Berkeley Lab’s quantum light source aids neuromorphic computing

Image: Robinson Kuntz · newscenter.lbl.gov For more than three decades, the Advanced Light Source (ALS) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has assisted scientists in understanding quantum materials. Through the years, powerful tools at the ALS have helped researchers develop a one-atom-thin magnet and a method for building qubits for quantum computers from 2D metal organic frameworks. “ALS-U is a very important undertaking for the U.S. synchrotron research community,” says Riccardo Comin, associate professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as the facility undergoes an upgrade to produce brighter beams of light that will allow researchers to directly measure defects and observe exotic quantum states in situ as they evolve within a billionth of a second at the nanoscale. The Advanced Light Source (ALS) will soon enable the study of…