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SQMS Center: 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.

This is a general tour of the Industrial Area of APS-TD, where components for accelerators, (for Fermilab and other accelerators around the world) are built.  The tour would be focused on superconducting magnet construction and testing, with some RF cavity work included.   The tour starts with a general overview in the IB3A atrium, where we have a display of conventional magnet (regular copper coils) and superconducting magnet posters and hardware, then moves into IB3 where they are building superconducting coils for the LHC.  From there we go to ICBA, where they are building cold masses and cryostats for the LHC and assembling quadrupole magnets into them.   From there we would walk through the Industrial Center Building, where they have a display of RF cavities, and are building cryostats into which the RF cavities are being assembled.   We would then proceed to IB1, where they are testing both conventional and superconducting magnets as well as RF cavities.  The tour would finish in IB1.  This tour usually takes about an hour. 

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