Engineering the Quantum Scientific Computing Open User Testbed

Susan M. Clark; Daniel Lobser; Melissa C. Revelle; Christopher G. Yale; David Bossert; Ashlyn D. Burch; Matthew N. Chow; Craig W. Hogle; Megan Ivory; Jessica Pehr; Bradley Salzbrenner; Daniel Stick; William Sweatt; Joshua M. Wilson; Edward Winrow; Peter Maunz

doi:10.1109/TQE.2021.3096480

Engineering the Quantum Scientific Computing Open User Testbed

Susan M. Clark
, Daniel Lobser
, Melissa C. Revelle
, Christopher G. Yale
, David Bossert
, Ashlyn D. Burch
, Matthew N. Chow
, Craig W. Hogle
, Megan Ivory
, Jessica Pehr
, Bradley Salzbrenner
, Daniel Stick
, William Sweatt
, Joshua M. Wilson
, Edward Winrow
, Peter Maunz

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Abstract

The Quantum Scientific Computing Open User Testbed (QSCOUT) at Sandia National Laboratories is a trapped-ion qubit system designed to evaluate the potential of near-term quantum hardware in scientific computing applications for the U.S. Department of Energy and its Advanced Scientific Computing Research program. Similar to commercially available platforms, it offers quantum hardware that researchers can use to perform quantum algorithms, investigate noise properties unique to quantum systems, and test novel ideas that will be useful for larger and more powerful systems in the future. However, unlike most other quantum computing testbeds, the QSCOUT allows both quantum circuit and low-level pulse control access to study new modes of programming and optimization. The purpose of this article is to provide users and the general community with details of the QSCOUT hardware and its interface, enabling them to take maximum advantage of its capabilities.

Original language	English
Article number	3102832
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering
Volume	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TQE.2021.3096480
State	Published - 2021
Externally published	Yes

Funding

This work was supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research Quantum Testbed Program and in part by Sandia National Laboratories’ Directed Research and Development Program. Sandia National Laboratories is a multimission laboratory managed and operated by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International Inc., for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration under Contract DE-NA0003525. This work was supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research Quantum Testbed Program and in part by Sandia National Laboratories' Directed Research and Development Program. Sandia National Laboratories is a multimission laboratory managed and operated by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International Inc., for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration under Contract DE-NA0003525. The authors would like to thank Marko Cetina, Alan Bell, Ken Brown, Jungsang Kim, and Bert Tise for many useful discussions. This article describes objective technical results and analysis. Any subjective views or opinions that might be expressed in the article do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Department of Energy or the U. S. Government. SAND2021-3837O.

Keywords

Laser excitation
laser mode locking
quantum entanglement
vacuum technology

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Clark, S. M., Lobser, D., Revelle, M. C., Yale, C. G., Bossert, D., Burch, A. D., Chow, M. N., Hogle, C. W., Ivory, M., Pehr, J., Salzbrenner, B., Stick, D., Sweatt, W., Wilson, J. M., Winrow, E., & Maunz, P. (2021). Engineering the Quantum Scientific Computing Open User Testbed. IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering, 2, Article 3102832. https://doi.org/10.1109/TQE.2021.3096480

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