laboratories demonstrated the world’s first laser. It was a breakthrough born of the laboratory’s cutting-edge capabilities in photonics and materials science. Over the last decade, the Malibu-based research lab — now named HRL Laboratories — has been applying those same capabilities to quantum information science. A Q-NEXT industry partner, HRL is helping the center develop the technologies needed to realize quantum communication. Read More
In the News
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The best qubits for quantum computing might just be atoms
From Quanta: Mark Saffman of the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Infleqtion is featured in this comprehensive overview of neutral-atom qubit research. Read More
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How quantum computing could help us understand the universe
From PBS NewsHour: David Awschalom appears in this piece on the next generation of computing, one that will be far more sophisticated and dependent on understanding the subatomic nature of the universe. Read More
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PME-led research into protein-based qubits earns $2.75M Moore Foundation grant
Bolstered by a new $2.75 million grant from the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation, a team led by University of Chicago's Peter Maurer will soon study qubits made from protein. Read More
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Infleqtion unveils 5-year quantum computing roadmap, advancing plans to commercialize quantum at scale
From Quantum Insider: Infleqtion shares a broad business update, including the first look at its new 5-year quantum computing roadmap. The roadmap's centerpiece is Sqorpius, the next phase of Infleqtion’s quantum computing program. Read More
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Bringing quantum entanglement to the people
From the National Science Foundation: NSF’S Quantum Leap Challenge Institute Hybrid Quantum Architectures and Networks at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, a Q-NEXT partner, has created a working demonstration that brings entanglement between photons to a public setting for the first time. Read More