Company · Sheffield
Since Simon Chase started the business in 1993, Chase Research Cryogenics has made sub-Kelvin coolers in Sheffield, now from Cool Works on Savile Street: sealed sorption units that reach below 1 K, below 0.3 K using helium-3, and below 0.1 K with a continuous miniature dilution unit. It led IN-QUEST (2020 to 2021), an ISCF project with SeeQC UK to take commercial cryocoolers down to the millikelvin temperatures superconducting quantum computers need, and supplied the 1 K cooling for MARCONI's superconducting-nanowire QKD receiver; it is also a partner in the Integrated Quantum Networks hub.
Chase Research Cryogenics is a Sheffield company working on cryogenics, quantum components and quantum infrastructure, founded in 1993. It is a partner in 4 UK projects, including IQN, MARCONI and EPSRC Quantum Communications Hub.
Sources: Chase Research Cryogenics · Project IN-QUEST: Innovative Quantum-Enabling Sub-Kelvin Technology (Gateway to Research) · MARCONI: Modular UK QKD receivers for Quantum Internet (Gateway to Research) · Integrated Quantum Networks hub, EP/Z533208/1 (Gateway to Research)
IQN
A national research hub building quantum networks, from local links to satellite connections. Heriot-Watt University leads it.
Role: Partner
Funding: £21.9m
Themes: Networks, Communications
MARCONI
A RedWave Labs-led consortium building two UK-made receiver modules for entanglement-based quantum key distribution.
Role: Partner
Funding: £1.5m
Themes: Communications, Networks
The phase 2 national hub for quantum communications, led by the University of York. The hub's work ran from 2019 to 2024.
Role: Partner
Funding: £23.5m
Themes: Communications, Networks
QuantIC
The phase 2 national hub for quantum imaging, led by the University of Glasgow. Its grant ran from December 2019 to May 2025.
Role: Partner
Funding: £25m
Themes: Imaging, Sensing
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