Challenge Institute for Quantum Computation
Advancing the fundamental science and engineering of quantum information processing
The Challenge Institute for Quantum Computation, or CIQC, is a National Quantum Center established by the US National Science Foundation. The CIQC addresses three central Research Challenges:
Discovering and realizing the power of quantum computation
Engineering quantum technologies and developing their applications
Understanding nature through the lens of QIS
News & Events
Moving entropy around in optical kagome lattices
May 1, 2026
Recent Highlights
A new study, led by researchers at California Institute of Technology and a new startup company Oratomic, Inc., in collaboration with partners at UC Berkeley.
Caltech physicists have created the largest qubit array ever assembled: 6,100 neutral-atom qubits trapped in a grid by lasers.
A collaboration between CIQC researchers and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has demonstrated a new class of ion traps that bridges the gap between high-performance physics and scalable engineering.
Summary The nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond is a well-known quantum defect whose spin can be optically initialized and read out at room temperature, making it ideal for precision sensing.
