QSL 将位于麻省理工学院校园 39 号楼，将作为一个拥有现代化实验基础设施的多学科量子中心。因为量子研究涉及在与宇宙其他部分隔离的系统中创建和研究相干现象,，所以它必须在高度受控的环境中进行。 39, 的建设工作已经在进行中，MIT, 进行了大量投资，以升级物理基础设施以满足这些独特的需求。州’的支持将加强这项工作，并使实验室转变为该地区科学家研究下一代量子技术,启动应用,国防和健康技术,等的中心。
The QSL will be located at Building 39 on the MIT campus and will serve as a multi-disciplinary quantum hub with modern experimental infrastructure. Because quantum research involves the creation and study of coherent phenomena in systems that are isolated from the rest of the universe, it must take place in a highly controlled environment. Work is already underway in Building 39, with significant investments by MIT, to upgrade the physical infrastructure for these unique demands. The state的 support will supercharge this work and allow for the transformation of the lab into a hub for scientists across the region working on next-generation quantum technologies, startup applications, defense and health tech, and more.
QSL 将拥有专门的设施，使马萨诸塞州的科学家能够在实际领域应用量子研究开展有影响力的工作。作为一个共享设施,，QSL 的开发其根本使命是让广大科学, 劳动力, 回归公众并为公众带来经济利益。
The QSL will host specialized facilities that will enable Massachusetts scientists to undertake impactful work applying quantum research across practical domains. As a shared-use facility, the QSL is being developed with the underlying mission of returning broad scientific, workforce, and economic benefit to the public.
麻省理工学院的初创企业也是该州的创业生态系统; 2015年, 斯隆管理学院教授爱德华·罗伯茨和菲奥娜·默里发表的一份报告，详细介绍了学院的校友企业家如何创建超过30,000家活跃公司,雇用460万人,并产生全球年收入$1.9截至 2014 年，万亿, 这一数字高于世界的 第十大经济体, 的国内生产总值(GDP)。QSL 设施将为从事量子技术, 的初创企业提供必要的设备和设施，从而加强该地区的 的创新经济。
Startups from MIT are also a key driver of the state的 entrepreneurial ecosystem; in 2015, Sloan Professors Edward Roberts and Fiona Murray published a report detailing how the Institute的 alumni entrepreneurs have created more than 30,000 active companies, employing 4.6 million people, and generating annual global revenues of $1.9 trillion, a figure greater than the gross domestic product (GDP) of the world的 10th-largest economy, as of 2014. The QSL facility will provide the necessary equipment and facilities for startups working on quantum technologies, thereby strengthening the region的 innovation economy.
“The new QSL will introduce modern experimental infrastructure to quantum research at MIT and beyond, allowing us to scale experiments and expand into critical domains in disciplines such as biology and chemistry, where we see enormous innovative potential,” explains Ian Waitz, MIT的 vice president for research. “As the new physical home of the MIT Quantum Initiative (or QMIT), the QSL will serve not only as an on-campus incubator, but more broadly, a regional hub to catalyze quantum innovation, growth, and investment in this critical R&D sector for the Commonwealth.”
该设施的一层将允许开发射频 (RF) 电子设备，用于控制量子系统并与量子系统连接。 QSL 还将支持研究人员使用先进的高频封装, 创建定制量子实验，这是保护现实应用中的量子数据所必需的。该设施还将开发先进量子系统所需的相关太赫兹电子器件。
One floor of the facility will allow for development of radio-frequency (RF) electronics for controlling and interfacing with quantum systems. The QSL will also support researchers in the creation of customized quantum experiments with advanced high-frequency packages, which are required to protect quantum data in real-world applications. The facility will also develop the associated THz electronics needed by advanced quantum systems.
大约十年前, MIT 在纳米技术, 上下了类似的大赌注，开发 MIT.nano — 一个最先进的, 共享设施，拥有 200 多种工具和仪器，通过成像, 制造, 表征, 和原型设计支持纳米级发现和创新。 MIT.nano 位于校园中心的 Lisa T. Su Building,，是蓬勃发展的研究社区,、行业联盟, 和创业加速器的所在地。 MIT.nano 的 1,500 用户中，超过五分之一来自 MIT, 以外，并且 START.nano 加速器中的一半公司的创始人都不是 MIT。
Nearly a decade ago, MIT made a similarly big bet on nanotechnology, developing MIT.nano — a state-of-the-art, shared-use facility with more than 200 tools and instruments that support nanoscale discovery and innovation through imaging, fabrication, characterization, and prototyping. Set in the heart of campus in the Lisa T. Su Building, MIT.nano is home to a thriving research community, an industry consortium, and a startup accelerator. More than a fifth of the 1,500 users of MIT.nano come from outside of MIT, and half of the companies in its START.nano accelerator have had non-MIT founders.