Aligning with colleagues at MIT, UCLA, Harvard and University of Maryland, Blumenthal’s lab joins federal agencies and partners from the private sector to design high-tech infrastructure across the country in an effort to accelerate the development of useful quantum technologies by providing researchers anywhere in the U.S. with access to specialized resources.
Led by MIT Professor Dirk Englund, the team’s project, called the Open Stack Ryberg Atom Quantum Computing Laboratory (ORAQL) will, among other things, create a digital twin model (a dynamic simulation that changes and responds to inputs) of a quantum computer that could be used by any U.S. researcher to test and refine new quantum algorithms. Additionally, the team’s collective focus is on advancing quantum information science and engineering by pioneering developments in neutral-atom quantum platforms, with the goal of establishing quantum technologies and building a robust, inclusive U,S, research community.