QuEra Computing Inc.

QuEra Computing Inc.
Company typePrivate company
IndustryQuantum Computing
Founded2018; 6 years ago (2018)
Founders
  • Mikhail Lukin
  • Vladan Vuletić
  • Markus Greiner
  • Dirk Englund
  • Nathan Gemelke
  • John Pena
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts
,
United States
Key people
Alex Keesling, CEO
Websitewww.quera.com

QuEra Computing Inc. is a quantum computing company based in Boston, Massachusetts. The company develops quantum computers using neutral atoms based on research conducted at both Harvard University and MIT. QuEra also develops software for simulating systems of Rydberg atoms.[1][2] and finding solutions to Combinatorial Optimization problems.[3]

QuEra actively conducts research in Condensed Matter Physics[4] and combinatorial optimization[5] using neutral atoms as well.

History

QuEra Computing was founded by Mikhail Lukin, Vladan Vuletić, Markus Greiner, Dirk Englund, Nathan Gemelke, and John Pena in 2018.[2]

Prior to QuEra’s founding, research into using and controlling neutral atoms had already started in 2015 at Harvard and MIT, culminating in a 51-qubit machine[6] which later led to the development of a 256-qubit machine.[7]

On October 24th 2024, the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center announced a $16 million expansion to its computing campus, planning to build a quantum computing complex. QuEra Computing was announced as a partner in the project.[8]

Technology

QuEra uses neutral atoms based on Rubidium which are controlled and trapped using lasers[9] as its qubits.

On November 1, 2022, QuEra released its 256-qubit machine Aquila, to the general public through the Amazon cloud service Braket.[10][11]

QuEra currently supports an analog computing mode that relies on the Rydberg blockade phenomena and the position of atoms to achieve superposition and entanglement. The analog mode could allow problems such as the Maximum Weight Independent set (graph theory) (MWIS) to be expressed and solved with research from the company to map other problems onto MWIS as well[12][13]

QuEra plans to offer a hybrid analog-digital quantum computer soon followed by a fully digital gate-based system.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "QuEraComputing/Bloqade.jl". Github. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Russell, John (23 November 2022). "QuEra's Quest: Build a Flexible Neutral Atom-based Quantum Computer". HPCWire. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  3. ^ "QuEraComputing/GenericTensorNetworks.jl". Github. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  4. ^ Semeghini, Giulia; Levine, Harry; Keesling, Alexander; Ebadi, Sepehr; Wang, Tout; Bluvstein, Dolev; Verresen, Ruben; Pichler, Hannes; Kalinowski, Marcin; Samajdar, Rhine; Omran, Ahmed; Sachdev, Subir; Vishwanath, Ashvin; Greiner, Markus; Vuletić, Vladan; Lukin, Mikhail (Dec 2, 2021). "Probing topological spin liquids on a programmable quantum simulator". Science. 374 (6572): 1242–1247. arXiv:2104.04119. Bibcode:2021Sci...374.1242S. doi:10.1126/science.abi8794. PMID 34855494. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  5. ^ Ebadi, Sepehr; Keesling, Alexander; Cain, Madelyn; Wang, Tout; Levine, Harry; Bluvstein, Dolev; Semeghini, Giulia; Omran, Ahmed; Liu, Jin-Guo; Samajdar, Rhine; Luo, Xiuzhe; Nash, Beatrice; Gao, Xun; Barak, Boaz; Farhi, Edward; Sachdev, Subir; Gemelke, Nathan; Zhou, Leo; Choi, Soonwon; Pichler, Hannes; Wang, Shengtao; Greiner, Markus; Vuletić, Vladan; Lukin, Mikhail (May 5, 2022). "Quantum optimization of maximum independent set using Rydberg atom arrays". Science. 376 (6598): 1209–1215. arXiv:2202.09372. Bibcode:2022Sci...376.1209E. doi:10.1126/science.abo6587. PMID 35511943.
  6. ^ Park, Kate (17 November 2021). "QuEra Computing emerges from stealth with $17M to launch quantum device". TechCrunch. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  7. ^ Sullivan, Mark (17 November 2021). "This quantum computing startup says it's ready to take on IBM and Google". Fast Company. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  8. ^ https://www.masslive.com/westernmass/2024/10/another-revolution-about-to-start-with-16m-quantum-computing-project-in-mass.html
  9. ^ Hu, Charlotte (10 February 2023). "How neutral atoms could help power next-gen quantum computers". Popular Science. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  10. ^ Bray, Hiawatha (2 November 2022). "Boston's QuEra Computing opens". Boston Globe. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  11. ^ Lee, Jane (2 November 2022). "Boston-based quantum computer QuEra joins Amazon's cloud for public access". Reuters. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  12. ^ Timmer, John (16 February 2023). "Grid of atoms is both a quantum computer and an optimization solver". Ars Technica. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  13. ^ Nguyen, Minh-Thi; Liu, Jin-Guo; Wurtz, Jonathan; Lukin, Mikhail D.; Wang, Sheng-Tao; Pichler, Hannes (Feb 14, 2023). "Quantum Optimization with Arbitrary Connectivity Using Rydberg Atom Arrays". PRX Quantum. 4 (1): 010316. arXiv:2209.03965. Bibcode:2023PRXQ....4a0316N. doi:10.1103/PRXQuantum.4.010316. Retrieved 18 July 2023.