Quantum testbeds for advancing hardware: Examples from QSCOUT
ORAL
Abstract
The Quantum Scientific Computing Open User Testbed (QSCOUT) located at Sandia National Laboratories is a “white box” quantum processor based on trapped ions available to the scientific community as of 2021 (https://qscout.sandia.gov). During the process of running user code, we encountered numerous unforeseen challenges, resulting in hardware improvements to the system for the next round of experiments. I will present how working with user teams – and the testbed model in general – has accelerated progress in gate implementation and calibration, software, and classical control hardware.
*Sandia National Laboratories is managed and operated by NTESS, LLC, a subsidiary of Honeywell International, Inc. for the US DOE NNSA under contract DE-NA0003525. This work is funded by the US DOE Office of Science ASCR Quantum Testbed Program.
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Presenters
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Susan M Clark
- Sandia National Laboratories