Q-NEXT Updates

September 20, 2021, Q-NEXT Updates By Leah Hesla
One year in, Q-NEXT quantum research center is going strong

It’s been a fruitful inaugural year for the Q-NEXT quantum research center, with the start of foundry construction, the launch of a key R&D roadmap, and new science results that will lead to next-generation quantum technologies for science and society. Read More
September 15, 2021, Q-NEXT Updates By Leah Hesla
Thaddeus Ladd collaborates on quantum communication for Q-NEXT

As a collaborator and co-design engineer within Q-NEXT, Thaddeus Ladd of HRL Laboratories helps advance new materials for quantum science, develops simulations for future quantum networks, and provides the bird's-eye perspective needed to assess how the center's partners can best support the Q-NEXT mission. Read More
July 23, 2021, Q-NEXT Updates By Leah Hesla
Katie Sautter: building materials for a quantum future

Postdoctoral researcher Katie Sautter spent years in graduate school mastering a machine that builds bits of matter one atomic layer at a time. Now she wields her considerable skills inventing materials for quantum communication devices at Q-NEXT. Read More
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- quantum materials
July 23, 2021, Q-NEXT Updates
Update: spring roadmap workshop

On May 5, nearly 40 members of Q-NEXT and experts from outside companies met for a daylong workshop to create a roadmap for developing quantum interconnects — an R&D path to bring the technology to the public in 10 to 15 years. Read More
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July 23, 2021, Q-NEXT Updates
From atomic manipulation to device integration: progress in the Materials & Integration Thrust

by Mark Eriksson Mark Eriksson As its name emphasizes, the Materials & Integration Thrust (M&I) develops, characterizes and improves materials with a special focus on integration to enable a wide range of goals cutting across nearly all of Q-NEXT. Materials targets in M&I range from … Read More
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- quantum materials
July 23, 2021, Q-NEXT Updates
SLAC begins construction on quantum foundry

Construction on the SLAC Detector Microfabrication Facility, located in the Arrillaga Science Center, began on June 14. (Image by SLAC) The Q-NEXT Quantum Foundries effort has reached an important milestone: On June 14, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory began construction on its Detector Microfabrication Facility, one … Read More
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July 23, 2021, Q-NEXT Updates
Verizon and Zurich Instruments join Q-NEXT

With the addition, Q-NEXT now partners with 12 leading U.S. quantum technology companies, along with three national laboratories and nine universities. Read More
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July 23, 2021, Q-NEXT Updates By Leah Hesla
Keysight speaks quantum

Q-NEXT partner Keysight Technologies is known around the world as an electronics test and measurement company, but over the last five years, the California-based company has been supercharging its quantum capabilities. It boasts customer engagements in quantum computing, communication, sensing and materials research, and the Keysight team that works on quantum is more than 100 employees strong. Read More
May 12, 2021, Q-NEXT Updates
Convergence with quantum characterization

We’re part of the way through Q-NEXT’s first year, and the Extreme Scale Characterization Thrust has made significant strides in our mission to image and identify qubit structure, dynamics, and sources of decoherence — from the single-spin qubit all the way to the system level. Read More
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March 15, 2021, Q-NEXT Updates
From the Quantum Foundry Thrust lead

Since Q-NEXT’s inception, the quantum foundry thrust has been ramping up design and build-out at Argonne and SLAC to meet scientific requirements for Q-NEXT and conform with on-site safety protocols. The foundries will serve as a national resource producing a robust supply chain of standardized materials and devices that will support both known and yet-to-be-discovered quantum-enabled applications. Read More