2025 Workshop Materials

Thursday, August 7, 2025

8:45 - 9:05: Check-In at University of California Livermore Collaboration Center

9:05 - 9:15: Workshop Opening, Safety Briefing & Welcome

9:15 - 10:00: Introduction to Quantum Computing and LLNL (Intro)

10:00 - 10:15: Coffee Break 

10:15 - 12:00: Basics of Qubits - Theory (Qubit Basics, Hardware Intro)

• One and two qubit systems

• Bloch sphere,

• Entanglement 

• Gate model of quantum computation

• Qubit metrics

• Introduction to hardware 

12:00 - 13:00:  Lunch & Networking 

13:00 - 14:30: Basics of Qubits - Silicon and Superconducting Qubits (Spin Qubits, QC Hardware)

• Controlling electronics

• QC hardware (Si and SC qubits)

• T1, T2, and Rabi measurements

• Measurement and readout

• Noise mitigation

14:30 - 16:00: QuDIT Coding environment Set-up

Friday, August 8, 2025

8:50 - 9:00: Check-In at University of California Livermore Collaboration Center

9:00 - 10:30: Qubit spectroscopy with QuDIT - Rabi Oscillations (Spectroscopy and Readout)

• Hands-on activity: Qubit spectroscopy

10:30 - 10:45: Coffee Break

10:45 - 12:30: Qubit readout with QuDIT - Understanding IQ Blobs (Spectroscopy and Readout)

• Hands-on activity: Measurements, IQ Blobs

12:30 - 14:30: Lunch, Lab Tours, and Networking 

14:30 - 15:30: Qubit coherence measurements on QuDIT (Coherence Measurements)

• Hands-on activity: Decoherence

15:30 - 16:00 Adjourn & Participant Survey