Mission:
We are a creative team of physicists and engineers working together to understand, design, manufacture, and control coherent quantum systems comprising superconducting artificial atoms (qubits) for quantum information science and technology applications. Our efforts span fundamental research to applied physics and systems engineering.
Recent News:
4/30/2026 – A materials scientist’s playground
4/21/2026 – Will Oliver and Jonathan Ruane contribute to the book “Priority Technologies: Ensuring U.S. Security and Shared Property”
2/13/2026 – Shoumik and collaborators’ manuscript, “Theory of quasiparticle generation by microwave drives in superconducting qubits,” was selected for a special issue of Physical Review Applied in honor of the International Year of Quantum!
1/16/2026 – Shoumik, Max, and collaborators’ manuscript, “Theory of quasiparticle generation by microwave drives in superconducting qubits,” was published as an Editors’ Suggestion in Physical Review Applied!
Recent Publications:
Placing and routing quantum LDPC codes in multilayer superconducting hardware
M. Mathews, L. Pahl, D. Pahl, V. L. Addala, C. Tang, W. D. Oliver, J. A. Grover
npj Quantum Information (2026) | arXiv:2507.23011 (2025)
Quantum Computing: Enabling Long-Term U.S. Leadership Through a Sustained and Bold Science and Engineering Agenda
W. D. Oliver and Jonathan Ruane
Appearing in Priority Technologies: Ensuring U.S. Security and Shared Prosperity, Ed. Elisabeth Reynolds, The MIT Press, April 21, 2026.
Measuring quasiparticle dynamics for particle impact reconstruction in a superconducting qubit chip
E. Celi, R. Linehan, P. M. Harrington, M. Li, H. D. Pickney, K. Serniak, W. D. Oliver, J. A. Formaggio, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, D. Baxter
arXiv:2604.13176 (2026)
Characterization of energy relaxation in fluxonium qubits
K. Azar, L. Ateshian, M. T. Randeria, R. DePencier-Pinero, J. M. Gertler, J. An, F. Contipelli, L. Ding, M. Gingras, B. M. Niedzielski, H. Stickler, K. L. Tiwari, H. Zhang, J. A. Grover, J. L. Yonder, M. E. Schwartz, W. D. Oliver, K. Serniak
arXiv:2603.23636 (2026)
Distinguishing types of correlated errors in superconducting qubits
H. P. Binney, H. D. Pinckney, K. Azar, P. M. Harrington, S. Jha, M. Li, J. Yang, F. Contipelli, R. DePencier-Pinero, M. Gingras, B. M. Niedzielski, H. Stickler, M. E. Schwartz, J. A. Grover, M. Hays, K. Serniak, J. A. Formaggio, W. D. Oliver
arXiv:2603.16494 (2026)