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Congresswoman Salinas tours UO quantum research facilities

On November 14, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (D-OR) visited the University of Oregon to meet with Presidential Chair in Science and Professor of Chemistry Geraldine Richmond, interim Vice President for Research and Innovation, and faculty from the Oregon Center for Optical, Molecular, and Quantum Science (OMQ).

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Congresswoman Salinas stands with UO faculty in a quantum lab facility surrounded by precision instruments and wiring.

Preparing for a quantum leap

In the basement of Willamette Hall on the University of Oregon Eugene campus, physicists are at work studying how to expand the capabilities of an advanced computing system that could be the key to new scientific frontiers.

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A team of physicist leap into Quantum computing

Oregon Ions part of new Q-SEnSE Institute

Q-SEnSE is a new NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute funded with a $25M 5-year grant.

In the Institute, prominent quantum researchers in experiment and theory, science and engineering, from around the U.S. and internationally, collaborate to explore how advanced quantum sensing can discover new fundamental physics, develop and apply novel quantum technologies, provide tools for a national infrastructure in quantum sensing, and train a quantum savvy workforce.

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The center includes PIs from:
• JILA at CU Boulder
• Harvard University
• MIT
• Stanford University
• University of Delaware
• University of New Mexico
• University of Innsbruck in Austria
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• Los Alamos National Laboratory
• MIT Lincoln Laboratory
• Sandia National Laboratory

Lab Renovations Complete

The main construction work on our lab is now complete.  We’re excited to start moving our equipment in once the HVAC is tuned up.  Here’s a tour:

Entrance and Cleanroom Bay
This is where we’ll install our cleanroom.  This will allow us to assemble ion trap vacuum systems and optics without dust contamination.

Control Room
The central desk is where all the ion traps will be controlled from.  The sink is for the coffee machine.

Ion Lab 1
This lab is for room temperature experiments and is where we will install our first ion trap.

Ion Lab 2
This lab is for a cryogenic experiment.  The helium to cool the trap will come through that hole in the far wall.

Ion Lab 3
Another cryogenic lab for future expansion.  For now we will use it for electronic fabrication and test.

Laser Lab
The group’s central laser systems will be locked safely away in this cozy environmentally-isolated space.  Light will be distributed to the ion labs over optical fibers.

Mechanical Space
All the heavy cryogenic machinery will be hidden away in this sound-proof and rf-shielded room behind the two cryogenic ion experiment labs.