Sandia National Laboratories

academic · Albuquerque, NM, United States · https://www.sandia.gov/quantum/

Machines in the Atlas (1)

• QSCOUT (Quantum Scientific Computing Open User Testbed) — DEPLOYED (open user testbed; discontinuation scheduled for end of FY2026, 30 Sep 2026, now past; no end notice on the Sandia page), 6 q, 2021-2026

Technologies its machines use

• Trapped atomic ion · 1
• Hyperfine / clock-state qubit · 1
• Mølmer–Sørensen / light-shift laser gate · 1
• Ion-chain motional bus (all-to-all in chain) · 1
• Free-space laser addressing of ions (AOM/AOD beams) · 1
• Fluorescence state detection (ions, defects) · 1
• Ion-trap fabrication (surface-electrode chips; machined 3D blade traps) · 1

Architectures

• Trapped ions — linear Paul trap with individual laser addressing

Mentioned in the briefs of

• Laser control with integrated photonics (ions)
• Ion-trap fabrication (surface-electrode chips; machined 3D blade traps)