In this area, Argonne is harnessing various quantum mechanical features to perform highly sensitive measurements. Potential applications include imaging brain function, searching for gravitational waves, and hunting for dark matter.

Argonne is building quantum computing and networking infrastructure that use quantum phenomena to enable groundbreaking applications. This work employs supercomputers to simulate the behavior of the underlying quantum materials, devices and algorithms.

Projects in this area focus on development and characterization of materials for next-generation quantum systems, such as quantum bits or ​“qubits,” which are fundamental objects in QIS and form the basis of quantum computing and networking architectures.