The emerging field of Quantum Information Science promises to revolutionize computing, communications, and security. At the forefront of this revolution, our Fusion Science & Ion Beam Technology (FS&IBT) Program is harnessing the properties of particles and light to create and manipulate qubits—the fundamental building blocks of quantum technologies—and our Berkeley Accelerator Controls and Instrumentation (BACI) Program is developing systems that combine conventional electronic control circuits with machine learning to control and measure superconducting qubits.
Synthesizing Color Center Qubits
Our FS&IBT Program is exploring novel qubit candidates and qubit synthesis methods using beam and plasma techniques, including traditional ion implantation, as well as femtosecond-laser and laser-driven ion-pulse techniques to create color-center qubits and quantum materials.
Controlling and Measuring Superconducting Qubits
Researchers from the BACI program, in collaboration with multiple partners, have developed the Quantum Bit Control (QubiC) system, the first open-source controller for superconducting quantum processing units. QubiCML extends this system by employing machine-learning-driven state discrimination to improve mid-circuit measurements in quantum computing.
