QSCOUT: An Open Quantum Computing Testbed with Low-Level Access to the Hardware and Software (Part I)

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Abstract

At Sandia National Laboratories, QSCOUT (the Quantum Scientific Computing Open User Testbed) is an open quantum computing testbed based on Yb-171 trapped ions. Distinct from most commercial platforms, we offer users flexible and transparent control over the qubits as well as the ability to craft gates at the fundamental pulse level. To do this, we use our custom-developed programming language Jaqal (Just Another Quantum Assembly Language), consisting of a package of schedulable native operations that includes the full parameterization of single qubit rotation gates and the two-qubit Mølmer-Sørensen (MS) gate. Here, we discuss how we employ both the QSCOUT hardware and the Jaqal software to offer users unique low-level access to the experiment for their quantum computing applications. We present current capabilities offered on the system as well as future integrations and developments.

*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. The views expressed here do not necessarily represent the views of the DOE or the US Government.

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Publication: S. M. Clark et al., IEEE Trans. Quant. Eng. 2, 3102832 (2021)
B. C. A. Morrison, et al. 2020 IEEE Intl. Conf. on QCE. pp. 402-408 (2020)

Presenters

  • Ashlyn D Burch

    • Sandia National Laboratories

Authors

  • Ashlyn D Burch

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Christopher G Yale

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Matthew N Chow

    • Sandia National Labs; University of New Mexico; CQuIC
    • Sandia National Laboratories; University of New Mexico; CQuIC

  • Joshua D Goldberg

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Megan K Ivory

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Daniel S Lobser

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Benjamin C Morrison

    • University of New Mexico
    • Sandia National Laboratories, University of New Mexico

  • Melissa C Revelle

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Kenneth M Rudinger

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Antonio E Russo

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Jay W Van Der Wall

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Andrew J Landahl

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Susan M Clark

    • Sandia National Laboratories