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We’re seeking breakthroughs in physics and chemistry, new materials, and more secure communications. And we’re helping prepare the future quantum workforce." theme="white" > <lbl-pattern slot="pattern" theme="intro-block" > </lbl-pattern> <lbl-eyebrow has-breakline slot="eyebrow" text="" > </lbl-eyebrow> </lbl-intro-callout> <lbl-divider></lbl-divider> <lbl-container> <lbl-quote-block text="A quantum computer gives us the potential to study problems that realistically reflect the complexities of nature and solve specific tasks faster than classical computers." name="Bert De Jong" description="Head of the Computational Science Department" > <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="300" src="https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/RT_quantum_quote-module_De-Jong-Bert-e1646441766160-300x300-1.jpeg" class="attachment-lbl-components-sm size-lbl-components-sm" alt="Light-haired person in a blue shirt standing in front of a whiteboard." slot="media" /> <lbl-pattern slot="pattern" theme="quote-block" > </lbl-pattern> </lbl-quote-block> </lbl-container> <lbl-container> <lbl-section-header title="Our Research Pillars" text="" margin-bottom > </lbl-section-header> <lbl-asymmetrical-columns img-size="normal" layout="grid-list" link-url="" > <h3 slot="asymmetrical-col-left">Quantum materials</h3> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="" link-target="_self" slot="asymmetrical-col-right" > <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>Predicting, designing, and synthesizing quantum materials and tailoring their properties to address pressing technological needs.</p> </lbl-rich-text> </lbl-grid-card> </lbl-asymmetrical-columns> <lbl-asymmetrical-columns img-size="normal" layout="grid-list" link-url="" > <h3 slot="asymmetrical-col-left">Quantum hardware</h3> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="" link-target="_self" slot="asymmetrical-col-right" > <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>Designing and fabricating proof-of-principle and prototype quantum processors, controls, sensors, and more.</p> </lbl-rich-text> </lbl-grid-card> </lbl-asymmetrical-columns> <lbl-asymmetrical-columns img-size="normal" layout="grid-list" link-url="" > <h3 slot="asymmetrical-col-left">Quantum software and protocols</h3> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="" link-target="_self" slot="asymmetrical-col-right" > <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>Developing algorithms and programming tools to harness the power of quantum computing.</p> </lbl-rich-text> </lbl-grid-card> </lbl-asymmetrical-columns> <lbl-asymmetrical-columns img-size="normal" layout="grid-list" link-url="" > <h3 slot="asymmetrical-col-left">Quantum communications and networks</h3> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="" link-target="_self" slot="asymmetrical-col-right" > <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>Developing a prototype quantum network based on entanglement to connect quantum testbeds.</p> </lbl-rich-text> </lbl-grid-card> </lbl-asymmetrical-columns> <lbl-asymmetrical-columns img-size="normal" layout="grid-list" link-url="" > <h3 slot="asymmetrical-col-left">Advancing science with quantum</h3> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="" link-target="_self" slot="asymmetrical-col-right" > <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>Exploring the application of quantum computing for discoveries in physics, chemistry, biology, and more.</p> </lbl-rich-text> </lbl-grid-card> </lbl-asymmetrical-columns> <lbl-asymmetrical-columns img-size="normal" layout="grid-list" link-url="" > <h3 slot="asymmetrical-col-left">Training the quantum workforce</h3> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="" link-target="_self" slot="asymmetrical-col-right" > <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>Growing a next-generation workforce to keep the nation at the forefront of quantum science innovation.</p> </lbl-rich-text> </lbl-grid-card> </lbl-asymmetrical-columns> </lbl-container> <lbl-divider></lbl-divider> <lbl-container> <lbl-section-header title="Facilities, Centers, Projects, and Partnerships" text="" margin-bottom > </lbl-section-header> <lbl-grid columns="3" layout="grid-card" > <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="https://quantumsystemsaccelerator.org/" link-target="_blank" title="Quantum Systems Accelerator (QSA)" > <lbl-image slot="media" img-caption="" img-credit="" > <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="890" height="591" src="https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/RT_quantum_capabilities-grid-module_QSA.jpg" class="attachment-lbl-components-md size-lbl-components-md" alt="Seven researchers surrounding a computer monitor." slot="media" /> </lbl-image> <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>Bringing together an ecosystem of 80 world-class researchers from 15 partner institutions to catalyze national leadership in quantum information science.</p> </lbl-rich-text> <lbl-button icon="" slot="btn" text="Visit site" link-target="_blank" link-url="https://quantumsystemsaccelerator.org/" type="inline" > </lbl-button> </lbl-grid-card> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" 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loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="890" height="591" src="https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/RT_quantum_capabilities-grid-module_QUANT-NET_ion-trap-overlay.jpg" class="attachment-lbl-components-md size-lbl-components-md" alt="Close-up of a gold microchip." slot="media" /> </lbl-image> <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>QUANT-NET brings together world-leading expertise in quantum technologies, optics, materials, networks, testbed operations, and other assets from Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley, and Caltech in order to build a proof-of-concept quantum network based on entanglement.</p> </lbl-rich-text> <lbl-button icon="" slot="btn" text="Visit site" link-target="" link-url="https://quantnet.lbl.gov/" type="inline" > </lbl-button> </lbl-grid-card> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="https://npqc.lbl.gov/" link-target="" title="Center for Novel Pathways to Quantum Coherence in Materials for Energy" > <lbl-image slot="media" img-caption="" img-credit="" > <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="890" height="591" src="https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/RT_quantum_news_NPQC_Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-4.30.25-PM.png" class="attachment-lbl-components-md size-lbl-components-md" alt="Artist’s illustration of hydrodynamical behavior from an interacting ensemble of quantum spin defects in diamond." slot="media" /> </lbl-image> <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>This Energy Frontier Research Center’s objective is to dramatically expand our control and understanding of coherence in solids by building on fundamental materials discoveries in recent years.</p> </lbl-rich-text> <lbl-button icon="" slot="btn" text="Visit site" link-target="" link-url="https://npqc.lbl.gov/" type="inline" > </lbl-button> </lbl-grid-card> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="https://foundry.lbl.gov/tag/quantum/" link-target="" title="Quantum information science at the Molecular Foundry" > <lbl-image slot="media" img-caption="" img-credit="" > <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="890" height="591" src="https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/RT_quantum_capabilities-grid-module_Quantum-Information-at-the-Molecular-Foundry.jpg" class="attachment-lbl-components-md size-lbl-components-md" alt="Artist's concept rendering of green futuristic computer chips." slot="media" /> </lbl-image> <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>Scientists are creating a “nanofabrication cluster tool set” that allows users to investigate the fundamental limits of state-of-the-art quantum systems. Another effort is developing a unique suite of electron beam-based metrology techniques.</p> </lbl-rich-text> <lbl-button icon="" slot="btn" text="Explore this capability" link-target="" link-url="https://foundry.lbl.gov/tag/quantum/" type="inline" > </lbl-button> </lbl-grid-card> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="https://www.physics.lbl.gov/qiscom/#:~:text=The%20LBNL%20QuantISED%20Quest%20Program,for%20QIS%2C%20and%20Quantum%20computation" link-target="" title="Quantum Information Science Enabled Discovery (QuantISED) Quest Program" > <lbl-image slot="media" img-caption="" img-credit="" > <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="890" height="591" src="https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/RT_quantum_capabilities-grid-module_QuantISED-Quest-Program.jpg" class="attachment-lbl-components-md size-lbl-components-md" alt="Silicon wafer with printed chips." slot="media" /> </lbl-image> <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>Berkeley Lab is developing sensors that 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understanding of new synthetic materials and their electronic, spin, chemical, and physical properties. </p> </lbl-rich-text> <lbl-button icon="" slot="btn" text="Explore this capability" link-target="" link-url="https://als.lbl.gov/science/science-thrusts-council/" type="inline" > </lbl-button> </lbl-grid-card> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="http://aide-qc.org/" link-target="_blank" title="Advancing Integrated Development Environments for Quantum Computing Through Fundamental Research (AIDE-QC)" > <lbl-image slot="media" img-caption="" img-credit="" > <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="788" height="443" src="https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/iStock-1226985345.jpg" class="attachment-lbl-components-md size-lbl-components-md" alt="Digitally generated image of a blue circuit board." slot="media" /> </lbl-image> <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>Scientists are developing and delivering an open-source computing, programming, and simulation environment that supports the large diversity of quantum computing research at the Department of Energy (DOE).</p> </lbl-rich-text> <lbl-button icon="" slot="btn" text="Visit site" link-target="_blank" link-url="http://aide-qc.org/" type="inline" > </lbl-button> </lbl-grid-card> <lbl-grid-card layout="" date="" text="" link-url="https://www.nersc.gov/research-and-development/quantum-information-science/" link-target="_blank" title="National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC): Quantum Information Science (QIS)" > <lbl-image slot="media" img-caption="" img-credit="" > <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="890" height="591" src="https://www.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/RT_quantum_capabilities-grid-module_NERSC_Quantum-Capabilities.jpg" class="attachment-lbl-components-md size-lbl-components-md" alt="Colorful high-performance computer, "Perlmutter," in white room." slot="media" /> </lbl-image> <lbl-rich-text slot="rich-text"> <p>Researchers are modeling QIS 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