Company · Bristol
Duality Quantum Photonics designs photonic chips in thin-film lithium niobate, aimed at fast signal processing and at photonic quantum computing. With the NQCC the Bristol company ran a proof of concept testing whether lithium niobate circuits could route the laser light that controls calcium ions in trapped-ion quantum computers. A separate UKAEA Fusion Industry Programme contract, announced in December 2023 and called TRONN, puts optical neural networks on its chips to detect hotspots in fusion magnets. It is also a partner in the Integrated Quantum Networks hub, and its directors are Anthony Laing and Alberto Politi.
Founded in 2020, Duality Quantum Photonics is a company in Bristol focused on quantum photonics, hardware and components. It is a partner in 3 UK projects: IQN, Quantum Missions pilot and NISQ.OS.
Sources: Integrated photonics for ion trap quantum computing (NQCC) · UKAEA awards £11.6m for development of fusion energy technologies (GOV.UK) · Integrated Quantum Networks hub, EP/Z533208/1 (Gateway to Research) · Duality Quantum Photonics Ltd company record (Companies House)
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
Quantum Missions pilot
An Innovate UK competition that funded industry projects in quantum computing and quantum networks towards the UK quantum missions.
Role: Partner
Themes: Computing, Networks
NISQ.OS
A Riverlane-led consortium that built Deltaflow.OS, an operating system meant to run the same software on different kinds of quantum hardware.
Role: Partner
Funding: £7.6m
Themes: Computing, Software and algorithms
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