Nanoscope Offers Views Into Quantum Computations

A newly developed microscope housed at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames National Laboratory is poised to help researchers understand — and ultimately develop — the inner workings of quantum computing. The microscope, called a Cryogenic Magneto-Terahertz Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscope (cm-SNOM) by Iowa State University professor and Ames Lab senior scientist Jigang Wang, is based at Ames’ Sensitive Instrument Facility.