The Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems (SQMS) Center is one of the five DOE National Quantum Information Science Research Centers. Led by Fermilab, SQMS is a collaboration of 20 partner institutions – National labs, academia and industry- working together to bring transformational advances in the field of quantum information science (QIS). SQMS research is primarily focused on increasing the lifetime of qubits, the basic elements of quantum computing. Increasing coherence time, which is the length of time that a qubit can effectively process information, is critical to realizing next-generation quantum computers and sensors.

One of the Center’s main strengths comes from Fermilab’s expertise in developing and building complex particle accelerators based on technologies such as superconducting cavities and cryogenics. The SQMS Center will leverage this expertise and that of its partners to engineer multiqubit quantum processors platforms based on state-of-the-art qubits and related superconducting technologies. Working hand in hand with embedded industry partners, SQMS will make an important impact in tech transfer and commercialization of DOE technologies for QIS.

The SQMS Center will build a quantum computer at Fermilab which will open unprecedented computational opportunities with important impact in science and society and deploy new quantum sensors that could lead to the discovery of the nature of dark matter and other elusive subatomic particles.

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