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About the Quantum Initiative
Mission
The QI mission is to
- foster a vigorous intellectual environment at LANL,
- define and develop strategic thrusts,
- target and pursue funding opportunities,
- create strategic external collaborations and alliances, and
- widen local, regional, national and international recognition of
the excellent research conducted under the auspices of the Los Alamos
Quantum Institute.
History
 In
June 2001, a small working group of quantum information, science, and technology
(QIST) researchers from C, CCS, MST, NIS, P and T divisions was chartered
to develop a plan to create a cohesive Lab-wide QIST program and possibly
an institute to support this exciting field. The working group formed
the Quantum Institute and a visitor program; garnered funding to refurbish
labs, offices, and a briefing center; and identified a steering committee
and executive board to guide the Institute.
In December 2002, then Laboratory
Director John Browne officially dedicated the Quantum Institute. The steering committee subsequently announced an interim science director and an executive
director. The Quantum Institute became an Institutional Center in 2005.
The area of quantum information, science, and technology is rapidly evolving
with important applications in the areas of quantum cryptography, quantum
computing, quantum metrology, and advanced quantum-based sensors, some
of which are directly relevant to the Laboratory's national security mission.
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