QuantrolOx and Zurich Instruments team up to accelerate quantum advantage
PRESS RELEASE
March 6th, 2024
QuantrolOx (Espoo, Finland) and Zurich Instruments (Zurich, Switzerland) are pleased to officially announce their partnership. As of March 2024, the Zurich Instruments’ Quantum Computing Control System (QCCS) is integrated into the QuantrolOx’s Quantum EDGE, the leading automation tool for bringing-up, characterizing, tuning and controlling different qubit systems. The QCCS seamlessly unites RF Signal Generators (SG), Quantum Analyzers (QA) and Qubit Controllers (QC) and offers advanced features such as over 1 GHz instantaneous bandwidth for streamlined parallel qubit tune-up. The integration of QCCS into the Quantum Edge empowers users to obtain outstanding results, reduces complexity and enhances performance of quantum computing experiments.
Quantum Edge’s users can now also harness the power of the recently developed SHF+ product line: SHFSG+, SHFQA+, SHFQC+. The SHF+ product line features technical specifications enabling high-fidelity gate operations: exceptional signal to noise ratio with a high output power, outstanding spectral purity without the need for mixer calibration, and the fast output muting functionality for further reducing noise between pulses.
The integration of the QCCS with Quantum Edge has been facilitated by Zurich Instruments’ LabOne Q open-source software framework. The close technical collaboration started last year.
Expressing enthusiasm for the collaboration, Vishal Chatrath, CEO and co-founder at QuantrolOx remarks, “Working with Zurich Instruments matched the perception of Swiss reliability and quality: The elegance of their software framework and the unwavering support from their qualified team have greatly accelerated our progress. Zurich Instruments customers can now benefit from our automation capabilities for bring-up, characterization and testing. In many cases, our software speeds up these steps by a factor of over 100x, thereby accelerating the path to quantum advantage.”
Moritz Kirste, Head of Business Development for Quantum Technologies at Zurich Instruments, affirms, “The collaboration with QuantrolOx has been exceptionally rewarding. Their development of a user-friendly interface for controlling and reading out various qubit types paves the way for rapid scalability of quantum computing capabilities. We are proud to contribute to this shared endeavor.”
Looking ahead, the collaboration’s roadmap underscores a concerted effort to enhance QuantrolOx’s Quantum EDGE qubit automation software with Zurich Instruments QCCS capabilities, with a focus on advancing multi-qubit gate operations and refining readout.
About Zurich Instruments
Zurich Instruments (Zurich, Switzerland) develops and manufactures test & measurement products that advance science and accelerate the second quantum revolution. In a world of rapid sci-tech advances, we help you reliably advance your research projects, qubits, systems or business plans. We drive this mission by developing advanced hardware, software and systems that are rooted in Swiss quality standards, and by offering worldwide support through offices in seven countries. Already since its foundation in 2008 Zurich Instruments has been a science-focused company with 50% of its employees having a PhD degree and meanwhile thousands of scientific publications referring to its instrumentation. Backed by Rohde & Schwarz, we are committed to continuing the development of scientific instrumentation that makes a change: simpler, better, more reliable. Find out more at www.zhinst.com
About QuantrolOx
QuantrolOx, an Oxford University spinout, is the developer of Quantum EDGE software for qubit, and quantum processor tune up automation. We envision a world where the bring-up, characterization and testing or every qubit will be fully automated enabling quantum scientists to spend less time tuning qubits and more time on advancing quantum computing, thereby accelerating the path to practical quantum computers.
Quantum EDGE integrates with major quantum hardware providers by building on open-architecture principles enabling organizations to select the best components for their quantum systems. Find out more at www.quantrolox.com