DOE national labs pioneer the integration of quantum and high-performance computing to accelerate progress in critical challenges in science and technology.
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory leverages multidisciplinary teams, world-class facilities, and powerful scientific tools to confront some of the most profound scientific and technological challenges in quantum information science. The Argonne Quantum Institute aims to expand and promote the diverse quantum research activities at Argonne and to enhance partnerships with industry, academia and other DOE national laboratories. Learn about quantum at Argonne.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab is working across the entire quantum research ecosystem, from theory to application, in partnership with industry and academia, to solve global challenges far beyond the reach of today’s technologies. Its focus areas include quantum materials that are predicted, designed, and synthesized for pressing technological needs; quantum hardware, including prototype processors, controls, and sensors; software and protocols that harness the power of quantum computing; quantum communications and networks; applications of quantum computing to discoveries in physics, chemistry, and biology; and training the next-generation quantum workforce. Large collaborations anchor this work, including the Quantum Systems Accelerator, which brings together 80 researchers from 15 institutions, and the Advanced Quantum Testbed, an open-access lab for superconducting-circuit quantum computing. On the networking front, the QUANT-NET testbed is building a proof-of-concept quantum network based on entanglement to connect quantum testbeds. NERSC models quantum devices, circuits, and algorithms on its Perlmutter supercomputer and explores hybrid approaches that integrate classical and quantum computing, while the Molecular Foundry and Advanced Light Source support nanofabrication and quantum materials discovery. Software efforts such as MACH-Q and the BQSKit quantum compiler are creating the tools needed to run on emerging quantum systems, and researchers are also developing quantum sensors to probe for dark matter and applying particle accelerator expertise to qubit control and measurement. Together, these programs position Berkeley Lab at the leading edge of the quantum frontier. Learn more about quantum at Berkeley Lab.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Multidisciplinary research teams at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) harness the power of quantum technology to solve increasingly complex national security challenges. We are exploring focused, application-specific quantum solutions such as:
- Developing new materials and device fabrication techniques to produce superconducting quantum hardware.
- Leveraging LLNL’s expertise in photon science to improve control of quantum systems.
- Enabling supercomputing resources to interface with quantum computers.
- Applying classical optimization for quantum control and signal processing to quantum sensors to improve system performance.
Learn about quantum at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
National Energy Technology Laboratory
QUEST (Quantum for Energy Systems and Technologies): Developing NETL’s QIS (quantum information science) capabilities, including quantum sensing for critical minerals and applying quantum computing to DFT, CFD and ML simulations.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
For more than two decades, Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been pursuing the promise of quantum technology to change the world. Through its Quantum Information Science portfolio, ORNL researchers are developing novel networking capabilities, scalable qubit technologies and hybrid classical–quantum computing methods that leverage the lab’s world-class supercomputing resources, including the Frontier exascale system. The laboratory’s Quantum Science Center, a recently renewed DOE National Quantum Information Science Research Center, unites national labs, universities, and industry to pioneer quantum-accelerated high-performance computing by developing open-source software for quantum-classical workflows that accelerate scientific advancements across multiple disciplines. And ORNL’s Quantum Computing User Program (QCUP) provides researchers open access to cutting-edge quantum computing systems and expertise to explore algorithms, applications and technologies that advance DOE science missions. QCUP partners include IBM Quantum, Quantinuum, IonQ and IQM Quantum Computers. Learn more about quantum research at ORNL.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Research that supports quantum computing, simulation, communication, and sensing is at the core of PNNL’s quantum information science (QIS) strategy. Our approach is one of co-design, where advances in the fundamental understanding of quantum phenomena lead to more robust quantum computing infrastructure, which leads to better problem solving in a cycle of continuous improvement. This expertise has been harnessed by three DOE-sponsored QIS Research Centers. Broadly, our efforts are focused on complementary and interdependent activities.