The WQI hosts research on four of the most prominent physical qubit implementations: silicon quantum dot, superconducting, neutral atom, and NV-center qubits. Quantum sensors enable precision that cannot be matched using classical methods, and research in the WQI focuses on applications as diverse as chemical and gravitational sensing. Quantum materials display behavior that is both startling in its elegance and useful in its applications, with research in the WQI ranging from flexible, two-dimensional materials to sophisticated epitaxial crystal growth.
The Wisconsin Quantum Institute (WQI) is the home for quantum science and engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. UW–Madison has been active in quantum science since about the year 2000.