Q-Block Computing

QuantumSemiconductors & PhotonicsEdmonton, AB

Edmonton quantum photonics company building integrated photonic modules across three product lines: AllanQ for quantum timing, LuciaQ for quantum networking and PolarisQ for quantum computing.

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About

Source: q-block.ca

Q-Block Computing describes itself as “a home for the curious mind and unconventional thinking” that approaches “high-impact problems at the forefront of science and engineering”. It states that “we strive to realize fault-tolerant quantum systems from the elementary building block of Nature, atoms”, and is unusually direct about its field: “we are not afraid to admit that universal quantum computers of the future may not yield the kind of economic impact, as often portrayed in the media.” Its stated business model is that “The tools we develop in pursuit of our sciences are useful for other tasks in society”, commercialized as Q-block modules “for us to reach the scale needed for taking on big questions.”

  • Its AllanQ, LuciaQ and PolarisQ product lines are described on its own site as designed and manufactured in Edmonton, Alberta. q-block.ca

  • Its es-110 laser system uses New Scale Technologies' M3 Rotary Smart Stages, announced August 2024. newscaletech.com

  • Selected for the Luminate NY 2024 cohort, a Rochester-based photonics accelerator. luminate.org

  • Completed Alberta Catalyzer's Velocity North Cohort 10, a scale-up program for founders with initial recurring sales. albertacatalyzer.com

Products & Services

Company site: q-block.ca

Products Q-Block Computing publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.

AllanQ

Quantum timing

A portable molecular optical clock - a quantum timing reference engineered to deliver laboratory-grade frequency stability in the conditions real systems operate in.

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LuciaQ

Quantum networking

An integrated quantum networking platform - a room-temperature quantum memory engineered to store, retrieve and distribute entanglement across deployed optical infrastructure.

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PolarisQ

Neutral-atom quantum computer

A modular tweezer-array quantum computing platform - a population of individually trapped neutral atoms held, addressed and manipulated as a single coherent quantum machine.

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Technology Focus

Company site: q-block.ca

Terms the company uses about its own work.

Quantum photonicsQuantum timingQuantum networkingSoftware-defined lasersUltra-high-finesse optical cavitiesOptical frequency comb backplane

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