Quantum News Briefs July 19: Quandela & Welinq Partner to create custom quantum interconnects for photonic quantum computing • Eviden partners with University of Reims to advance quantum computing education • Silicon ring resonators rewriting the rules of quantum computing • IBM’s new partnership in Fermilab’s SQMS Center for Quantum Technology Development
News Briefs:
Quandela & Welinq Partner to create custom quantum interconnects for photonic quantum computing
Quandela, a European leader in photonic quantum computing, has partnered with Welinq, a leading quantum networking company, to advance the quantum industry according to July 18 announcement. This collaboration merges Quandela’s photonic quantum computing expertise with Welinq’s pioneering full-stack quantum interconnects technology.
Together, they aim to provide custom quantum links for photonic quantum computers, setting new industry standards and paving the way for interconnected and error-corrected photonic quantum computer clusters.
To realize the full potential of quantum computing, Quantum Processing Units (QPUs) must execute algorithms across vast numbers of qubits, making error correction crucial. By joining forces, Welinq’s state-of-the-art quantum interconnects combined with Quandela’s quantum processors will support fault-tolerant computing and the expansion of comprehensive quantum networks, surpassing the capabilities of a single chip.
Eviden partners with University of Reims to advance quantum computing education
Eviden, the Atos Group business leading in digital, cloud, big data and security, announced July 18 it is supporting the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA) through training initiatives to raise awareness of the challenges of quantum computing. URCA will draw on Eviden’s long-standing expertise in the sector, through its Qaptiva offering.While some sectors seem ready to turn to quantum computing for problems now handled by supercomputers, customers’ objectives are changing. Demand is shifting from pure research to the development and use of concrete quantum computing applications, in anticipation of the arrival of the first quantum computers.
URCA is acting on behalf of the MesoNET project, which brings together 20 regional computing centers across France, and is led by GENCI. The MesoNET ecosystem will thus be able to take advantage of Eviden’s experts’ dual knowledge of technology and industrial issues, to train researchers and professionals alike.
In Other News:
In Other News: SciTechDaily coverage of “How silicon ring resonators are rewriting the rules of 1uantum computing”
A breakthrough in integrated photonics has allowed researchers to harness light manipulation on silicon chips, paving the way for improved quantum computing and secure communication, according to SciTech’s July 18 article.
These researchers developed compact silicon ring resonators to manage 34 qubit-gates and established a novel five-user quantum network.
In what the authors termed, “a significant leap forward for quantum technology”, researchers have achieved a milestone in harnessing the frequency dimension within integrated photonics. This breakthrough not only promises advancements in quantum computing but also lays the groundwork for ultra-secure communications networks.
Integrated photonics, the manipulation of light within tiny circuits on silicon chips, has long held promise for quantum applications due to its scalability and compatibility with existing telecommunications infrastructure.
These statements based on a study published in Advanced Photonics, researchers from the Centre for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology (C2N), Télécom Paris, and STMicroelectronics (STM) have overcome previous limitations by developing silicon ring resonators with a footprint smaller than 0.05 mm² capable of generating over 70 distinct frequency channels spaced 21 GHz apart.
In Other News: Fermilab reports on “IBM’s new partnership in Fermilab’s SQMS Center for Quantum Technology Development”
The addition of IBM as a new partner in the Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center, a DOE National Quantum Information Science Research Center, hosted by Fermilab, has been approved by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, Science Programs as per Fermilabs
As a major national and international research center, SQMS is dedicated to advancing critical quantum technologies, with a focus on superconducting quantum systems. This collaboration intends to leverage the strengths of these two organizations to address key hurdles in quantum computing, communication and large-scale deployment of superconducting quantum platforms.
As part of the collaboration, IBM intends to focus on five critical areas: large-scale cryogenics, superconducting qubit noise sources, quantum interconnects, quantum computing applications for fundamental physics and quantum workforce development.
As part of the SQMS Center, IBM and SQMS partners intend to work together to further the scientific understanding of mechanisms limiting the performance of superconducting qubits and developing practical schemes for the so-called “1/f flux noise” abatement.
